Juicy Couture

I would take juice over soda (with some exceptions) any day. This is my juice review.


Best Orange Juice: Naked OJ
This juice is SO good! I can no longer drink any other kind. I would say 95% of the orange juices found on the shelves at your local grocer are a huge and embarrassing disgrace to the Orange. Naked OJ takes the cake for best orange juice by far. Worth every penny.


Best Apple Juice: Simply Apple
Quite possibly the greatest juice ever? Somewhat new to the shelves, but guaranteed to be around for awhile. This apple juice has a delicious dirt / earthy taste that will knock your socks off and take you back to your high school days when you were a study buddy after school and would drink organic apple juice in miniature cups. Similar to the juice above, you will not be able to stop drinking it. Simply Apple also goes with EVERYTHING . . . pizza, gold fish, burritos, nachos, string cheese, ANYTHING. The bottle is an optical illusion. There is not as much in there as you would think. One bottle = one serving size.


Best Grape Juice: Newman's Own Gorilla Grape
Great name, great taste.


Best Smoothie Juice: Naked Mighty Mango
Do I dare say all Naked Juices are pretty dependable? You may be taken back at first with the thick consistency of the Mighty Mango Juice Smoothie, but will learn to love it quickly. Mighty Mango is tangy and dangerous and wildly refreshing . . . it will leave you wondering why you ever settled for a Hansen's Smoothie Juice.


Best Protein Juice: Odwalla's Vanilla Al'Mondo Protein
Organic soymilk! Organic oatmilk! Bananas! Ground almonds! The PERFECT dairy free combination! If you're particularly interested in watered down beverages like myself, this one is definitely for you. At first it seems like there is vital ingredient missing with this drink, but the more you drink it, the more you realize, additional flavor would only ruin this perfect chemistry between the almond and the vanilla. This drink is not for everyone though . . . if you prefer a grittier protein shake, go with the Naked Protein Zone because that one is so good too, and so gritty it leaves your teeth feeling like they're wearing a winter wool sweater.


Best Antioxidant Juice: Sambazon Açai
One time some friends and I worked an event in Park City for the film festival because we were told there were going to be some hot A listers (like Orlando Bloom) there. We couldn't turn the opportunity down because Amanda's mom had a dream once that Amanda was supposed to marry Orlando Bloom, so naturally we thought it would only take one glance for her destiny to come true. Turns out, the only celebs we saw that night were Moby (and his crappy embarrassment of a side project band) and Danny Glover. Who hasn't seen Danny Glover in Utah? I saw him two weeks after that at PF Chang's in Orem. ANYWAY, the only thing that got us through that night were the endless Açai drinks. SO good and SO good for you!


Best Laxative Juice: Sunsweet Prune
Bladder infection? This is what you want. Also a great source of potassium. Foods that contain potassium have been scientifically proven to help prevent hypertension and stroke. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.


Most Interesting Juice: POM
Wether you're drinking this juice to build your glass collection or simply for image, there is something you need to know about this stuff. POM Wonderful has spent over $20 million (a nearly unprecedented amount for the food industry) to fund research into the health qualities of pomegranates. In some of the studies it has sponsored, researchers have used animal testing. In response, the company has received some negative publicity from animal rights activists, including the animal rights group PETA — supported by actress Pamela Anderson. On another note, I would like to say that cold pomegranate seeds are a very under-appreciated treat. The texture and taste is far superior to other fruits, and I predict that one day these little seeds will be as mainstream as purple grapes.