Juicers/Nutribullets...........anyone else on CC use one ?

[Dave7]

When the big 'C' came calling I looked into ways of helping to fight it (as you do ) and ended up buying an expensive juicer. I got a 'juicer' as it extracts just the juice which is theoretically more healthy (open to debate I know).
Well.............what a pain it is to clean after use. So much so that it sat there more often than it was used......which was not very useful..
So......2 weeks ago I bought a Nutribullet. Soooooo much easier to use & clean. 10 minutes to make the drink & 2 minutes to clean afterwards.
On the principle that the best one for you is the one that gets used I consider it a real success.
N.B.
Simple recipe is..............big handful of spinach, floret of broccoli, an apple (or pear etc), some grapes, half an orange...............fill to the mark with coconut water. Blend go 30/40 seconds & walla..........a nice thick, tasty healthy drink.

 

[Stephenite]

@Dave7 You could maybe copy and paste your post into the smoothie thread above. If you want.

And you could come up with an answer to why some people think consuming fructose is the bane of western civilization.

 

[vickster]

No I prefer to eat fruit and veg in its original format. Smoothies and juice often give me heartburn, too acidic. And can be really calorific too!

The thought of a green veg based drink, ewwww (tomato juice also yuck)

 

[classic33]

Ingredients
One banana,
one cup of almond milk
one small aubergine
Agave nectar to taste (not truly raw, and optional)

Directions Blend to your hearts-blending notes. The recipe (as above) comes out with a taste that reminds me of unsweetened soy milk.

http://www.therawtarian.com/community/recipe/potassium-blast-eggplant-smoothie

 

[Lonestar]

I used to use one.Still got three of them.Think it was a passing phase.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I never use a recipe, just chuck stuff in.

 

[ScotiaLass]

I like mine. So easy to use and clean, only down side for me, a person with noise sensitivity is it's too loud!

 

[Over The Hill]

I don't really understand juicers. Why not just eat the ingredients without liquidising them? Surely with fruit all you are doing is taking away the beneficial fibre content and turning nice fruit into baby food.

 

[Dave7]

Have a look at this thread: https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/five-a-day-turned-into-a-smoothie.167587/post-3943746

Thanks for that..............maybe I should have done a search before posting

 

[classic33]

Thanks for that..............maybe I should have done a search before posting

Why, the thread linked is over a year old. Things change a lot quicker than that.

 

[Dave7]

I don't really understand juicers. Why not just eat the ingredients without liquidising them? Surely with fruit all you are doing is taking away the beneficial fibre content and turning nice fruit into baby food.

Well as I understand it (and I have been know to be wrong)..............................

• You just couldn't eat that much fruit
• When it is 'juiced' the body can quickly absorb all the good bits which is beneficial.

1. The fibre is still there.........e.g. when you add ginger the fibre is noticeable.

NOTE.
I am one of the worlds great cynics. I think that normally I would ignore these things (apart from when I want an ice cream milk shake )..........but in my situation I decided that for the cost it is worth a go, as in nothing to lose and maybe a lot to gain.

 

[Dayvo]

I had a Magic Bullet, which was reasonable at making smoothies, but not so good at making hummus or thick soups. Now I use a food blender and it is a very good all-rounder.

 

[Over The Hill]

Well as I understand it (and I have been know to be wrong)..............................

• You just couldn't eat that much fruit
• When it is 'juiced' the body can quickly absorb all the good bits which is beneficial.

1. The fibre is still there.........e.g. when you add ginger the fibre is noticeable.

NOTE.
I am one of the worlds great cynics. I think that normally I would ignore these things (apart from when I want an ice cream milk shake )..........but in my situation I decided that for the cost it is worth a go, as in nothing to lose and maybe a lot to gain.

I eat well over 5 a day fruit and veg. No problem in doing this.
Surely we do not want a rush of energy - better for it to be released slower as it is digested.
If you stick some apples through it you end up with liquefied apple and remove a certain amount of fibre pulp. Surely that fibre pulp is good to eat as it is full or roughage. I do see more gets in than if you just extracted juice but why is the bit that is being thrown out bad for me - surely I am better eating the pulp. Lots of roughage for digestion and it fills you up more to then eat less fat, sugar and carbs.
Part of the delight of food is the eating bit.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Nutribullets are excellent things.

Word of warning though - I'd had mine two months and was really getting into it.

About 6 weeks back I started waking in the middle of the night and peeing (not in the bed I hasten to add!). Went on for a few nights and I started to get worried - it had never happened before.

Toddled off to doc's thinking the worst as you do and I had some tests and all was fine.

My doc' gave me a good grilling and I got a mild rollicking for overdoing certain fruits (eg blueberries) that can cause bladder irritation. She also gave me a chart with good fruits and not so good fruits for avoiding/getting bladder irritation as an aide memoire.

I also got told off about caffeine intake so now I am on decaf tea and coffee too!.

So decaf fluids and a throttling buck on fruit-ism and I am fine (stopped within a few days).

I can only quote the doc' and she told me that "this is far from the first case I have seen where people have gone OTT on fruit and ended up with irritable bladders".

 

[Dave7]

I eat well over 5 a day fruit and veg. No problem in doing this.
Surely we do not want a rush of energy - better for it to be released slower as it is digested.
If you stick some apples through it you end up with liquefied apple and remove a certain amount of fibre pulp. Surely that fibre pulp is good to eat as it is full or roughage. I do see more gets in than if you just extracted juice but why is the bit that is being thrown out bad for me - surely I am better eating the pulp. Lots of roughage for digestion and it fills you up more to then eat less fat, sugar and carbs.
Part of the delight of food is the eating bit.

I am no expert and as I said a great cynic but.........having done the research I decided that there COULD be benefits to me. You would not normally chomp on a floret of broccoli or a bunch of spinach so blending this at least makes sure you get it every day (in quantity).
I am not proposing or suggesting that anyone should get one.........my OP was just asking if any CCs do have one.