Customer Reviews

Jamba Juice Power

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I honestly picked this one up because I just wanted some good smoothie recipes. I wasn't expecting to get a comprehensive 21 day life changing health plan or a brief history of Jamba Juice. I might not have bought it if I had known that was what more than half the book contained.

Good thing I didn't know that because I think the book was well worth the price. There are great recipes in it like I was hoping. Also, the lifestyle advice and the 21 day plan are all very practical and doable and simply focus on getting more produce & fiber in your life and exercising more. Much more sound "diet" advice than everything else out there right now.

A good read and a fun recipe book that is motivating!

Jamba Juice Power is a must read. I am forty years old and the last program I tried was Dr. Phil's, to no avail. This book changed everything. I learned that well being is not just physical but emotional and spiritual also. The recipes were realistic and my family loved them. The authors touched on many great tips that perhaps we all know are correct, just hard to put into practice. This was also made easy to digest by a 21 day program that was easy to follow. (Not a bunch of prepacked food to buy, meetings to attend and money to spend). After I write this review I plan to write the publisher and give a thank you for a book that every person should read.

I had read earlier reviews about the book being more of a "life style" book than a recipe book (there really are only about 40 smoothie recipes), but my biggest disappointment was that ALL of the recipes include either sherbet or frozen yogurt. For me a real smoothie is all fruit.

I was hoping to find more recipes in this book than it has. I'm a Jamba Juice junkie and wanted to make smoothies like they make them. I was hoping to find more about smoothies and more input from author Kirk Perron. It appears the bulk of the book was written by freelance writer, Stan Dembecki, which is okay, but is he a smoothie expert like Kirk? I guess it depends on what you are looking for. This book seems to be more of a lifstyle book. If that is what you are looking for, it's okay.

Whether a novice or a nutrition guru, after reading this fun and energetic book, you will undoubtedly learn something about yourself and about the world of food around you. Mr. Perron and Mr. Dembecki have given us an easy-to-read, easier-to-understand book that "blends" the daunting subject of nutritional science with common sense, offering the reader information everyone should know about the food they choose to eat, and a simple and relatively short ?21 Day? plan to begin acting on this new information. Jamba Juice Power is not new diet book. It does offer many smoothie recipes, so many, in fact, that I thought it might also be called a cookbook of sorts. But what would you expect from the man who built more than 350 (and counting) smoothie stores across America? Jamba Juice Power is a practical approach to understanding the importance of what we feed our bodies with while presenting to the reader a no-nonsense plan to see for themselves how small adjustments in their daily diet and daily routines can drastically improve energy, enthusiasm and overall wellbeing. Read this book if you are a daily visitor to Jamba Juice or have never even seen a Jamba Juice store, it will mean a great deal to both of you.

Wish we had a jamba Juice store nearby, I'd visit it often. Would like some more information about the vita ingrediants in the book. Never knew Peanut Butter, Mango, Banana, Peaches, Orange Sorbet and crushed ice could taste so good
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I absolutely looved this book, I have purchased several copies for friends and family. It is full of easy-to-read important health info (not usually my favorite reading subject) and practical tips for staying (or getting) healthy, becoming energized, and de-stressing! The recipes are simple and delicious, with a wide variety of flavors; with a family of five, this was especially helpful. I have been able to sneak my children?s vitamin and mineral supplements into their morning smoothies (a tip I had read in an article written by Dr. Oz regarding his own children). I hope to read more work by these authors in the future, until then I intend to keep my family Jamba Juicing at home- Thanks!

I'm a big fan of Jamba Juice and would see this book offered in their juice bars and sometimes skim through it. After I moved and was no longer within walking distance from a Jamba Juice, I decided to purchase the book through an Amazon seller (the best, less expensive way to go). While there is nothing in this book that is revolutionary or "wow" producing, it offers easy smoothie (and some juice) recipes and a fun 21-day lifestyle changing plan.

The first part gives basic nutritional information on fruits, veggies, and supplement boosts. It goes into what to shop for (low fat, green veggies--the usual stuff) and what vitamins and nutrients certain foods contain. Nothing new or surprising here except it warns not to eat more than a can of tuna per month due to mercury content. Per month? Is that correct?

The parts of the book that are unique are the 21-day lifestyle program and the smoothie and juice recipes. The plan gives nutritional tips and meal recommendations (it promotes the 5-6 small meals a day idea), plus activities to do for body, mind, and spirit. The activities are simple and painless enough--taking a walk on your lunch break, dancing, soaking in a tub in Epsom salts, enjoying nature. The difficulty I had with it is that it recommends a different smoothie recipe and meals each day. These smoothies use different fruits, juices, sherbet flavors, or yogurt. You can't really stock up on all the fruits you need and use them every few days without them going bad unless you freeze them or only buy enough for one or two smoothies at a time (and who wants to go to the grocery every day). If I get, for example, blueberries and strawberries to combine with orange juice for the Orange Oomph smoothie, I want to make that smoothie each day until I use up the fruit. The same goes for the meals.

The smoothies are tasty--although mine never come out as thick as Jamba Juices. I liked the recipes that contain sherbet rather than frozen yogurt as I make a smoothie in the morning and put in a refrigerator at work for 4-5 hours before drinking for lunch. The smoothies made with frozen yogurt do not look appealing after sitting in the fridge. Also, the dates did not chop up at all in my blender, so I stopped using the recipes that used them.

Most of the recipes combine a cup of one fruit, a half cup of another, a cup of juice, a cup of sherbet and ice. You could easily make your own recipes that would be tasty, too. There are a few juice recipes (far more smoothies, though) so, if you want to follow the 21-day plan to a 'T', you'll need a juicer. If you're flexible and willing to substitute, a blender is probably sufficient. The book gives suggestions on which blender or juicer to buy.

Jamba Power is a fun book and, if you get it for the affordable price from the Amazon sellers, it is worth it for the recipes. I don't think it is worth full-price though because the information and ideas are just basic stuff and tasty smoothies like the ones in this book can be made by experimenting with different fruits, juices, sherbets, and yogurt on your own.

Book is SO good - I ate it!!!
Actually, quite an out-of-the-ordinary, refreshing read; offering level-headed advice on how small, incremental (achievable) habit changes PRODUCE (pun intended) a healthier, happier, more-energized, you. Enjoyed the real-life, simple suggestions... A "lifestyle" book that doesn't throw the 'diet of the month' at ya. Enjoy!

Average juicing book.

And I ask why brand this book jamba juice if the two recipes I wanted (and many others @ jamba juice)-two decommissioned/defunct Jamba juice drinks from the era in which this book was made, mind you-are not in the book? So on the one hand you can't get the drinks anymore since they are off the menu, nor can you get the recipes for them. Maybe JJ is thinking they'll bring those drinks back once in a while to play coercive games with consumers a la the economically-cyclical mcRib game..?

Lame. Super duper lame.

Also, the juice recipes are OK but they are what you'd find in any/all juicing books, so it's nothing new if you have been juicing for even a short while. For example, carrot apple beet juice is standard issue and what anyone would do if they've been juicing for longer than a month.

My recommendation is if this is your first juicing book it's probably good enough for you.

Otherwise if you have another juicing book, skip this book as it is redundant and derivative.

And if you don't have a juicer, well this books is unhelpful so you should then go get one and experiment. There's plenty of better recipes on the web. Sometimes you can a juicer at thrift stores but really you want an Omega auger type, they are truly the best and easier to use than champion. No centerfuge juicers they heat up the juice and ruin it.

Here's a recipe to get you started, it's powerful and treats colds better than any OTC supplement you may take:

6 org. whole sweet/tart apples (pink lady, honeycrisp or granny).. bagged are smaller/cheaper
1 org. lemon, rind and pith removed
4 inches of organic ginger, washed, unpeeled

instructions: Juice, combine, drink.

Take that jamba juice!