6 Juicers to Help You Get The Most Out of Your Produce

If you're trying to take your health seriously—whether that's prepping for a marathon, getting a summer body, or just eating a bit better—juicing could help your regiment. Essentially, it gives you all the vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants of fruits and veg without eating huge quantities of the stuff everyday or buying pre-made juices with a bunch of weird additives. Everyone, from kids getting some OJ to athletes mainlining kale, should be juicing.

But you might look at these kitchen gadgets and ask what exactly is the difference between different juicers? Well, it's really about the types: Centrifugal juicers and masticating juicers (also called slow juicers). Centrifugal juicers use spinning blades and a fine mesh sieve to separate juice and pulp. These juicers a quick, easy to clean, and cheap. Masticating juicers also get called slow juicers because they are (you guessed it) slow. Slow juicers use an auger to slowly squeeze the juice out of your produce.

Is one type of juicer better than the other? For most people, centrifugal is probably the way to go. Cheap, fast, and easy, the only real downside is that they struggle to make a lot of juice from leafy greens—kales, lettuces, and the like. (But honestly, leafy greens come out better when blended, anyway). Masticating juicers are great if you really insist on juicing with leafy greens instead of more watery fruits and veg. And though they work slower, they get more juice from the same amount of produce when compared to centrifugal models.

Either way, welcome to the bandwagon. Health freaks have been juicing since the '90s, so it's about time the rest of us join in. Buy one of these juicers, mainline some vitamins, pack that gym bag, and say hello to the rest of your life.