Question:
Anyone taking Juice Plus?

Need latest input on taking Juice Plus. How do you feel after taking it, any reaction to it? any info appreciated so I can make a decision. My lab results are all good but I'm so tired all the time. Will this help? I can't digest fruits and vegetables well and I'm not getting many in at all.    — Debbie A. (posted on October 29, 2004)

October 29, 2004
I've been taking Juice Plus for about 9 months. I started taking them as I could not manage to get in all the required protein plus the fruits and vegetables and Juice Plus came highly recommended to me. I really think the supplements have made a difference in my health, not only with energy, but I have NOT been sick with cough, cold, flu, etc. since I started taking them and I'm with sick grandsons all the time bringing some bug home from school. And..... I don't sell the product (just so you know this isn't a pitch) but use it with high regard.
   — Vicki S.

October 29, 2004
I havent taken Juice Plus, yet. Just ordered today. This is what the product my surgeons office highly recommends after surgery. They do have a web site, I just typed in Juice Plus vitamins and found it easily. It gives you all the information you need to know about their products. Hope this information helps.
   — born2explore

October 29, 2004
I don't know this particular product, but you say you're tired though your labs are good. It's hard to get a fix on what's a good product 'til you know what you're deficient in. No info given here on what kind of vitamins/supplements you're using, so I'm taking a WAG here.<P>First guess: Falling B-12 levels. Have you gotten copies of your lab results and compared the trends within them? Many doctors pronounce lab results "good" if they are in the normal range, but the "normal range" is awfully broad. What's normal for you may be leave someone else flat on the floor with fatigue and vice versa, yet all may fall within the so-called "normal" range. For that reason, I'd suggest getting copies of your labs and looking for trends in B-12 and iron in particular. My doc called my B-12 "normal" when I felt fatigued, but in fact it was trending steadily downward and about to head out of the normal range (but still, technically, in it). I began B-12 subliguals and brought it up into a high-normal range, where I feels better. So that's the number I aim for, not being interested in what's normal for someone else. Since then, I always read my own labs and ask questions. Remember, nobody cares more about what particular "numbers" work for you than you do.<P>Second guess: Falling ferritin level. Ferritin (google it) measures one's stores of iron in the body. Are they even testing you for it (my docs weren't, and I had to push to get it done)? I see you're two years post-op. Some begin developing the early stages of anemia then, and it often shows up first in a low ferritin level before it shows up in the other CBC iron tests. Therefore, I'd consider having your ferritin tested. Mine had fallen almost out of the normal range, as often happens with two-year post-ops, despite my use of prescription iron all along. I'm working on bringing it up with more iron *before* my iron levels drop across the board. Again, why get lab tests if no one is truly reading them . . . yet, in my experience anyway, most docs do not pull out your old tests and compare the two.<P>Just a couple of thoughts from a non-medical person who has learned a little bit the hard way. But we're all different, so of course your fatigue may have nothing to do with any of this. Just sharing personal experience FWIW. ;-) I hope your doc knows what nutritional issues to watch for with WLS post-ops. Good luck.
   — Suzy C.