Juicing vs Blending a Smoothie
If you’re going through the effort to blend a smoothie or make a juice, it’s good to know which option produces the best results for your body, and the answer might surprise you. Getting enough greens? Juice for health. Green smoothies. Sneak in the kale, chard, spinach… But which is best? Juicing or Blending? First off… The Benefits of Juicing Releases the enzymes and nutrients so they are quickly and easily...
What Juicer is used in Sick, Fat & Nearly Dead?
Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead is a documentary made by Joe Cross, an Australian who travels to America on a quest to get healthy. But Joe isn’t looking for health solutions in America, he’s brought his own solution with him that he tests on the road for 60 days…a juicer…that’s it. All Joe consumes for sustenance is green juice. We loved watching the show and when it showed his juicer, we were excited because...
Do Breville Juicers Heat the Juice Destroying Important Enzymes?
When we were researching what juicer to get, we came across posts by people claiming that centrifugal juicers (like the Breville juicers) heated the juice to the point where the health benefiting enzymes were destroyed. There are many types of enzymes used throughout the body. About Digestive Enzymes: Digestive enzymes are enzymes that break down polymeric macromolecules into their smaller building blocks, in order to facilitate their...
Sick Fat and Nearly Dead
You might have seen the title or the image for the movie Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead and your reaction might be like most when seeing the picture…EEW! We had seen the video listed in Netflix, but the title and the picture was not enticing to say the least. But then, we happened to watch the trailer for the film, and we decided to watch the movie in it’s entirety. It was an amazing movie. If you can get past the title and...
Compare Braun, Omega, and Breville Juicers
What’s better, Centrifugal or Masticating juicers? A centrifugal juicer whips the juice of the vegetables by spinning a blade and basket. The blade at the bottom of the basket cuts the veggies while the spinning action forces the juice out the sides of the basket mesh. A masticating juicer uses more of a chewing action as it grinds the juice out of the veggies. Some say one produces more juice than the other, but each juicer...