The Juice Lady

I'm devoting this post to The Juice Lady because DH and I really have been juicing every day and we love it. Her blog is here at Juicing for Life. A friend gave me that book to look at initially and I really liked it.

Then I got this book from my Mommy:

Both GREAT books. Cherie starts off this book with stories from her life about how juicing helped her get healthy, REAL healthy.

Really, the dude in Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead got us started on juicing, but The Juice Lady is the one whose books I have read and loved.

I can't say I do a great job at following her recipes, but I like to know, for example, that cucumber is anti-inflammatory. So, if we are feeling gross and I suspect that my immune system is going haywire, then I can add cucumber to our juice! The book I have by her (The Juice Lady's Guide to Juicing for Health) is organized by ailment. So you can go to arthritis, diarrhea, flu, colds, etc. and find out which veggies and fruits would help relieve your symptoms. I might argue that any fruits and veggies would alleviate symptoms. ;)

There is NO evidence that juicing is any better than eating fresh fruits and vegetables whole. But it is definitely easier and more convenient to juice 2 cups of blueberries, a head of kale, three apples, 1 pear, 1 lime, 1/2 a cucumber, etc. than it is  to sit down and eat them. One article I read about juicing actually condemned it because you wouldn't be getting the insoluble fiber from the fruit, i.e. the apple peel, the orange peel, the blueberry skin...

I, however, LOVE juicing for just this reason. My husband could use a little insoluble fiber, but I...well, I really don't have much use for it right now, if you get my drift. :)

Ultimately, we should all be eating more fruits and vegetables and less processed things and juicing helps our family to do just that. I don't see a downside.