After watching Forks Over Knives and Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead, I got inspired. I've never felt so good as when I was eating mostly raw foods, and somehow I've gotten away from that in the past year or two. So, I borrowed my friend Doreen's Samson Juicer, and did a 10 day juice fast. I dropped 6 pounds in 10 days, but that was a side benefit. The real purpose was to detoxify my body and reset my eating habits. A week after the fast ended, I was still juicing daily--and sometimes more often than that--and I felt better, though still rather low on energy.
A couple of weeks later, toward the end of July, my new Jay Kordich Powergrind Pro Juicer arrived, and I returned the Samson. The PGP Juicer is quite a different animal from the Samson. The juice is clearer and sweeter, and I get more from the vegetables that I juice, but the Samson is clearly superior when it comes to juicing greens. The Samson is also easier to put the vegetables through, but there's added time spent cutting everything up into much smaller pieces.
Each juicer has its pros and cons, and the PGP is no different. It defiitely took a while to adapt to it. It took a week or so for me to figure out how best to feed the hopper so nothing jammed. Since the PGP centrifuge rotates at only a fraction of what other brands do, it's a bit fussier.. On the other hand, because it rotates more slowly, and grinds,too, there is little heat generation, preserving the nutrients from the vegetables.
So far, I've made juice at least 5 days out of 7, and don't really think much about what combinations to use, since they all turn out delicious. Today I made a cucumber, carrot, and apple juice. Tomorrow I need to use up some of the celery and greens in my garden. Maybe I'll throw a tomato or two in there just for good measure. Or a piece of lemon--that goes very well with greens.
Buying a juicer and juicing daily is probably one of the best decisions I've made for my health. It's easy to do, fills me up, and my energy is way up there. Most days I have a blender drink (smoothie) for breakfast, juice throughout the day, and one regular meal. Since I seem to be on the go most of the time, it's nice to know i'm still getting good nutrition into my body, even though I'm not sitting down for regular meals.
A couple of weeks later, toward the end of July, my new Jay Kordich Powergrind Pro Juicer arrived, and I returned the Samson. The PGP Juicer is quite a different animal from the Samson. The juice is clearer and sweeter, and I get more from the vegetables that I juice, but the Samson is clearly superior when it comes to juicing greens. The Samson is also easier to put the vegetables through, but there's added time spent cutting everything up into much smaller pieces.
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| Powergrind Pro Juicer |
So far, I've made juice at least 5 days out of 7, and don't really think much about what combinations to use, since they all turn out delicious. Today I made a cucumber, carrot, and apple juice. Tomorrow I need to use up some of the celery and greens in my garden. Maybe I'll throw a tomato or two in there just for good measure. Or a piece of lemon--that goes very well with greens.
Buying a juicer and juicing daily is probably one of the best decisions I've made for my health. It's easy to do, fills me up, and my energy is way up there. Most days I have a blender drink (smoothie) for breakfast, juice throughout the day, and one regular meal. Since I seem to be on the go most of the time, it's nice to know i'm still getting good nutrition into my body, even though I'm not sitting down for regular meals.
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