My brother and sister-in-law have been hyping up juicing for the last few years. We (I) was always intrigued, but never wanted to fork out the dough for a juicer. Earlier this year when I was visiting my brother and his family he was showing off his new and improved juicer and offered to let us take the old one off his hands.
Couper was skeptical at first. But once we hopped online and started reading up on all of the benefits of juicing he was sold pretty quickly. I think the real starting-line-gun-shot for him was when we watched the documentary "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead" with Joe Cross. Very motivating to get healthy and stay healthy.
Some juices we have liked more than others. And, in short, we are mostly juicing for snacks and drinking with meals to get our daily nutrients. However, there are some great ways to loose weight and reboot your system with juicing too if that's what you're going for. When we're at our best we try to follow the 80/20 rule (80% veggies, 20% fruit).
We've gotten really good at making messes! And can't wait to be a little selfish and keep the compost for ourselves when we have a garden in the future...
Don't worry, we've already started a money jar to save up for a more efficient juicer; to get more of our money's worth from our produce!...and hopefully a little easier clean up.
