Great post with lots of great tips Miss H! Sounds like you're figuring out all the stuff that makes it as easy as possible.
I've got a small tip too. Been doing a juice fast this week, my first. Uny had warned me that "greens" are much stronger tasting when you juice them than when you put them in the Vitamix and make a smoothie with em. Boy was she right lol, the first time I juiced a big ole bunch and a half and filled the pint jars with half green juice then put other things like carrots on top and mixed it together. Wow, when I got the first jar out of the fridge and took a big swallow it was awful, tasted like dirt to me, same with beets lol. So I held my nose and gulped the whole pint down then quick went and took a couple droppersful of Echinacea tincture straight. That took care of the taste right away lol, I was able to finish all those pints of juice that had too much green and red that tasted like dirt and got some extra doses of Echinacea to boot! So now I don't put nearly as much greens and beets in each jar!
You're blazing a trail Miss H, can't wait to see what you've healed this time around.