Anyone use a juicer? Or a blender and straining cloth to make juice?

GalaxyRyder · 13-03-2026 07:20PM #1

I see so many videos claiming vegetable juice is the next health kick.

https://youtu.be/9O65BjL_aqU?si=ZcCoKrIkwlRUi1ad

Is it better to use a juicer to make these?

Or a blender and sieve or strainer?

I see some juicers on Amazon for about 100 euro or less.

Anyone into juicing and which would you recommend, a blender or juicer?

Dial Hard · 14-03-2026 04:26PM

Just eat the veg and drink water. By juicing it all you're doing is taking the fibre out and drinking the sugar.

Also, maybe stop getting all your nutrition advice off social media.

HeidiHeidi · 14-03-2026 04:28PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124311722#Comment_124311722

+1

GalaxyRyder · 14-03-2026 07:05PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124311722#Comment_124311722

Eating that much cellulose rich vegetable in one go would cause diarrhea for about a week.

I was going to go for one of these, it would seem juicing isn't popular here so unlikely a recommendation for either would be forthcoming.

phormium · 14-03-2026 07:12PM

That 'health' kick is on at least it's second go around, anyone remember Jason Vale? He has a couple of books at least and juicers were for sale second hand for years afterwards!

As said much better off have it with the fibre.

GalaxyRyder · 14-03-2026 07:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124312262#Comment_124312262

Possibly.

I can't bring myself to eat celery, kale, ginger, turmeric, beetroot, apples, carrots, cucumber, the list continues, all raw for their health benefits though.

I go heavy on veg in regular meals, garlic goes in most things, diced spring onion, red onion, roast veg etc.

Having juices like beetroot and kale/celery on top of that seems like good icing to put on that cake?

Were the benefits of veg juicing questioned/exposed?

Seems to me it would be a good source of anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatories?

GalaxyRyder · 14-03-2026 07:58PM

PS: Jason Vale, as in………. Jason "The Juice Master"?

AKA "80/20" Jason? (80/20 being the optimal ratio of veg to fruit in juicing)

Dial Hard · 14-03-2026 08:14PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124312241#Comment_124312241

Well a lot of dieticians would be of the opinion that if you wouldn't/couldn't eat that much fruit or veg in one sitting, then you shouldn't drink it either. That goes for smoothies as well as juice, and at least in smoothies you are getting the fibre.

You've had a lot of threads, GR, and it's clear that you're looking for an easy fix to be healthy because you don't particularly like cooking (in general) or enjoy eating whole, healthy foods. Unfortunately the fact of the matter is that there is no quick fix - despite what shillers on TikTok and Insta would have you believe. If you want to have a healthy diet then you need to grow up, put the work in and start cooking and eating stuff that's actually good for you.

The good news is, you can do that without it feeling like an endless punishment. I always say that the mistake people who are trying to pivot from eating complete crap/never cooking make is that they tend to make and eat plates of individual "ingredients" rather than actual meals. I love my food and I'd struggle to eat a plate of plain chicken or steak with three or four portions of plain veg. But turn those same ingredients into a curry or a stew - with virtually no extra calories depending on the recipe you use - then suddenly you're looking at a delicious meal you'll actually look forward to eating.

Seriously, GR, just learn to cook. I've been saying for years that it's the easiest, most rewarding and most likely to work way for people to change their relationship with food.

phormium · 15-03-2026 11:58PM

Does anyone actually like beetroot juice? I like beetroot itself but the juice was like drinking muck, tasted like earth or what one would imagine that tastes like.

Apples and carrots juiced are really way too much sugar hit, usually mixed with the other stuff to make them some bit palatable. I don't think anyone ever stuck to it hence all the second hand juicers out there!

(I got a present of the Jason Vale book and of course then had to buy the juicer! Suffice to say it is long since sold)

Space Dog · 16-03-2026 11:31AM

It also needs to be said that cleaning the juicer parts gets old really fast. You need to clean everything straightaway or the pulp will be hard to remove, even with a dishwasher. My OH wanted a juicer, it hasn't been used in years because it's annoying to use.

GalaxyRyder · 16-03-2026 08:48PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124315907#Comment_124315907

Juiced beets mixed with juiced oranges, carrots, turmeric and a dash of cayenne pepper in a "shot" amount adds an invigorating twist to my mornings.

GalaxyRyder · 16-03-2026 08:50PM

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I had been using a blender and then straining the mix through a nut milk bag to make juice up until now.

My masticating juicer is arriving in the morning which is apparently a lot less work so I'll put that theory to the test I guess.

Skinning and chopping veg, dicing it, feeding it into a blender with water, then straining it in a bag and funnelling it into bottles is a little labour intensive.

Especially cleaning the dried veg fibre from the straining bag after.

GalaxyRyder · 16-03-2026 08:54PM

Some health aficionados have been claiming regular juicing has helped them retain their hair density, skin health, and maintain a good colour in their beard.

Dial Hard · 17-03-2026 12:12PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124318081#Comment_124318081

Yeah, and Donald Trump claimed drinking bleach would cure Covid. Don't believe everything you read on the internet, dude.

HeidiHeidi · 17-03-2026 02:01PM

Why would you want to strain all the fibre out of fruit and veg? I've heard nothing lately but that we're all falling way short in our fibre intake, I spend my time trying to figure out how to get more of it into my diet!

HeidiHeidi · 17-03-2026 02:04PM

If you want real beneficial advice about your diet, I can recommend dietician Sarah Keogh - I've attended a talk by her in person, and she frequently does slots on radio shows and has a website https://www.eatwell.ie/

I have no affiliation whatsoever, but she's a rock of sense and provides real life, realistic advice about diet and nutrition.

That would serve you a lot better than your "afficionados" from TikTok and Insta

GalaxyRyder · 17-03-2026 10:16PM

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Drinking veg put through a blender is really impossible.

I sometimes make a smoothie of advocado, apple and banana, but it's at least 50% milk and even then you have to half chew it as much as drink it.

Processed foods have taken over, if a diet is made up of whole foods however, sufficient fibre isn't going to be an issue.

Besides which fibre has literally no nutrition.

HeidiHeidi · 17-03-2026 10:30PM

What?? Jesus wept 🙄 fibre is a hugely essential part of your diet

https://www.bda.uk.com/resource/fibre.html

And why would you want to drink veg, when it's a solid food?

GalaxyRyder · 18-03-2026 09:46PM

Made my first juice in the masticating juicer.

There is a little cleaning of the components after, turmeric is a total pain to clean cause it stains everything.

But the juice is great, couldn't ask for better.

Tastes so much better than a blender where you have to add water.

I made a couple bottles which went down easy and tasted great.

Started with celery, kale, turmeric, ginger, lemon and apples.

Tomorrow I think I'll go for beetroot, orange, carrot and ginger.

It was also satisfying to drink the clear juice, and see it separated from all that heavy cellulous that is the rest of the veg.

Dial Hard · 18-03-2026 11:47PM

No offence OP, but I'm a little taken aback (read: seriously scooby-dubious) that someone who dithered for months over a €25 slow cooker coughed up the cost of even a low-end masticating juicer.

I'll leave it there and bow out

Anyone use a juicer? Or a blender and straining cloth to make juice?

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