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Total Juicing: Over 125 Healthful and Delicious Ways to Use Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Juices and Pulp

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The first few chapters of this book are dedicated to the benefits of juicing, how to juice individual fruits and vegetables and what their specific benefits and nutrional information is and gives suggestions based on lifestyle needs. The second section of this book is filled with recipes for juicing. These juices cover breakfast, lunch, dinner, entertaining for guests and dessert. I was very surprised that I enjoyed as many of the combinations as I did. Who knew that red pepper juice would be almost sweet enough for dessert?

The wonderful thing about this book is the author's emphasis on using the "pulp" left by the fruits and vegetables to minimize waste, to get the most out of your money and to get the necessary and vital fiber that our bodies need. Carrot pulp should be saved and used to make carrot cake, zucchini pulp for zucchini bread, pineapple or apricot pulp retained for creating the freshest of fresh preserves to serve as toppings for toast, muffins or pancakes.

The author also encourages experimentation and offers a few suggestions in branching out to exotic fruits and vegetables, like those found in Asian or specialty markets.

Overall, this is a very down-to-earth, easy to read and follow guide for anyone that's interested in introducing the yummy and healthy benefits of juicing into their lives.

This book contains several delicious recipes; the "Tomato Salsa Drink" gets an A+. Its greatest strength are the recipes for the pulp, the fiber remnants. Each recipe lists the vitamins found in each drink, as well as the health benefits. The Index is lacking and could be more specific. If you're looking for a recipe employing a specific fruit or vegetable, not ALL the recipes using that item are listed. Still, it is a useful book, expecially for one 'new' to juicing.

This is a vey easy book to read written by Jack LaLanne's wife Elaine. The first half of the book gives you the lowdown on all the different foods. Here you will find the benefits of certain fruits and vegetables, what to do with the pulp etc.I for one don't have the time to use the pulp to make goodies but usually use it in my vegetable recycle bin in the yard that gives me the best mulch. There is also a suggested improvement section, such as best juices for seniors, young people, detoxification etc. The second half of the book gives you all the juice recipes . Some of the combinations sound gross but surprisingly some of those actually turned out to be great tasting. A few years back I got a juicer and incorporated juicing, especially during summmer into my diet(not to be confused with going on a diet) and found this book had some great suggestions. Since it is not always cost effective to juice I only do it on occassion. Anyway, here you have it, everything you need to know about juicing and it's benefits. Jack LaLanne has to be doing something right, right?

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Great book for the beginner. Just started juicing and it is very simple.

I have always loved the LaLanes'. There seems to be a conspiracy in this country to keep people both over-weight as well as ill so the petro chemical industry can profit on prescribtion drugs. One example is in the treatment of cancer. When the immune system is at it's weakest, chemo and radiation is prescribed which would be detrimental to a healthy person. Being healthy may be as simple as moderate consistent exercise and a decent diet, and no way this could be better accomplished then by proper use of juicing fresh fruits and vegetables. Carrot jucie in particular seems to be the magic elixer, potion and the path to the 'fountain of youth. It is so good for you that it is the only thing one can drink fresh, where you can feel it working for you immediately. It's probably akin to a car that one has put much needed fresh oil in it to lubricate it's creaky engine and the same goes with the needs of a human body. It needs nutrition, not junk food. I am using juicing to rejuventate both my 84 year old momn and my 55 year old mentally ill brother, and it does wonders for me as well. I am 52, but feel 30 again after just two weeks of jucing. Kudo's, kudo's kudo's. and long live the LaLanes, true American hero's and i love them both!

I'm finding this book to be practical and straight forward. The well thought out format provides simple location to specific health care needs. It offers a wealth of information in layman's terms. For the new "juicer" this is a good resource for how to get started and educating yourself for better health. Counsel on food combinations to address certain health needs is well thought out. Discussions regarding types of juicers and care and maintance makes it an invaluable resource. Due to the publication date of the book, there have been advancements in the nutritional information which makes this resource limited, but valid just the same. I highly recommend this book to anyone. The author's own health and long life makes this book speak for itself.

Excellent book to accompany your juicer. Great recipes and wonderful suggestions for pulp you would have thrown away. Easy to follow, well written. A must for anyone with a juicer. Love it.

Good things about this book include lots of recipes for juice and for using the pulp as well as a general guideline what each type of juice is good for in health terms.

What didn't work for me was that even though there were some pulp recipes, I would have liked more. I generate a LOT of pulp and am looking for creative ways to use some of it. This book has only one muffin recipe and that was not a tasty treat.

This is an awesome book that is detailed yet simple.
All the information on juicing is here.
Mr an Mrs. Lalanne are two wonderful people offering options to becoming heathy and maitaining heath physically mentally emtionally and spiritually.
My gratitude to Mrs. Lalanne for wrtting this book and to her husband Mr. Jack Lalanne