Nutribullet recommendations

[BettyJoanPerske]

I would be interested to hear everyone's ideas about the Nutribullet. I'm on a health kick this summer and would like to start juicing, with both fruit and vegetables. Is the £30.00 model adequate, or would people recommend splashing out on the heavy duty model? Or is another brand better? Hit me with your advice!

I know this isn't the point, but if you're on a 'health kick' you're far better off eating fruits/ vegetables than juicing them!

But yes, for basic blending a basic nutribullet is fine. I had an ancient one and until I killed the bit that has the blades in it (by trying to make pistachio butter - don't do that!), it worked fine for all my blending needs

Ah, that's helpful, actually. That said, what is wrong with juicing?

I have got one and it’s great, quick and easy to use and clean and the DC can use it without too much supervision (over 10).

It has been great for me as I would rarely have breakfast but now I often have frozen fruit, Greek yoghurt and a bit of milk blended and it’s keeps me full until lunchtime and I feel better for having a breakfast.

That was my feeling. I don't like eating breakfast but I find if I skip it altogether I eat too much crap in the middle of the day.

juicing removes the fibre, basically reducing the fruit/veg to fast-acting sugars. So you get a quick sugar hit and some vitamins (as if you drank a glass of orange juice), but not much else.

Smoothies - i.e where you're adding protein and fibre too, ideally, is better. So add stuff like greek yog or milk, ground flax seed, oats, nut butters, etc. But it's really easy to drink a lot more calories that you would eat, so if that's something to watch out for if that kind of thing matters to you

The nutribullet isn’t juicing. It’s pureeing whole fruit. This isn’t bad. You get the entire thing. You also have to add water which is hydrating. (Protein powders/flax & chia & nuts also good value): When you juice you get all the sugar and none of the filling, bulking fibre. You need about 8 apples to make a glass of apple juice. Nobody’s going to eat 8 apples in one go. If you use a nutribullet, you are likely to use one apple, a handful of berries, a banana, etc. unlikely to go for extreme volumes of fruit and veg because you get it in it’s entirety. (Obv cut out apple seeds.)

Thank you so much for this advice, very useful to know!