In one of those jars, I’ve got about 8 carrots, a couple pieces of celery, a half a beet, a slice of ginger, a handful of spinach, a couple leaves of chard, some kale, and a little apple.

Have you ever tried to sit down and eat 8 carrots at one sitting? Much less all the other stuff.

So basically you’re getting all the nutrients (vitamins and minerals) of all that produce without having to consume it in bulk. Which is extremely relevant today because they say that a carrot (or any other veggie) has about one third the nutrients in it that it had in the 1960’s! Shocking. A testament to the toll pesticides take on the soil and a good excuse to buy organic.

That being said, juicing isn’t a substitute for eating your veggies (and like you said, the benefits of the fiber). It’s just a supplement to a healthy diet, much like a vitamin, but maybe better and definitely cheaper if you’ve got excess produce laying around.

Plus for me with the garden and so much food going uneaten, I don’t have to feel bad and throw it away. I just convert it to juice.