Heidi was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease in 2008. Crohn’s is an autoimmune disease that affects the entire digestive system and is seriously debilitating to health, lifestyle, and those around you. She went through a series of different medications and was eventually put on Humira, a medication that is injected. It helped her achieve remission, but the side effects just didn’t make sense (leukemia?!) This medication also suppressed her immune system and she was becoming ill too often. Heidi decided to explore other options of natural healing and came across the documentary Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead. Joe Cross is a man from Australia who also had an autoimmune disease. He decided to juice for 60 days to see how it would benefit his health. His results were inspiring and he’s close to full recovery.

Heidi was inspired to start using food and juice to heal herself. She also slowly began to eliminate chemicals from her household products and health and beauty products and also learned about the benefits of essential oils. She’s been medication free for years and feels better than ever!

Heidi opened The Juice Jar to let people know that there is a choice when it comes to health. We don’t have to blindly listen to what doctors tell us. We can be our own advocates and learn about dangers hiding in our food and everyday products.

The mission of The Juice Jar is to foster personal and environmental well-being by serving earth-friendly and health-sustaining foods, educating the community on clean and minimally invasive living, and using and selling green products.

The Juice Jar aims to make change and health easier by offering fresh pressed juices and made to order smoothies that pack in well-rounded bundles of nutrients in every sip!