My
new toy, the Nutribullet has changed my eating habits for the better.
I was chatting to my brother a short time ago and he was
telling me about his “diet” Well, it’s not a diet as such as we know none of
those really work. What he has is something called a Nutribullet. This is a
glorified name for a blender (or extractor to use the sales pitch) that’s
shaped like a 12” cone and does more or less the same thing as a coffee grinder
except you put raw fruit and vegetables into it and it is very easy to clean.
Messy Juicers
I’ve tried juicing fruit such as apples with a very complicated
juicing machine before, but at the end of the process you have used up half an
orchard, been left with a bucket load of pulp and have two hours worth of
cleaning the sieve ahead of you after drinking the juice. The Nutribullet, my brother claimed has totally
changed how he eats and feels great on it. I thought it sounded interesting as
it’s more of a lifestyle change than a diet, which as we all really know, is
how to lose weight. I had to buy one.
Simplicity
The idea is simple; you fill half of the large cup with raw
green leafy vegetables. I started off with some of our own home grown kale and
broccoli but found them a bit too ‘flavoursome’ so I put in spinach and shop
bought broccoli. My brother then tends to put whatever is in the reduced to sell
section of the supermarket or what he can get at the country market and as he
is in Australia it’s usually exotic fruits like papayas, mango and
bananas. The mixes, I’ve found are never
the same. I like to add nuts and berries into mine as well as sunflower seeds,
sprouted seeds, and one of my favourites at the moment is frozen peas, it makes
the drink sweet and also chills it. Of
course the drinks are as healthy as you want to make them. My lads opt for the biscuit,
milk, peanut butter and chocolate spread option.
Breakfast
I have taken to having a ‘Nutriblaster’ as the marketing
division call it, for breakfast and I must say it has made a bit impact on my
morning. I used to have a colossal
amount of porridge for my start to the day (think one whole suet pudding in a
bowl) and all I wanted to do afterwards was sleep. I also found that I couldn’t
bend over, say when I needed to weed, as I got acid heartburn (I thought it was
an age thing) That’s all gone now, I don’t have an energy lull mid morning and I
can bend over in the veggie patch all day now without any bother. The Nutriblasters are surprisingly filling
too as you have all of the fruit and vegetables. When I say all, I mean all,
you can put in the skins of everything such as oranges and lemons (including
pips). It’ll grind almost anything up to
make the food easily digested but there are a few things that are recommended
not to grind such as apple pips (the core is OK) as they have cyanide in them.
It’s take a bucket load for you to feel ill but it’s a cumulative effect in the
body so best avoided.
Favourite
My favourite up to yet has been the one where I added lettuce,raw
mushrooms, home grown tomatoes, avocado, banana, carrots, garlic and chilli’s.
I thought it was delicious but for some reason no-one else in the family
agreed. It’s the weird combinations that seem to work (for me anyway) My
brother has had at least two of these blends a day for the last three years and
he swears by them. I’ve been on them for
a couple of weeks now and I must say I am feeling the benefits. I occasionally
have one instead of a cooked meal and of course for breakfast. They are good in
the evening too as it’s so tempting to grill the cheese sandwiches for supper.
One cup of the raw fruit and veg is a great substitute and takes away any
craving for sweet food.
Made to last
I’m hoping it’s not going to end up in a cupboard like the
Ronco food chopper or the Brevil sandwich maker as I do think it’s a great way
to get the full amount of nutrition from fruit and vegetables as everything
goes into the cup (which is the only thing to wash as you can drink it straight
from that!) The marketers (and my brother) have done a great job at selling the
Nutribullet to me and without wanting to sound like a repetitive infomercial –
You eat LOTS of healthy raw food, there is NO waste whatsoever, everything goes
in seeds, skins, unsightly bits and you can add in things you normally wouldn’t
eat (in my case chicory).
