Juice Maker

When deciding to purchase a machine to make juice.there are primarily three choices, the juice extractor, the blinder and the whole food juice maker.

The juice extractor is a machine that does exactly what the name says. You place the fruit or vegetables in and it extracts what juices there are in them.  This is the same as the juice you can purchase in a bottle or can in most stores or markets. The only difference is if you make it, it is fresh and probably better for you.  The juice that you make with an extractor and the 100% juice you purchase are better than no juice, but it is not a whole food juice. When you clean the juice extractor you throw away the best part, all of the fiber and most of the vitamins and minerals.

The blinder is just that, a blinder. It is not and never was intended to make juice. Sure you can place fruits and vegetables in a blender and get something, but I don't really think you can call it juice. The speed and power of the motor is just not enough to make juice. It will make a good shake or malted, but not a good whole food smoothie. We really need more whole food smoothies and less shakes and malts.

Inside and outside of each fruit and vegetable there are vitamins, fiber and thousands of phytonutrients locked up just waiting to help us live healthier lives. We can eat these fruits and vegetables and get some of these life saving nutrients into our bodies. There is just one big problem, when we chew these vegetables and fruits we aren't able to break through the cell walls to get all of the nutrients. We get the fiber, but even the digestive system will not break down the cell walls of the veggies and fruits to extract all of the nutrients.

The recommended daily consumption of fruits and vegetables is five or more servings. Now I ask you this, how many people really eat five or more servings per day?

If we eat enough veggies and fruits we can get enough nutrients to survive, but not really reach that pinnacle of health that so many of us are seeking. Whole food juices contain all of the phytonutrients and fiber, which is Mother Nature's free prevention.

Consumption of whole foods daily can repair cell damage caused by free radicals, lower blood pressure, lower bad cholesterol levels and increase good cholesterol levels. They can improve your memory, elevate your energy level, improve your digestive health and strengthen your skeleton.

A good professional whole food juice maker can deliver up two three times more nutrients from fruits and veggies than any other form of processing foods. Yes that is true, it has been proven in laboratories. The whole food juice is made from the skins, seeds and all of the fruit. When you make whole food juice from grapes it includes the skin, pulp and seeds. Isn't it strange that we purchase grape seed extract in a pill form when we can get better results from fresh or frozen grapes processed in our own kitchen.