Hello nurse2be you will enjoy the website rawfoodadvantage.com and its take on juiceing.Juiceing can be a very important part of a healthy lifestyle.I personaly do very little fractionated juiceing.But I do a lot of wholefood blending with a highpower blender.Spending under 150$ for a juicer is a wast of money.Spending under300$ for a blender is also a waste of time and money.Power tools must have the power you need to do the job properly.Palatability is always an issue with feeding the body.Juice can be jazzed up with peppers,onions :garlic if your brave:the possibilities are endless.You might want to visit vitamix.com and watch some of the demos.Just out of curiosity which cheap juicer did you buy?