just bought a juicer......anyone else have one?

[iamme]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008ZCKV/104-1270039-0198363

kind of an impulse buy, since it was one sale and i've always thought about getting one. it got great reviews and good comments on being easy to clean (important to me). i have a 6 year old who's a very picky eater and i'd love for him to drink vegetable juice. at the very least, fresh juice has to be better than any sugar filled juice i buy at the store.

any comments on juicers and their potential health benefits?

 

[Maximus96]

i bought a juicer once, used it a few times but cleanup was pain...when you juice carrots it stains the plastic, at least on the one i bought...

 

[OVERKILL]

A good juicer is supposed to be a great investment.

I recently bought a chrome Omega 8005 and it goes through carrots,beets, apples, etc like butter. It also does wheatgrass.
Cleanup takes about 1 min, as there's only 5 parts that are easy to take off and put on.
This machine was also like $250.

I heard that the cheaper machines take longer to cleanup and sometimes don't even do wheatgrass.

The only thing is that there is a factory defect in the chrome housing so now it goes back for repair.

 

[Eli]

Yes, it is very healthy... depending on what you're juicing, obviously.

 

[djheater]

If you use it to juice vegetables you otherwise would not eat then yes it's healthy.

Just remember that juicers remove most of the fiber from what you're juicing, a Healthier option would be to make a smoothie in a food processor, but that's not to say that juicer's are all bad.

I've used them to 'dispose' of bulk fruits and produce, Juice 40 pounds of oranges, throw some gallon and quart ziplocks in the freezer, voila, instant fresh squeezed orange juice, just set it in the fridge overnight to thaw.

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: Eli
Yes, it is very healthy... depending on what you're juicing, obviously.

its healthy in a sense that you are drinking pure juice. Unhealthly in a sense that if you drink orange juice instead of eating an orange, you just wasted a great source of fiber. Same holds true for anything else you juice. Its better to eat the whole thing than just drink the juice.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: Eli
Yes, it is very healthy... depending on what you're juicing, obviously.

its healthy in a sense that you are drinking pure juice. Unhealthly in a sense that if you drink orange juice instead of eating an orange, you just wasted a great source of fiber. Same holds true for anything else you juice. Its better to eat the whole thing than just drink the juice.

This is true, but the idea is to juice things that you normally wouldn't be eating.

Some fruit juice mixed with vegetable greens juice to make it more palatable can be very, very healthy.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: Eli
Yes, it is very healthy... depending on what you're juicing, obviously.

its healthy in a sense that you are drinking pure juice. Unhealthly in a sense that if you drink orange juice instead of eating an orange, you just wasted a great source of fiber. Same holds true for anything else you juice. Its better to eat the whole thing than just drink the juice.

This is true, but the idea is to juice things that you normally wouldn't be eating.

Some fruit juice mixed with vegetable greens juice to make it more palatable can be very, very healthy.

exactly, my 6 year old is very finicky with his eating. leafy green veggies aren't his thing, so i'd love to get the juice of those into his diet.

of course, in an ideal world, i'd have him learn to love the veggies......but i'd rather him consume healthy nutrients now (while he's young and growing), and then learn to love them later in life.

 

[dullard]

The key with juicers is that you have to live in an area where you can get cheap produce. If not, that thing will milk your wallet dry. I've tried it a couple times with people who had them and they are ok tasting.

With your child, you just have to decide who is the boss. Clearly, so far you have chosen him to be the boss. He's 6 years old, he can't buy food for himself. He eats what you give him. Give him nothing but vegatables. Sure, he'll fuss and cry for a week or so. But then he'll be so hungry that he'll give in. One miserable week for you = long healthy life for him. Its your choice.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: dullard
The key with juicers is that you have to live in an area where you can get cheap produce. If not, that thing will milk your wallet dry. I've tried it a couple times with people who had them and they are ok tasting.

With your child, you just have to decide who is the boss. Clearly, so far you have chosen him to be the boss. He's 6 years old, he can't buy food for himself. He eats what you give him. Give him nothing but vegatables. Sure, he'll fuss and cry for a week or so. But then he'll be so hungry that he'll give in. One miserable week for you = long healthy life for him. Its your choice.

while i do appreciate the advice, quite frankly, you don't know my son and you don't know me. i'd like to keep the discussion to juicers. we can do parenting 101 in another thread.

 

[FoBoT]

how healthy are juiced twinkies?

 

[iRONic]

I'll take "Things to ask *before* the appliance is purchased" for $400, Alex.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: iRONic
I'll take "Things to ask *before* the appliance is purchased" for $400, Alex.

lol it was only $80.

it was on sale for 50% off and i read a bunch of the glowing reviews on amazon. thought i'd get the opinion of AT. if i had waited, i would have probably missed my chance to buy it.

 

[iRONic]

Originally posted by: iamme

Originally posted by: iRONic
I'll take "Things to ask *before* the appliance is purchased" for $400, Alex.

lol it was only $80.

it was on sale for 50% off and i read a bunch of the glowing reviews on amazon. thought i'd get the opinion of AT. if i had waited, i would have probably missed my chance to buy it.

Heh heh...

You knew what you were getting into here.

S'all good, mang.

 

[iamme]

saturday afternoon bump

 

[Baked]

Waste of money. I had one, used it a couple times, it's somewhere in the garage now.

 

[iamme]

i've had it for about a week and i've been using it fairly often.

very easy to clean (disassemble some parts and just rinse w/ water. the only scrubbing is the filter w/ the provided brush. i lined the pulp catcher w/ a grocery bag per the instructions, so i just toss the pulp filled bag when done. very simple).

all i've been making so far is carrot/apple juice and it's VERY yummy and sweet.

any other good fruits/veggies waiting to be juiced?

 

[puffff]

i used to have one, but the amount of juice it generated for the amount of food i put in wasnt worth it. i stopped using it.

my grand plan was to juice a steak, so i could have steak juice with my steak, the ultimate steak dinner. i never got that far.