congealing

Posted by Cindi on April 28, 2008 at 4:38pm

As I was reading a blog that I found thanks to your help, the writer mentioned her juice congealing, it reminds me of a weird thing with my juice this morning. I was juicing the greens (spring mix, spinach, alfalfa sprouts, and parsley) in an omega juicer through a screen. When I poured it in my quart jar, there were congealed cubes in it. I thought that was very strange. What kind of chemical reaction could that be? I didn't see anything in any of my readings about this.

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Permalink Reply by jinksT on April 29, 2008 at 8:37am: it might be the parsley!

i use a green star juicer and have found that parsley seems to clump up after it's been pushed through the screen, especially if i do a bunch of parsley all at the same time. the clumps are very soft and easily "dissolve" if i try to strain or push through a nut milk bag.

i find that alternating pieces of parsley with celery or something a bit harder works better (although with the combo you listed that might not work). i prefer not to blend my juices so if i still find chunky bits after juicing, i give it a really vigorous whisk!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mark on April 29, 2008 at 1:19pm: Sometimes I get congealed bits with orange. It's not something I worry about because it desolves so easily.

Look at your tongue. If it was coated before you drank the juice and still coated sometime after, you are still cleansing and anything that you drank has not interfered.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Prudence on April 30, 2008 at 8:14pm: Wow. Thanks, Mark, for that indicator. It's great to have a way to identify whether the cleansing is still happening or not.

On my blog, I'd mentioned blueberry juice congealing, but in my case at least, it doesn't seem to have had any negative effects -- and it was quite tasty!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mark on April 30, 2008 at 8:22pm: The thing about it is that the congealing will so easily desolve providing that the juice isn't too old that it won't that much of a difference.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Prudence on April 30, 2008 at 8:47pm: I see. I guess I'm in the early stages -- when one tends to over-think things. Thank you again for the guidance!; ▶ Reply to This