I read this book and could not WAIT to share it with my detox group on Face Book! I found it direct, to-the-point and entertaining as well as informational without getting into a detail overload. I think this is a fabulous book for juicers, especially beginners. I love the entertaining titles of recipes and the tidbits of information shared with each recipe so that readers learn a little at a time. I think they will retain the information better that way. I also love that I can go to the table of contents and click on any juice title and go right to it. I think the book is well organized too. Drew keeps it fun with his entertaining persona coming through even in written text. I like that Drew keeps it simple with few ingredients and that the ingredients are ones that anyone can find in a grocery store, even in the Midwest USA where we do not have as much variety of tropical foods. I also love the fact that, for the most part, he uses very affordable ingredients whether you shop the grocery store or the farmers' markets. I am a big fan of Drew's videos, Juicing Saturdays on fitlife tv. This book does not disappoint. I am considering buying copies for some of my family. I love it that much and of course, I love the affordable price. I cannot afford a $30 book, but your price made it irresistable. Thanks for all you do, Drew.
I have a few minor criticisms which really should make my rating 4.5, but I rounded up: What I found distracting in the book was that there were a few places where the font was at the default one. Our brains have been trained to see font changes as an attention getter, so random font changes can hold up the reading process a bit. There were several places where beat was used instead of beet. A spell checker would not have caught this; it needs an editor's eye. (My English Composition professor accused me of being an English teacher in a former life, so maybe I am more picky about this than others. lol.)
I know the book says that it is not scientifically based, BUT I don't think information that is incorrect scientifically should be shared. Apple seeds are not bad for you if they are organic. As long as you only get seeds from a few apples per day, they give you vitamin B17, (Laetril), which is used to fight cancer. Old information said that apple seeds and apricot kernels, etc contained a natural form of cyanide or arsenic. They do, but not the kind found in rat poison and it is not used by the body in the same way. Amygdalin has it bound up with a couple sugar molecules and benzaldehyde. It is not bio-available to normal healthy cells, since they have enzymes that will add sulfur to it and neutralize it if the sugars are removed. It is only harmful to abnormal cells. I learned about this in Human Physiology in college recently. Here is a site where a man commented that he ingested a whole cup of apple seeds and did not see the effects of cyanide poisoning. He said you will vomit first. [...]This woman says it all, everything I learned about the apple seeds in college, please watch: [...] I suggest either deleting the statements about apple seeds being bad for you or looking up the more recent studies not sponsored by major drug companies, who want you to buy their drugs instead, once you have cancer. If you want to avoid the controversy, I understand; just delete the statement that they are bad for you. I eat apple seeds and apricot kernels on a fairly regular basis after I had a tumor to avoid recurrence of cancer. They have an almond taste, but way more bitter. I don't eat more seeds than what I would consume by eating the fruit in a day, say enough to be in 4-6 pieces of fruit.
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Mark W Nottingham UK
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 16, 2012