i would to share a really neat book i pulled off of my library shelf this morning. it is called, "The miracle of live juices and raw foods" by John H. Tobe. i suspect it is out of print. it was copyrighted in canda in 1977....possibly one could requeswt a copy through your local library's inter-library loan program. it is usually an easy thing to do. anyway this book really shows how timeless the idea of live eating for best health is!

bon jour

jj

here is a quote from the book comparing juicers and blenders:

in the first place, the blended carrot isn't nearly as palatable as tasty sweet juice. infact it is somewhat hard to take and to most people palatablity is of vital importance........especially when dealing with children. children wqill take the juice readily and evan with joy and pleasure but you will find it extremely difficult to get them to take a cupful or bowlful of blended "juice".secondly, in order to make a blender function, you must add some water. thirdly, it takes longer to blend your fruit or vegetables than to juice them.
fourthly, the blended fruit or vegetable does not get to work in your body as quickly as juice.

hopefully this may help to dispell some of the confusion whichg has resulted from the vita mix being called a juicer. it is a great tool for blending but trust me "it aint no juicer".

from time to time i will add quotes from john h. tobe's book to this thread!

juicin' john

I've always preferred carrot juice over blended carrots, even though something could be said for the fiber that is lost in the juicing. I use the carrot pulp in my garden and my plants and trees grow like 'crazy'. A juicer just can't extract all the nutrition. A case could be made for blending because nothing is lost, except what is lost by oxidation.
Norman Walker drank a quart, or more, of carrot juice everyday......WY

specifically,.........because of juicers we can focus our aquisition of nutritive substances......greater quantities of juiced produce can be digested is the least amount of time. it would be something like being put ina room and where a tube is spewing one, five ten, and twenty dollar bills. you are allowed to pick up any denomination you would like. which ones will you go for on a priority basis?

the one dollar bills are like the cellulose nutrition you would get from the pulp.

just my thoughts in it.

jj

jj......I'd go for the ten dollar bills. I don't want anyone to say that the Wheatgrass Yogi is greedy.
I just juiced some citrus. Now to dispose of the rinds. I used to compost them but that got to be a big job. Does anyone have a solution?.......WY

wgy

dehydrate and burn in fireplace for nice smell.

jj......That was a good solution, but I don't have a fireplace. I'm going back to composting them even though it's a lot of work. I used to use the citrus rinds as part of the fertilizer for my wheatgrass, but it made it too acid and the blades weren't as green.......WY

Dear WY,

I grate the zest from citrus with a Microplane citrus zesting grater (great tool) for use in homemade salad dressings. The juice may end up in the salad dressing or my next juicing batch. And the pith (what's left) goes in with the juicing batch.

If you're inclined to compost the pulp, the work is done for you. I keep the pulp in with the juice since my energy is far more even that way. Drinking juice without the pulp created a "too-much, too-fast" buzz in me that wasn't always comfortable, even when there was no fruit (other than lemon or lime) in the juice and plenty of bitter greens.

Joyous juicing to you.