Review: Excellent, motivational guide to juicing for health and weight loss
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 27, 2014
Finding this book was serendipity. My daughter-in-law gave me her old Jack Lalaine juicer a week before. We just moved to an area of California that has year round harvest and there is a great farm stand near our house. I had no excuse not to try juicing.I need specific direction when trying out something new and I found it in the book. Elizabeth Swann explains in detail why doing a juice fast is beneficial. Exactly how to achieve success by preparing for it with guidelines, the top ten benefits, dos and don'ts, a shopping list of what to have on hand, and how to ease into it. You'll know what to expect and the side effects possibly experienced.Twenty delicious recipes are included. What I found the most helpful is the list of fruits and vegetables and how to juice them. I'd been having a horrible time with kale jamming up my juicer, but she explains to roll the leaves and follow with a firmer product like an apple quarter or part of a cucumber. It worked wonderfully. Allowing the pith of a lemon because it aids in the digestion of the essential components of lemons was very interesting.The chapter on ORAC values was intriguing. I have a hefty collection of Wisdom of the Earth essential oils that can be ingested and plan on following the guideline in the book using oils in the juice.Using the three day juicing fast as a personal retreat fascinated me!The book was so inspiring, I am really looking forward to increasing my juicing days now.