It's not a life question, but we are thinking about buying a juicer.
We have a few reasons why we want to buy it:
1. Because my husband wants to lose some weight and has changed his breakfast from bread to (at this moment) smoothies, but it takes a lot of time too drink them, because the smoothies are very not-liquid - with a juicer he can make it faster and better drinkable.
2. My 1,5 year old is sometimes very difficult with eating veggies and we hope that we can give him some juice so he gets more vitamins
3. I could use some more vitamins too, I guess
What do you think? Is it a good idea to buy a juicer or is it just a whim??
We bought a centrifugal juicer and it was horrible. Hard to clean, a big mess every time, etc.
We then bought an auger juicer for about 250 bucks at Bed, Bath, and Beyond. This one has been a dream and has continued to be for almost a year now.
Cleanup takes 60 to 90 seconds. Assembly and dis-assembly are a snap.
In the 10 months I've been doing it I've noticed several things. I've lost serious weight. My acid reflux has vanished. I sleep deeper and longer. My wife says I no longer snore. I have more energy and feel more alert. My hair started coming in a little darker.
And the biggest plus is that we've kept using it regularly for 10 months. It wasn't a fad that came and went. It's so easy to clean and to work with that doing so doesn't give you pause the next time you want to juice.
With auger juicers they've figured out that you get about 80 to 85% of the nutrition, compared to 70% with a centrifugal juicer. Every time I juice I'm drinking the nutrition (80 to 85% of it) of half a dozen carrots, 2 cucumbers, 4 celery stalks, radishes, tomatoes, red leaf, green leaf, spinach, beets, bell peppers, ginger, chard, lemons, limes, apples and you name it.
Enough fiber gets through the strainer that you won't be missing any fiber, either. Besides, you couldn't eat all the fiber in all the veggies that you'll be drinking anyway.
I wouldn't give it up for the world. If you get the right juicer, you won't either.