It is common knowledge that plenty of fruits and vegetables are a key element in any balanced diet. Rich in nutrients, vitamins and minerals, fresh, organic produce helps to boost energy levels, to combat infections and illness, and to keep the body in tip-top physical condition.

With so much info out there on the preparation of delicious salads, casseroles and fruit dishes, perhaps the most significant downside to eating healthily is the time preparing and, indeed, consuming food takes. Often vegetables do not make for quick eating, as anyone who has tried to squeeze a salad into a short lunch break will know, and this factor might participate in deterring people.

The juicer offers a simple solution to this problem. Blended fruits, and indeed vegetables are dramatically easier to consume. Quick to prepare as well as to drink, a power smoothie of your favourite berries might be the answer to that lunchtime dilemma.

There is, however, a worry that persistently haunts the drinker of fruit juice. While very high in vitamins and minerals, fruit drinks are equally very high in sugar and even though this is natural, it still presents all of the dental risks of an artificial soft drink.

However, there is good news. Dentists have suggested that while fruit juices are very sugary, they are also high enough in helpful vitamins to be worth drinking. In particular, drinks with high levels of Vitamin C are recommended. This particular nutrient helps to combat and prevent gum disease, and so increasing your intake of orange juice will actually help to strengthen your teeth.