You’ve bought a juicer and unpacked it. You have some fruit and vegetables. You can’t wait to start juicing! But what should you make first? What’s the best way to get started? The answer depends on your goal. If you skip this step, your juicer may end up collecting dust in the back of your [...]
For every blog post you’ve read on the benefits of juicing, you’ve probably seen another advising caution. Strangely, some of the juicing naysayers are leaders and organizations promoting a plant-based diet for optimal health. This leads to unnecessary confusion about the health benefits of juicing as part of a whole food, plant-based diet and lifestyle. [...]
This delicious juice uses a stellar superfood ingredient. The goji berry. This little berry boasts the highest antioxidant level of any plant food, with an ORAC score of 25,000. (Compare that to blueberries at around 14,000.) Why is this important? Antioxidants are plant compounds that fight free radicals that damage DNA, causing disease and oxidative [...]
On the “veggie tray” at gatherings, it’s the vegetable that’s usually leftover. The one that gets eaten last, if at all, when its more colorful veggie partners are long gone. Yet this humble looking vegetable is a nutrient-packed “cancer-fighting superfood.” What is it? It’s CELERY! Yes, celery is more than a scoop for dip or [...]
If you have high cholesterol, you may be looking for ways to lower it naturally so that you can avoid taking a statin. While avoiding cholesterol laden foods like meat, dairy and eggs help lower serum cholesterol levels, you can also add foods to your diet that will support heart health. Studies show that increased fruit [...]
We live in a toxic world, and today’s food doesn’t provide the nutrition it did just 50 years ago. The results are skyrocketing preventable chronic diseases, like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension. Juicing is a fantastic way to detoxify, lower chronic inflammation, and deliver super-charged nutrition to every cell in your body. This [...]
A few months back, I finally smoked my ancient Juiceman II juicer. It was whirling right along, turning cucumbers and carrots into a frothy fountain of juice, when I noticed that tell-tale “burning” smell of an appliance gone bad. I was disappointed, but not surprised that it died. I was actually impressed that it lasted [...]
It’s cranberry season! I love fresh cranberries. When they go on sale at my grocery store I stock up, putting several bags in the freezer to enjoy in later months. One of my new favorite ways to use fresh cranberries is in a juice. This juice is a good balance of tart and sweet, and [...]
The “dog days” of summer are definitely here. The temps are high, and in many places so is the humidity. I never tolerated hot, humid weather very well. After an afternoon of running errands or doing some other necessary outdoor activity in the sweltering heat, I usually returned home exhausted with a banging headache. Then [...]
When the weather turns hot, I pull out the old Juiceman II, and spin up some cool and refreshing vegetable juices. I love how juicing deeply nourishes my body and give me a boost. The veggie juice I make most often is a cleansing and energy enhancing cucumber, beet, carrot, celery, lemon juice. It’s delicious! [...]
