Recently, I juiced nettles for a weekend retreat at Cedar Springs Renewal Center where I lectured. Nettles juice is surprisingly nourishing.  I felt better shortly after drinking it. 

Nettles are rich in iron and other minerals. And, like all greens, they’re full of chlorophyll, the green juice that is the life of a plant.  Chlorophyll has a similar chemical composition to hemoglobin. It’s an amazing tonic.

Nettles are best in terms of quality, vibrancy and nutrition in the spring when they’re young. As they grow older, they should not be eaten. But cutting nettles causes them to grow back so you can have fresh, young nettles throughout the season.

So how do we eat nettles raw?  Juice them.  (And wear gloves.) They don’t sting once they’re juiced.  

The best juicer to use is one that will do wheatgrass.  I juiced the nettles in my Omega 8005, which did a beautiful job of pressing out the nettle juice.  And, it’s easy to clean, to boot!

If you’re looking for a great juicer that will do wheatgrass and is easy to clean and use, take a look at the Omega 8005 at my website www.juiceladyinfo.com

Happy Spring Juicing!

Cherie

As the Juice Lady, and best-selling author of The Juice Lady’s Guide to Juicing for Health, people often ask me to recommend the best juicer.  I like to ask questions at this point.  What are your juicing goals?  How busy are you?  Do you want to juice wheatgrass?  

If you want to juice wheatgrass, my recommendation is the Omega 8005.

If you are in a hurry and you want a juicer that is fast to use, then I recommend either the Omega 4000 or the wide-mouth Jucieman Pro.  

You can look at all models at my website www.juiceladyinfo.com.  If you still have questions, you can email or call me.

Happy Juicing!

Cherie Calbom

Why is it that wheatgrass juice makes people feel so healthy and is used by many people as a tonic for various ailments?  Well for one, it’s loaded with vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and phytonutrients.  But the most important nutrient it offers is chlorophyll. People have found that chlorophyll, the pigment responsible for its green color, is the life of the plant.  The leaves of plants convert sunlight to energy and store that energy in plant fibers.  When you drink the juice of these tender blades of grass, you’re getting “concentrated sun power.” That means energy for you; lots of energy!

You can go to juice bars and buy a shot of wheatgrass juice.  Or, you can get a juicer that does wheatgrass juice, which needs to be a masticating juicer, and make your own at home all the time.  You’ll reap multiple health rewards!

Until recently, I had not found a juicer that did wheatgrass juice easily and was easy to clean.  Then I discovered the Omega 8005.  Go to my website www.juiceladyinfo.com and take a look at the sleek new Omega 8005.  I highly recommend it.

                                                                                     Cherie Calbom, M.S., The Juice Lady

Spring is almost here. Change of seasons is the perfect time to cleanse. 

I’m gearing up for my 7-day liver cleanse next week.  Why don’t you join me for a juice cleanse, liver cleanse, and weight loss challenge. 

Follow the 7-Day Liver Cleanse in Juicing, Fasting, and Detoxing for Life or The Juice Lady’s Guide to Juicing for Health.

Some of the great benefits of cleansing:

            •            Weight loss

            •            Cellulite reduction

            •            Increased energy

            •            Look younger

            •            Improved immune function

            •            Blood purification

            •            Improved digestion

            •            Reduced cravings

Eat and juice up plenty of liver friendly vegetables and herbs

Artichokes

Beets with leaves

Broccoli

Brussels Sprouts

Cabbage

Carrots

Celery

Chives

Cucumber

Dandelion

Eggplant

Garlic

Green Beans

Kale

Kohlrabi

Lettuce

Mustard Greens

Okra

Onion

Parsley

Parsnips

Peas

Pumpkin

Spinach

Squash

Sweet Potatoes or yams (be sure to let your jam or sweet potato juice sit for a least an hour for the starch to settle to the bottom of your container or it will be gritty)

You’ll need a good juicer for your spring cleansing.  See my website www.juiceladyinfo.com for my recommendations.

Happy Spring and Happy Cleansing!

As the weather gets colder, include warming foods.  Juice ginger!  Ginger root is not only warming, it’s loaded with zinc to build up the immune system.  It  is also an anti-inflammatory.  Juice it up with carrot, beet, and lemon.  It’s a delicious blend of juices to drive back winter colds and flu.

If you get a cold, go on a short vegetable juice fast for one or two days.  This will accelerate your recovery process.  Just drinking freshly made juices, lots of water, and herbal tea gives your body a chance to rest from the activity of digesting food and a enables it to concentrate on fighting the infection.  It also supports the body at the cellular level  to speed up the healing process. 

For more information on juice therapy for colds and flu, see The Juice Lady’s Guide to Juicing for Health.  If you don’t have a good juicer, give me a call.  I have the Juiceman Pro available.

Best of health,

Cherie Calbom, MS, The Juice Lady

My two latest books Juicing, Fasting, and Detoxing for Life and The Juice Lady’s Guide to Juicing for Health, Revised Edition  talk about  the exciting benefits of juicing and cleansing the body.  But you’ll never experience the wonderful benefits I discuss such as weight loss and better health, if you don’t have a good juicer–one that’s easy to clean and use.   Since I’m often asked which juicer I recommend, I’d like to tell you which juicer is my favorite and why I recommend it.

The Juiceman Pro has the features I like that keep me juicing daily.

• Large feed tube so you can juice several carrots, a whole apple, or whole beet at one time.  It’s not necessary to chop and slice into little pieces.
• Stainless steel blade coated with titanium
• Ejects the pulp into the pulp catcher, which you can line with a baggy.  You don’t need to wash it.
• Only 3 parts to wash, which are dishwasher safe.  It only takes about 1 minute for clean up.
• Efficient at extracting juice.  The Juiceman Pro is very efficient at extracting juice from produce.  It produces a very dry pulp

Are you stressed?  Many people are feeling the pressures of our economic downturn-401Ks diminishing, home values falling, jobs in jeopardy, and the economy in trouble.  When we’re under a lot of stress, the tendency is to eat junk, especially, sweets.  On a psychological level, eating sweets can represent an attempt to bring sweetness into our lives.  But sweets don’t bring sweetness in the end.  Most people find that they have the reverse effect.  Sweets, junk food, and refined carbs, such as white flour baked goods that quickly turn to sugar when we eat them, often cause us to be irritable and out of sorts. That causes even more stress.  We find ourselves snapping at others more easily and getting irritated at little things. That’s because these foods cause wide swings in blood sugar.  When we’re stressed, we need better nutrition than when we’re not stressed out.  That’s where juicing fresh produce comes in.  When you start juicing a lot of vegetables with a little fruit to sweeten the blend, you’ll feel happier, more emotionally stable, and less irritable.  You’ll find that you make better decisions.  And you may start smiling more, even when you don’t have a particular reason for your good mood.  Start your day with a delicious glass of vegetable juice.  Eat healthy throughout the day, such as choosing veggies, salads, beans, whole grains, soups, and lean protein.  Drink a fresh juice cocktail  to unwind when you get home from work.  You’ll do more than unwind.  You’ll revive! You should feel more creative, too, because your brain will get the nutrients it needs.  With renewed energy, you can face the challenges of your life with more emotional stability and creativity.  

Making fresh juice is easy.  The only things you’ll need are fresh produce (organic is always best) and a good juicer.  Delicious recipes are also very helpful so that you don’t make something that tastes bad.  You can find dozens of great recipes  in The Juice Lady’s Guide to Juicing for Health (Avery).  If you don’t have a good juicer, look for one with a strong motor (1/2 hp), a wide spout so you can add a whole apple or lemon, stainless steel (it won’t stain then), and only a few parts to wash so it’s easy to clean.  I recommend the Juiceman Pro.  You can read more about it on my website www.juicebookinfo.com.

Here’s a couple of recipes to energize your day!

Happy Morning

1/2 green  apple

4-5 carrots, well scrubbed, green tops removed, ends trimmed

3 fennel stalks; include leaves and flowers

1/2 cucumber

Handful spinach

1-inch piece ginger root

Cut produce to fit your juicer’s feed tube.  Juice apple first and follow with other ingredients. Stir and pour into a glass; drink as soon as possible.

Serves 1

Note:  Fennel juice has been used as a traditional tonic to help the body release endorphins, the “feel good” peptides from the brain into the bloodstream.  Endorphins help to diminish anxiety and fear and generate a mood of euphoria.

Stress Buster

3-4 carrots, scrubbed well, tops removed, ends trimmed

1 cucumber, peeled

1/2 apple

1/2 beet, scrubbed well (may include stem and 1-2 leaves)

1/2 lemon, peeled

1-inch chunk ginger root, scrubbed, peeled if old

Cut produce to fit your juicer’s feed tube.  Juice all ingredients and stir.  Pour into a glass and drink as soon as possible.

Serves 1-2

You can get more recipes and information about juicing at www.juicebookinfo.com

  So start unwinding from a stressful day with a juice cocktail and see what happens. As you juice your way to more energy and better health, you’ll find that you can handle the stresses of your day with greater ease and emotional stability.  So, what are you waiting for?  Raise a glass that will really make you feel good!

When we’re under a lot of stress, like we’ve lost a good portion of our 401K, or our house value has dropped significantly, or we’ve lost our job, or we can’t pay all our bills, the tendency is to eat junk, especially, sweets.  On a psychological level, eating sweets represents an attempt to bring sweetness into our lives.  But sweets don’t bring sweetness in the end.  Most people find that they have the reverse effect.  Sweets and refined carbs, such as white flour baked goods that quickly turn to sugar when we eat them, often cause us to be irritable.  We find ourselves snapping at others more easily and getting irritated at little things.  When we’re stressed, we need even better nutrition than when we’re not so stressed.  That’s where juicing comes in.  When you start juicing a lot of vegetables with a little fruit to sweeten the juice, you’ll feel happier, more emotionally stable, and less irritable.  You may find yourself smiling, even when you don’t have a particular reason for your good mood.  Start your day with a delicious glass of vegetable juice.  Eat healthy throughout the day, such as choosing veggies, salads, soups, and lean protein.  Drink a fresh juice cocktail when you get home from work to unwind.  You’ll do more than unwind.  You’ll revive! You should feel more creative, too, because your brain will get the nutrients it needs.  

Cherie Calbom, MS

As the weather changes, it’s time to strengthen your immune system.  Choose nutrient-packed vegetables such as carrots and dark greens that are rich in beta-carotene, kale, which is also loaded with calcium, magnesium, and vitamin K (good for your bones), ginger root, which is one of your best sources of zinc, and lemon that offers lots of vitamin C.  If you work on strengthening your immune system now by drinking fresh juice every day, you stand a much better chance of not getting colds or flu this winter. It’s true.  You can enjoy a winter without getting sick at all.  I have.  And I’ve worked with many people who have also improved their health and have not gotten sick even when everyone around them was sick.

Make sure you have a good juicer that is easy to clean and easy to use.  Then you’ll use it every day.  And here’s a tip to make juicing easy.  Line the pulp catcher with a plastic baggy–then you won’t have to wash it.

Best of health,

Cherie Calbom, MS, The Juice Lady

With the release of my latest book JUICING, FASTING, AND DETOXING FOR LIFE, many people have asked me what juicer I recommend.  My pick is the Juiceman Pro, stainless steel, centrifugal force juicer.  It has a 1/2 hp motor and a blade coated with titanium to  stay sharp and last longer.  The pulp is ejected into the pulp catcher, which you can line with a free baggy from the grocery store. The pulp is quite dry–a good sign of an efficient juicer. The wide spout at the top can take several carrots, a whole lemon, and a whole, small apple. But here’s the feature I really like:  It only takes about 1 minute to clean.  That’s a huge benefit!  Juicers that take a long time to clean just aren’t used.  The juicer parts are also dishwasher safe.  When you have a juicer that easy to use and easy to clean, you’ll use it.  And that will make a BIG difference in how you feel–more energy, a stronger immune system, happier disposition, and a great sense of well being.

You can learn more about the Juiceman Pro on my website juicebookinfo.com.  Just click on Products.  Or, you can call me at 866-843-8935.

Cherie Calbom,MS, The Juice Lady