Oh My How I Would Love To Have A Juicer Machine....uh...BUT???
By pyewacket
@pyewacket (43903)
United States
May 10, 2009 7:30am CST
Okay, I watch a lot of late, late,late night TV--the time when those infomercials come on and bombard us with this fabulous product or that one. One of them is that Jack Lalaine Juicer. Oh, how I would love to get it, but it is a bit pricey even on installment plan payments....so nix that idea. I still would LOVE the idea of having real legit fresh juices...Then I'm realizing something about that Jack LaLaine juicer. It says that one can "juice" the whole fruits or vegetables involved, whether apples, pears, cantaloupes, etc WHOLE...REPEAT...WHOLE...even the rind of a cantaloupe. And I'm thinking....like huh? Is this safe? 
Lets be logical here and examine the implications here of juicing with this juicer of fruits and vegetables WHOLE. As you know most commercially grown produce is chock full and sprayed with pesticides....many produce are sprayed with a waxy substance to keep them fresher longer with heavens knows what chemicals...Many of the produce that one can find in supermarkets in the USA aren't even home grown but imported from countries where toxic pesticides that are banned in our country aren't banned in the other countries. So like duh.....is the idea of juicing WHOLE produce, with the skin, rind, seeds (and some seeds of fruits are actually toxic..like apple seeds..did you know that?) logical?
Like I said I would love to do my own juicing but juicing machines are so friggin expensive and I not about to juice the entire fruit or vegetable WHOLE as suggested in that Jack LaLaine ad...
How about you? Do you "juice"??--have your own juicer machine??..if you do which do you recommend and do you "juice" produce WHOLE or do you take safety precautions which in my mind one should.
Lets be logical here and examine the implications here of juicing with this juicer of fruits and vegetables WHOLE. As you know most commercially grown produce is chock full and sprayed with pesticides....many produce are sprayed with a waxy substance to keep them fresher longer with heavens knows what chemicals...Many of the produce that one can find in supermarkets in the USA aren't even home grown but imported from countries where toxic pesticides that are banned in our country aren't banned in the other countries. So like duh.....is the idea of juicing WHOLE produce, with the skin, rind, seeds (and some seeds of fruits are actually toxic..like apple seeds..did you know that?) logical?
Like I said I would love to do my own juicing but juicing machines are so friggin expensive and I not about to juice the entire fruit or vegetable WHOLE as suggested in that Jack LaLaine ad...
How about you? Do you "juice"??--have your own juicer machine??..if you do which do you recommend and do you "juice" produce WHOLE or do you take safety precautions which in my mind one should.8 people like this
35 responses
@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
10 May 09
I'm with you Pye.........juicing the ENTIRE apple, orange, whatever is not in the cards, in view of the way these products are grown and processed these days.
But I do have a solution to your juicer problem and it's a great stress reliever too....
One large hammer, a cast iron bathtub on a platform and Bob's your uncle. Pound away to your hearts content, but be sure to have a bucket under the bathtub drain.
HEY! It works for us country folks. How do you think we make our cider hmmmmmmmm?
ROFL
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
11 May 09
LOL, that was priceless. God, I miss Lucy! Thanks for the link. I needed a good giggle today!
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@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
10 May 09
I have never 100% compltetly thought the process through but I always thought the juicers where you put then entire fruits/veggie in had some kind of process where seeds and such were filtered out.
I wash all my produce before I eat it, even things where you don't eat the outside - even when I buy organic.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
10 May 09
The one I have does have a separator for things that do not grind up easily. It is a pain to clean up, and I agree about the good washing. If I had a huge kitchen with miles of counter top, I could have all of my machines out at the same time.
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@ElicBxn (63594)
• United States
10 May 09
my mom loved fresh squeezed orange juice and had a machine that did that, and that's fine, but I don't think I'm that fond of various juices so I'll take a pass
I've seen these "wonder juicers" and their recipes to help you stay healthy - but so many of them want stuff I wouldn't touch - like celery juice - I don't think I'd like that since I hate celery and other weird stuff like juicing parsley
honestly they sound like they could get expensive just to "feed" the juicer!
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
11 May 09
i have this cuisinart thing..not a juicer per se..but it'll do more or less the same thing.as for leaving the skin on-no way.besides the fact it usually tastes nasty (melons)god knows what's in that layer.
@guybrush (4658)
• Australia
11 May 09
Last year I juiced a lot - and must get around to doing it again, as fresh juices were certainly lovely (I liked carrot, apple and ginger with sprigs of mint). Apart from washing the items before dropping them down the shute, I didn't take any other precautions with them - but the juicer leaves all the skin and pips and things in the pulp container. There's actually a LOT of waste product, but you can use that as compost. Apple seeds have cyanide in them, don't they? I'm sure I read that somewhere, once upon a time. You could always peel and core your fruit before dropping it in - but the juicer tends to reject those bits anyway, so I don't think it's a worry. (Hope not, anyway!)
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@dlr297 (5409)
• United States
11 May 09
I use my juicer all the time, and yes i put everything in because a lot of the vitamins are in the skin or rind.... You can peel and cut the seeds out of fruits and vegetables if you want to before using.
If you buy you fruits and vegetables organic, you do not get all the toxic pesticides. They are a little more expensive, but in my opinion it is worth the extra cost, since i started buying organic i have noticed a big difference in my husbands and my health.
To get a good price on a juicer, check at garage sales, and you can pick up one at a fraction of the price. That way you will be able to tell if you are going to like it with out the big expense of a new juicer.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
10 May 09
I bought a juicer years ago.At Wal Mart. It probably cost less than one of those payments on the Jack LaLaine juicer. It says you can juice everything, but I do not. Oh, it does not juice citrus, but I got a citrus juicer for under 15 dollars. I am particular about what I juice, when I do so. I do not really have a place set up to use it. What I liked is that it sorted out the seeds and reserved them in a basket. The juice came out one side and the pulp from another spout. The book then recommended doing things with the pulp, like using it to make a quick bread. Carrot is the sweetest juice ever, and the pulp goes well to make a carrot cake or bread. I think if you have your own garden it is great, or if you can get organic produce.
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@justinus (1104)
• Karawaci, Indonesia
11 May 09
Hello, let me in. I usually take hot milk instead. Sometimes I wake up at midnight and can not sleep again, then I usually make a glass of hot milk with some cake, if there any fruit I eat this fruit directly and I dont know it was always help me to sleep again. thank you.
@justinus (1104)
• Karawaci, Indonesia
11 May 09
oh, sorry, I didnt read carefully your post hahaha (lol) just for a glance,
ok, agree, fruit/ juice is the best for oue health, I got a pocket book teaching how to clean our entirely with diet and drink only pineaple juice for 3 days!
see you and thanks for responding my miss understand.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
11 May 09
I don't have a problem sleeping...LOL. My question was if juicers are any good to make healthy drinks to drink in essence all day long rather than buying commercial brands...I'm more interested in the benefits of using a juicer to make fresh juice
@moondancer (7433)
• United States
10 May 09
I too have seen more than my share of the infomercials. Here where I live in the south we have small mom and pop markets and people on the side of the roads selling their home grown things.
I have also seen the juicer and would love to have it. I'd also love to have the steam mop that I've seen on there.
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@derek_a (10874)
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11 May 09
Yes, we have a juicer and we juice fruit and vegetables. It is a great way to get vitamins and minerals into your system. We always get organic stuff and we include skins, seeds - everything. Yes, they do tend to be quite expensive, but if you buy vitamins and minerals, you soon save a lot of money by not having to buy them anymore. 
- Derek
- Derek2 people like this
@leenie50 (3992)
• United States
11 May 09
Pye,
When I was in my 20's my 1st husband and I invested in a veg-e-matic(spelling?) because we wanted to live off the earth. My first comment about the whole fruit is that it also changes the flavor if you use the whole fruit etc. Not tasty!! What I did love about the machine is that it stone ground any kind of grain. I made the best pancakes.
The only juicer I have is a citrus juicer now so I really can't help you. Sorry!! Let us know what you decide. Hugsss
leenie
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@catdla1 (6005)
• United States
10 May 09
Probably the operative word is 'can'. Just because you 'can' juice fruits and vegatables whole, doesn't mean that you should, or that you would even want to. I agree with you that I wouldn't even be tempted with store produce. Most pesticides used commercially are oil based. A thorogh rinsing doesn't remove it.
Now, if I had a large garden, maybe I might try it...but that's a big maybe. To me the skins add bitterness. My step-daughter tells me I have enough of that already...lol
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@catdla1 (6005)
• United States
11 May 09
LOL...you are sweet yourself! Tukay got a hug and pizza yesterday, so she was pretty happy with herself. The pesticides applied to fruits and vegetables are oil based (usually a vegetable oil) so that they don't wash off in the rain or during irrigation.
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@kprofgames (3091)
• United States
10 May 09
I love fresh drinks but to put in something whole it a no, no. I am still amazed at a person that doesn't even wash their produce after buying it. Just because it's wrapped in a bag doesn't mean it still doesn't need to be washed. All vegtables are sprayed to keep them from growing in the stores,but the points you have about the chemicals is one that some people just don't think about.
I don't have a juicer, but one of the kids got me a smoothy blender for Christmas and I use it all the time. Malts and other things in there. I can't wait for my raspberries to come in because I will be doing fresh smoothies from that.
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@ruworth (147)
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10 May 09
If your watching TV that late you need to have a juicer as its alot healthier than snacking on junk food.
you can make your juice like a thick smoothie so you feel full and you will only burn callories when you sleep and not put on any fat..
Juicing is the FUTURE!!!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
11 May 09
LOL--I really don't eat much junk food to tell you the truth--do homecooking from scratch. If I do snack I snack on salads and cheeses
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
12 May 09
I bought a juicer off EBay a couple of years ago. I was thinking if I juice it will be healthy. I got this lovely juicer in as new condition and did a few things...no skin and pieces cut to fit in the juicer....it made a LOT of pulp and very little juice. Fresh fruit and veggies are incredibly expensive here so the juicer was relegated to the back of the bottom of my appliance cupboard...the pulp was mainly wasted as even the goats wouldn't eat it. I'd pack it up and send it to you except the postage would be exorbitant!
@BarBaraPrz (47313)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 May 09
I prefer to eat my fruits whole (seeds excepted, of course).
I'm reminded of a time in the 60s when one of my uncles was flogging industrial juicers and gave the family a demonstration... one of the things he threw in was a whole egg, the shell being a source of calcium...
As one of my aunts said later, "I wish he would have washed the egg first." There was still a bit of straw stuck to it.
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@applefreak (3130)
• Singapore
12 May 09
i have one of those juicer that juices a fruit whole. it's the philips alu-juicer with a wide chute to accomodate a whole apple. it's convenient because i don't have to cut the fruit at all.
i didn't know that apple seeds are toxic. i've been juicing apples whole for the past 12 months. guess the amount that seeps into the juice is minimal so there isn't a reaction to the seeds. i also don't skin most of my fruits before i juice them. the ones i skin mainly because i didn't like the bitterness of the rind in the juice.
@jdyrj777 (6530)
• United States
13 May 09
I bought a juicer way back when they first came out. I paid like $40.-$50. I dont even remember where i go it. It was that long ago. I only used it a few times. Why? Because its such a mess to clean. The filter thing is horrible to clean. And it takes pounds of grapes to make one small glass of juice. The thing about using the whole fruit, they do say that most of the vitamans are in the peelings. As long as they are well cleaned im sure its safe. Im also sure you can find a less expensive one somewhere else. Try amazon or ebay. The also have new things as well as used. Good luck what ever you do. I have a problem drinking ready made juices. Causes heartburn. If you read the ingredients there isnt really much actual juice there. I did go out and buy a blender and usually just drink smoothies made with frozen fruit and a little milk or soy milk. Taste great like a milkshake.
@csrobins (1120)
• United States
12 May 09
Thats a goo question..I never though of that. I guess you're supposed to clean it off first but still. But then some people eat them whole without cleaning them first ha. My questoin to you is, why would anyone want a juicer?...I hate juice and to choose to juice it down rather than enjoy the texture is something I've always had a problem with. I woudl definitely go for the juicer if you want it though. There would be plenty of good uses for that.
@Ritchelle (3790)
• Philippines
13 May 09
hi! i hope you haven't bought that juicer yet. you're right with the pesticide on the skin of fruits. that juicer would be okay if you're the one who picked your fruit from your backyard.
the people behind those shows who sell products are really good. i used to find myself staring straight at the tv for 30 minutes straight. i just get to be jolted back to reality when they say the price.
