THinking about buying a juicer to start juicing?!?
katielangley
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I have been thinking about buying a juicer to start juicing.. I would like to get more nutrients than I am currently getting.. I guess I don't want to waste my money if I am not going to get anything out of juicing.. My concerns are empty calories, not getting full from the juice.. The cost of the amount of vegetables I will be juicing... Just need some general feedback, and what you all think about it!!! Thanks so much!
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Get a blender instead and don't waste half the nutrients, the produce counts towards your nine servings a day - juice only counts once however much you drink.0
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I watched a movie on Netflix about juicing and instantly went out to buy one. I didn't make it one whole day. I never felt full and it wasn't as tasty as I had hoped. Best of luck!0
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We bought this one a few years ago...
http://www.powerjuicer.com
bought it from QVC outlet for £15!!
in my opinion the juice we make form this taste infinitely better then almost anything you can buy. save for a few good brands of juice.
One apple and orange normal size = 1 glass of juice.
iv made other combinatiosn using different fruit and veg and they are all generally very nice.
i dont know all the ins and outs of how good it is for you etc.... i.e what nutrients get blasted away etc... but as you out the fruit in whole , unpeeled ( except oranges) your getting all the possible juice out of it. so it has to be fairly respectable.
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Get a blender instead! Then you get to consume all the fiber too and feel so much better than if you just juiced.
Probably get about a $50 blender to start which will let you see if you like it. My husband loves it, I don't. I decided I would rather just eat my fruit and veggies. He blends up a giant smoothie everyday with all his veggies and fruit for the day. His next blender will probably be a pro grade blendtech as he just wears that thing out blending veggies.0 -
Agree. I've used a juicer and a blender and for making something that's to be a 'meal' the blender is the better option. I have the juicer to make orange juice with the kids.. but really the majority of your fruits and veggies get wasted.. very little actually becomes juice. I've decided how much MORE I love my smoothie blender though rather that a traditional blender. It just has the spout at the bottom.. keeps the mess way down. Used my moms blender a few days ago and I was scooping smoothie off the counter. I usually do a mix of fruits. Lately I've mostly been using pineapple, orange, canned pumpkin, oatmeal, pears, mango, kale, ground flaxseed meal, almond milk and yogurt. I'd like to start adding more vegetables in there.. but for now these work well and a hunger fix.0
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Hi, I bought a Jack LaLanne juicer and I love it. I've lost 15lbs in 3 weeks. I'm eating as well I'm not fasting. I think blenders are a good idea as well. I would like to get a blender that can heat the food as well so you make soups. The point of juicing is that you give yourself so much nutrients without your body having to do any work. I have a lot of energy and my skin is looking so much better, and my headaches are almost gone.0
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Since last week, I have been juicing almost every day and replacing a meal with it. I was concerned about it not kepeing me full too but I have to say it does. Depeds on the ingredients added I think. Protein is usually what sustains us. So add a good amount of protein to whatever you want to juice. This morning, I added walnuts and made a Banana Apple Walnut Smoothie. I don't use a fancer juicer either. I add things to my blender and blend. YOu can add all types of things like almonds, peanut butter, flax seeds if you like them, pumpkin seeds and use different ingredients to enhance it like beets, raw collard greens, carrots, berries or whatever you want to add tomake it to your liking. I never thought I would use peanut butter in my juices, but over seven days in, I can say it is a great thing to have. I hve my juices mostly for breakfast and usually I am a snacker while I work., but I have not really had much of a craving until it is time for lunch.
I can be a little long winded so let me stop writing before it gets any longer. Hopefully this response helped. Happy juicing.0 -
We tried juicing. We lasted 12 hours. I was starving by dinner. To me it wasn't worth it. We use the juicer to make juice to add to our diet, not supplement it. Best of luck.0
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I hear people like juicers because they can use up their extra produce without having it go bad and have to throw it out.0
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I DO juice, sorta.... it's not exactly "juicing." With my Vitamix, I eat the pulp, the meat of the fruit, and all the goodies that add much more nutrition and less calories than straight juicing. I think that's important to note -- the skin of fruits/veggies is often where lots of the uberhealthy phytonutrients live.
I find the days I juice, my fiber consumption is way up... and I feel full. I can drink a green smoothie (frozen grapes, an apple, spinach, kale, a couple frozen pineapple chunks, 1/2 banana, carrot, 1/2 kiwi, and 1/2 an orange) at 6 AM that will hold me until 11 AM with no hunger. When I swap that out for a bagel, I'm starving by 8.
It's NOT low calorie... I can easily rack up 500 calories in my morning smoothie. But the calories are BIG bang for your buck in staying full and getting lots of healthy nutrition.
The only thing I miss when I juice is the act of chewing. I do like to eat my food more than drink it. So while I'm physically full, sometimes I'm mentally craving something I can sink my teeth into.
With that said, I try to make these 3 x week. It's definitely helped me with my weight loss goals.
I mitigate the cost by selecting fresh fruits in season/on sale and supplementing with frozen fruits and veggies. I NEVER throw fresh fruit/veggies out - just clean, cut into chunks, pop into a Ziploc, and freeze.
Kids and picky eaters alike will eat the green smoothies in my house. The drinks looks like hell, so I've been known to disguise in an insulated cup with a lid and straw.
Give it a whirl. I tried it for a week to ensure I enjoyed it before purchasing the Cadillac of blenders, the Vitamix. But I AM SO GLAD I DID.
One other note on the blender - if you can, buy from Costco. Wait for a sale... about twice a year these go on sale for like $50 off. CostCO is also SO good that if you buy full price and they run a sale in the next year, they WILL refund you the difference. I also had my first Vitamix for 11 months, then one morning it suddenly stopped working. (Day before Thanksgiving to be exact). I threw it into a bag, just rinsed but not clean... tossed in all the accessories, sped to CostCo.... and they gave me a BRAND NEW MACHINE with no questions asked.
Love, love, love juicing!0 -
Me too!!!0
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I had a juicer for a while and got rid of it after the novelty wore off. Get a blender (I personally recommend the Ninja Master Prep) and make a smoothie instead. It's so much less wasteful, nutrition-wise and usually tastes better, plus you can add stuff like yogurt, milk, chia seeds, oatmeal, protein powder, etc..0
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A caution for everyone..if you smoke do not do the carrot jucing..A study was done in England w/doing the carrot juicing to see how it affected people who smoked and cancer..well when the facts came out my brother called me and said stop doing the carrot juice..all the particpants got cancer.. they stopped the study immedi....so please do not do the carrot juice when jucing..you can Google and see the facts from this study..the effects of smoking and increasing A vitamin.....i have since stopped smoking..One year and 3 months...but still not wanting to do the carrot juice....but i have heard many good experiences from people who juice...but i always choose the blender to get the much needed fiber in my diet...0
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I'm glad you stopped smoking cachergirl. We have a juice press that produces less waste, is quieter and easier to clean than the cheaper high speed centrifical juicers. I use both fruit and vegies depending what is in season. A piece of ginger or a few mint leaves makes a nice change. I also make smoothies, mainly from fruit and yogurt. We have one or the other nearly every day. We find both quite filling and use them as a meal replacement. One other tip. The residue from the juicer is normally fed to the worm farm but sometimes is added to minced meat to make a great meat/veg loaf. Happy and healthy juicing!0
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I recently decided to juice and bought, on Amazon, a Hamilton Beach, highly rated, about $50. I chose free shipping and got it 3 days later. I am not overly fond of veggies, and feel by juicing I'm getting a lot of nutrients I'd otherwise miss. I don't use juice to fill me up!0
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In my opinion, you should just eat the food. When you turn things into juice, you lose some of the fiber and nutrients that are in the pulp you throw away.0
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I bought the Breville from Amazon and the next day started doing a juice cleanse ( as seen in fat sick and nearly dead). The first 3 days were a struggle but since then I have felt fantastic. A lot of my "health problems" seemed to vanish over night. I am now on day 8 and have lost 7 lbs. I plan on doing this for 15 days and then juicing once per day after that point. I have been very pleased with how I feel. It is nice to feel rested when I wake up in the morning. Also- it is expensive, so only buy fruits and veggies you know you will eat so you don't waste money. It costs about 14 bucks per day, but I figured I eat about the same in price anyways, especially if I go out to eat.
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Don't juice. You lose most of the nutrients in the pulp. Buy a blender. Have a smoothie!0
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I LOVE my juicer. I have the Jack Lalanne power juicer and could not be happier with it. When I juice, not only do I feel great but my skin and hair improves too. Juices are rich in nutrients and filling. Downside? Kind of a pain to clean without a dishwasher and can be a little expensive, as it takes a lot of fruit and veggies to make one glass of juice, but the benefits definitely out way. Try it!0
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we bought one, and would love to use it more, but for the amount of juice you get from most fruits makes it too expensive per glass of juice, but the biggest pit fall it the amount of cleaning time every time you use it .. so make sure whichever one you pick its easy to clean. ours breaks into about 5 parts and some bits are a real pain to clean ...0
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i have the Nutribullet and man that thing is amazing!!!!0
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We have a Vitamix. I love it for super thick protein shakes, sorbet, sauces, etc but I couldn't get into the vegetable juicing. My husband likes it but it all tastes gross to me.0
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I have one sitting in my cabinet collecting dust, if you'd like to buy it. It's a lot cheaper just to buy juice ready-made.0
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The whole "juice only counts once no mater how much you drink" is only true if you're drinking BOTTLED juice like V8.. if you're putting vegetables into the juicer you can count all the servings because all the nutrients are preserved.. you're only discarding the cellulose. If you want to make smoothies instead then that's great, but don't do it because you think that you can't count feshly extracted vegetable juice as vegetables... also if you've ever tried putting half a pound of kale in a smoothie, you'll quickly understand why people who go heavy on the greens like to do juicing instead of blending. For me smoothies are for FRUIT and juicing is for vegetables (and apples.. I hate apples in a smoothie)... but whatever works for you and gets more vegetables into your belly is what you should do.
Here is my cost and my favorite juice recipe
2 cucmbers= 1.00
5 celery ribs= .50
half pound kale .50
one granny smith apple .50
one lemon .50
small piece of ginger.. next to nothing.
This makes about 32 ounces in my omega 8006 juicer and costs $3.00
I bought my juicer 7 months ago and have used it every day since.
My juicer also makes nut butters, almond milk, frozen sorbets and can be used as a coffee/spice grinder and a pasta extruder. You don't need to buy any attachments, it comes with it all. Also it has a 15 year warranty which is pretty impressive. The drawback to my juicer is that you have to cut up your vegetables before putting them in, and you have to push them down with a tamper.. also, it is not really efficient on carrots.. but I don't juice a lot of carrots so it's a tradeoff I'm willing to make.0 -
we bought one, and would love to use it more, but for the amount of juice you get from most fruits makes it too expensive per glass of juice, but the biggest pit fall it the amount of cleaning time every time you use it .. so make sure whichever one you pick its easy to clean. ours breaks into about 5 parts and some bits are a real pain to clean ...
I think I have the same one and it's an absolute pain to clean. All those tiny little holes? And the filters that you have to buy for it don't help at all. I have to use a vegetable brush to clean them out and they're still clogged.0 -
I watched a movie on Netflix about juicing and instantly went out to buy one. I didn't make it one whole day. I never felt full and it wasn't as tasty as I had hoped. Best of luck!
I did the same thing! haha
After buying and trying the juice detox.... I lasted 3 days... I only like to juice occasionally. I think it is a pain to clean out all the fibrous material from the fruits and vegetables. and after making one drink...you have to clean it out again.... I'd rather just eat the produce. Also, it gets expensive buying all the fruits and vegetables to make one drink that doesn't feel you up. I would find someone to borrow a juicer and see if you like it before wasting your money.0 -
Juicing is not meant to replace meals. Juicing does it work at the cellular level in our bodies. I am working with a personal trainer and asked him about juicing and this is how he explained it. Juicing gives you all those micro nutrients that gets directly into our cells and that is where the magic happens as far as health, vitality and energy. When you feed the body on the cellular levels everything improves. I juice once in the AM. I make 40 oz of juice and put it in 8 oz mason jars and have a serving 5 times through out the day. The improvements are too many to even mention but everything from fuel for my workouts to my skin, hair and nails.
I make a green juice using cucumber, kale, spinach, celery, romaine,broccoli and half an apple. I keep the green content very high and keep the sugar content very low. I could not eat this many vegetables in a day. I would be eating all day long continuously not to mention the bathroom end of things.
Another note on the benefits of juicing, my sister was diagnosed with follicular lymphoma (incurable) in November. She read Chris Karr's book, Crazy Sexy Diet. The title makes you think that the girl doing the writing might have been a stripper or something but quite the contrary, she was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and change her prognosis all through her diet and one of her strongest weapons was juicing. My sister had never juiced a day in her life. She followed the green juice recipe for 6 weeks and had another round of tests that was going to determine if she was going to have to start a chemo treatment. Her tumors had not grown and their metabolic activity had diminished by half. The only changes she made in her diet was that she started juicing, ate more dark green vegetables, cut way back on dairy and red meat. Her doctor told her that all those things had an effect but that he felt the juicing probably had the greatest benefits as those nutrients are used on a cellular level.
Not trying to give hoscience here just an experience that I know about first hand and I know that I feel 150 times better on a day that I drink my juice than a day that I don't (which those don't happen anymore).
Juicing is an investment in me. I did my research and purchased a slow auger juicer the Omega Vert. The omega uses an extraction process that does not make the juice get hot so therefore you get juice with the active enzymes intact and that is what you need. I read that some juicers (centrifugal) work in a way that heats the juice up and that you don't want to get the full benefit of the nutrients. My juicer was $347 at Bed Bath & Beyond and I had one of their 20% off coupons. The really good juicers never go on sale. I got mine for about $275. Omega gives a 10 year warranty on their products.
YMMV but for me juicing is an important part of my plan.0 -
Try this recipe it is sooooooooooooo yummy and very filling.
put in a blender:
1 ripe banana (so it is sweet not sour)
1 table spoon of peanut butter
1 handful of baby spinich (don't worry when it is blended it has no taste)
1 cup of cold water or milk or half milk half water
6 to 8 ice cubes
blend until smooth and drink and enjoy
this is very delicious...unless you dont like banana and peanut butter. if so, substitute whatever you would like to add flavour...ex: strawberries and blueberries?0 -
Juicing is not meant to replace meals. Juicing does it work at the cellular level in our bodies. I am working with a personal trainer and asked him about juicing and this is how he explained it. Juicing gives you all those micro nutrients that gets directly into our cells and that is where the magic happens as far as health, vitality and energy. When you feed the body on the cellular levels everything improves. I juice once in the AM. I make 40 oz of juice and put it in 8 oz mason jars and have a serving 5 times through out the day. The improvements are too many to even mention but everything from fuel for my workouts to my skin, hair and nails.
I make a green juice using cucumber, kale, spinach, celery, romaine,broccoli and half an apple. I keep the green content very high and keep the sugar content very low. I could not eat this many vegetables in a day. I would be eating all day long continuously not to mention the bathroom end of things.
Another note on the benefits of juicing, my sister was diagnosed with follicular lymphoma (incurable) in November. She read Chris Karr's book, Crazy Sexy Diet. The title makes you think that the girl doing the writing might have been a stripper or something but quite the contrary, she was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and change her prognosis all through her diet and one of her strongest weapons was juicing. My sister had never juiced a day in her life. She followed the green juice recipe for 6 weeks and had another round of tests that was going to determine if she was going to have to start a chemo treatment. Her tumors had not grown and their metabolic activity had diminished by half. The only changes she made in her diet was that she started juicing, ate more dark green vegetables, cut way back on dairy and red meat. Her doctor told her that all those things had an effect but that he felt the juicing probably had the greatest benefits as those nutrients are used on a cellular level.
Not trying to give hoscience here just an experience that I know about first hand and I know that I feel 150 times better on a day that I drink my juice than a day that I don't (which those don't happen anymore).
Juicing is an investment in me. I did my research and purchased a slow auger juicer the Omega Vert. The omega uses an extraction process that does not make the juice get hot so therefore you get juice with the active enzymes intact and that is what you need. I read that some juicers (centrifugal) work in a way that heats the juice up and that you don't want to get the full benefit of the nutrients. My juicer was $347 at Bed Bath & Beyond and I had one of their 20% off coupons. The really good juicers never go on sale. I got mine for about $275. Omega gives a 10 year warranty on their products.
YMMV but for me juicing is an important part of my plan.
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I was in the same position as OP. I've been searching for a juicer for weeks (I am a beginer) and searching. I found some juicer reviews here http://www.juicerreviewsdeals.com/ and helped me a lot to get my final decision. I'll share what I have found:
Get yourself an Omega because this one keeps more nutrients than other (such Breville juicers - which juice super fast). If you want to keep more/as much nutrients as possible, get yourself a masticating juicer (Omega or another one). I bought myself an Omega VRT 350 and it's worth all the money (super expensive, but I juice heavy).
I juice apples, lemons, oranges, veggies and a lot more. I love it. And no, I don't do it because I am fat or something (I am not), but because I want to be healthy and get as much fruits and veggies possible in my body (with limit of course).
Hope it helps!0
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