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The Three Worst Juicing Books: Save Your Money!

There’s nothing more disappointing than becoming interested in a subject and then stocking up on books about said subject just to find out that they…well, they suck.  Here are three books that I bought when I became infatuated with juicing—take my advice, and save your money!

 

1. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Juicing -  Ellen Brown

 

I’m usually a huge fan of the Complete Idiot’s Guides.  However, this one fell short for me.  It seemed as though the information was sloppily thrown together, and there wasn’t any sort of easy way to navigate the book.  Also, no pictures makes my eyes hurt when I’m sitting down to read for an hour or so!  There are many other juicing books that give much more in depth information about juicing—this book seemed to approach juicing from an extremely elementary standpoint and left me wanting more.

 

2. More Super Juice:  Juicing for Health and Healing -  Michael van Straten

Simply put:  this is not a book dedicated to juicing.  As I went through the recipes, I saw many that included dairy such as goat’s milk.  I am all for experimenting and trying new things, but when I buy a book about vegetable and fruit juicing, I don’t want to be incorporating dairy—it goes completely against my juicing practices!

 

3. Dr. Jensen’s Juicing Therapy:  Nature’s Way to Better Health and a Longer Life - Bernard Jensen

 

I was so bummed out after I received this book in the mail.  I was looking forward to a new variety of juicing recipes and found….none.  Well, scratch that:  I found a few “blended” recipes.  Sorry, kids.  That’s not juicing.  This book would be better called “Dr. Jensen’s Blended Vegetable and Fruit Therapy.”

 

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The Three Best Juicing Books

 You know that I’m a juicing fanatic.  Now it’s time for me to share with you where I get some of my best juicing tips and recipes.  Following are the three best juicing books that I have come across—get out your pen and paper and write down the titles and authors of these beauties!

1.Complete Book of Juicing:  Your Delicious Guide to Youthful Vitality   - Michael T. Murray

This book is chocked full of great information about juicing.  Murray has included a variety of fruit and veggie juice recipes, so you’ll never be at a loss for juice recipe ideas again!  This is an all around great guide for the juice lovers—if you even have a small interest in juicing, I would recommend that you start with this essential and complete book.

2.  The Juiceman’s Power of Juicing   - Jay Kordich

 

While I must say that I was at first very turned off by the cheesy cover photo, I was impressed and stoked when I peered between the covers.  This book is written by a juice lover who used juicing to better his health after being diagnosed with a terminal illness.  His story is inspiring, his information is helpful, and his recipes are palate-pleasing.

3. The Juice Lady’s Guide to Juicing for Health   - Cherie Calborn

 

I love it when women take an interest in alternative and holistic medicine, and I love reading books written by these women.  It makes me feel as though the author and I are blood sisters, as we both are women whose passion lies in bettering our health and the health of those around us.  Calborn’s book is beautifully illustrated and is written in such a way that will keep you wanting to learn more about the art of juicing.

 

What are your favorite juicing books?