Fruit Juicers

David M asked:


What are the natural fruits/juices I can use to tenderize meat before grilling?

Shakil Zaman asked:


Aloe vera is a plant that is a member of the lily family. It has very succulent type appearance. The water storage capacity of these plants is very impressive as they can almost double in size after a heavy rainfall period. Also this plant is self repairing which means that if for whatever reason there is a tear in a leaf the plant will almost immediately begin to repair itself to prevent moisture loss. The dry regions of Africa is where the majority of aloe plants can be found.

There are literally hundreds of different varieties of aloe plants however only a handful are considered to offer great nutritional value and potential health benefits. The barbadensis miller variety of the aloe is considered by many to be one of the most beneficial as far as nutritional and health benefits are concerned. Aloe is primarily consumed as a drink but it is used in many other commercial applications and it is a great skin moisturizer as well as useful in providing the scalp with nutrients and thus can help people with dandruff problems.

Aloe has been reported to offer many health benefits including greater energy levels and endurance, improved immune function and better digestion. Aloe Vera gel has over 78 nutrients including over 20 minerals, several amino acids and numerous vitamins. Scientists are only just beginning to discover the power of Aloe Vera gel and its potential health benefits. However those that use aloe vera regularly in their diet report many health benefits.

In fact there are many that grow the plant right in their backyard. If the region you live in has dry climate then this plant could grow well there. Once the plant matures they simply slice a leaf off and extract the gel and mix it with a fruit drink or smoothie of some sort. There are many that believe aloe vera is the best herb as far as health benefits are concerned. It has been shown to be effective at reducing the levels of bad cholesterol, helping people with arthritis since it has powerful anti inflammatory properties and it also has the effect of alkalizing and neutralizing the generally acidic environment in most people’s bodies.

It can also be useful at lowering blood pressure and providing the body with a great surge of essential nutrients that the body can absorb easily and use right away. Aloe vera can also be used in many first aid kits since it has great antibacterial properties and it has also been used to make many bandages. It is also great at lubricating the digestive tract and helping to keep you regular. It is critical to keep the colon moving because if things do start to get clogged then you may be setting yourself up for many potential health problems so if you suffer from constipation then aloe may help you.

Athletes can benefit from drinking aloe as it is a natural energy booster and will help to give you greater endurance. This is a far better alternative than taking risky supplements that can have many negative side effects. Aloe vera gel can also be applied directly to the skin as it is a fantastic natural moisturizer.

It is best to look for an aloe supplement that is made free of pesticides as these products tend to be of higher quality, look for the organic kinds if possible. Aloe vera gel can also be used as a preservative, for instance by dipping some of your fruits or vegetables in the gel it can increase shelf life significantly especially if the fruits and vegetables are of the organic type which tend to ripen and spoil much faster. Consider aloe vera gel as a natural herbal supplement to help you attain better health.

Brue Baker asked:


It can be difficult to lose weight sometimes. You know when you have been exercising and eating right, but you just can’t get rid of that last 3-7 pounds that seem to cling to areas like your midsection? If you go on a organic fruit juice diet for a couple of days the weight will drop right off.

Using fruits like watermelon and lemons, an organic fruit juice diet causes the excess calorie drop needed for the body to eliminate stored fat. Such a diet is used regularly in Hollywood where some careers rely on looks. Fruit juice diets are also used by professional bodybuilders and professional athletes.

For the average person, however, there needs to be an understanding of a few basic principles in order to make a fruit juice diet work. If you have any medical conditions you should check with your doctor before going on a fruit juice diet.

How Long Does The Diet Last?

A fruit juice diet can last anywhere from 3 days to one week. If you have never done this type of diet before I would try for two or three days and see how you feel instead of trying to make it a week.

What Can I Expect?

Juice diets, because they cleanse your body of toxins and chemicals so quickly, can cause detoxification side effects. Around the end of the first day or on day two of the diet you may notice that you have a headache, have a stomach ache, are tired, or are irritable.

Don’t take any medication and understand that the side effects will not last long. Once most of the toxins are flushed from your body, usually by day three, you should notice a drop in your weight, be sharper mentally, have increased energy levels, and feel really good.

Vegetables Should Be Included Too

It should also be known that organic vegetables should be added to your fruit juice diet. Vegetables generally have a low sugar content and are needed for your body to get the necessary vitamins and minerals it needs.

You can combine vegetables to make your juice or you can juice different types of vegetables individually. Some taste good and others not so much.

Try a few different combinations and see what you like. Just don’t combine the fruit and the vegetable juice because ingesting fruit and vegetables together can cause an upset stomach.

Don’t Use Processed Fruit Juice!

It is critical to avoid processed fruit juices that are loaded with simple refined sugars, such as Juicy Juice, Hawaiian Punch, Gatorade, etc. Processed sugar and high fructose corn syrup raises insulin levels, is acidic, can cause cancer, can cause diabetes, and will turn into fat when it is not burned.

When you start juice dieting you need to buy your organic fruit and vegetables and juice them with a juicing machine at home. Or you can go to your local health food store, they will often have ready made organic juice available.

But Doesn’t Natural Fruit Juice Have Sugar?

The sugars in natural fruit juice are compound sugars and are loaded with nutrients. Your body can also burn through a lot of natural sugar if it needs too.

Can I Eat Any Food?

Yes you can eat if you want to, but I would eat healthy and light. However, the juice diet will work best if you can abstain from food for about three days or so. Don’t pig out on food when you are done the diet either. Eat small meals at first and work your way back to your desired diet.

Drink Water

You should also include a lot of water into your fruit juice diet. Water is essential for hydration and cleansing.

Trying any diet to lose weight quickly is pointless if you aren’t planning on doing the work necessary for keeping the weight off when you are done with the diet. You can only do so by following a healthy lifestyle that includes organic food and exercise. Good luck on your journey towards health and wellness!

villafan asked:


I want to try and make some tasty fruit juices!
Ive just brought a breville whole fruit juicer and want to use it. What recipes can i use to make these?

Thanks

geeky_mommy asked:


All through spring and summer I love smoothies both for taste and health value and have one nearly every day. Between fruit being out of season and not wanting to drink something so cold, I do not find them so appealing in the winter. Are there any warm drinks with similar health benefits and easily customizable taste so I can change things up if one gets boring? Thanks in advance

99questions asked:


I would like to make my own vegetable and fruit smoothies, soups and other blended food but I’m confused which small appliance to buy. They all seem to do the same thing but how come they’re called differently? What do you think I should get?

~Me~ asked:


Looking to purchase a well built juicer that is capable of easily juicing fruits, vegetables as well as wheat grass, etc.
Large family and will be used daily.
Anyone have any experience with this topic?

Juicer or Vita-Mix? Will a Vita-Mix be better than a juicer or should we look into both for different reasons? The family is vegetarian but dabbling in raw foods a bit more.

Alien asked:


Omega 8003 juicer is a feature packed appliance that will meet all your juicing needs. This is a versatile unit that uses a single gear mechanism.

It is designed to foam your juice less with its low rotation speed of 80 RPMs. The low speed motor prevents heat build up, which means that there is no loss on the nutritional value of the extract obtained.

One of the useful features of Omega 8003 juicers is their built in reverse function that saves you from clogging. It has a super silent motor to reduce operational noise levels.

It is powerful on your fruits and plant fibers but gentle on your ears. Moreover, it uses a two-stage extraction method, with which you can expect higher yield when compared to single-stage extraction.

It has a highly user-friendly design that is easy to use and maintain. Cleaning the unit is easy, too, as it has fewer parts to clean when compared to the earlier models.

You can assemble it in a jiffy. It is highly safe as it does not use any heavy metal. It uses melamine, which is approved by US FDA.

As mentioned earlier, it is a versatile appliance that has multiple uses. You can use it as a vegetable and fruit juicer and, at the same time, it can be utilized for mincing, grinding and chopping.

You can use your Omega 8003 juicer to handle the hardest citrus fruits without any problem. It is gentle on your vegetables as it has a low speed motor that retains the original flavor and nutritional value of the vegetables.

You can extract soy milk and wheat grass juice using your Omega 8003 nutrition center. It produces quality extract from wheat grass and greens, spinach, cabbage, kale, pine tree needles and chard.

You can use it for homogenizing, too, which is useful in making frozen desserts and baby food. You will be amazed to learn that this gentle and quite unit can handle coffee beans without any hiccups.

On the overall, Omega 8003 juicer is a highly feature packed, performance appliance. It has user a friendly design that helps easy assembling and maintenance. By design it is slow to retain the natural flavor of the extract.

It does not need any additional accessories to handle all the above functions. This unit comes with 10-year guarantee on all parts offering its users reliable service.

Lost_grl06 RaMaDaN MuBaRaK asked:


hi,does anybody know any quick and chep raw food recipes. i have a blender, juicer and the magic bullet. and i have like common fruits and vegetables, apples, oranges, bannas and tomatos and lettuce and carrots,nothing special. we don’t have money to get all the things needed for a raw diet, but we’re working with what we have. i need somethings i can do for dinner, and then some stuff i can do before i walk out the door to go to the bus stop, i’m mostly a fruit person, but any raw diet recipes are greatly needed!
and if u guys have any ideas about shakes. thanks you guys!
o, yea if u guys know any raw coconut ideas…….please tell me! lol, thanks! my mom is going shopping tonight or tommorrow,so please can you guys answer quickly (not demanding though)! lol

Roger Wakefield asked:


So what exactly is the ‘cranberry’, and what makes it a ’superfood’?

The Cranberry shrub is a nice looking evergreen shrub generally found growing wild in bitter lowlands in the cooler parts of the northern parts of the USA.

The berry of the cranberry shrub begins as an uninspiring white colour, but as it grows older and becomes ripe it turns a stunning crimson color.

Even though it is a member of the same plant family as the blueberry and the whortleberry, the cranberry is marginally several bitter, which seems to balance out the pleasing sweetness, giving it access to that strange niche in the cooking world of ingredients that can be served with savoury meals and cakes, cookies and fruit desserts.

Cranberries in all probability get their name from the belief that they are often consumed by cranes (ie ‘craneberry’) - although some folk think that the name actually comes from the fact that in the the early days of the flower’s growth, it seems to resemble the shape of a crane. Whatever the true reason, the name is now well established throughout the known world.

Cranberries are now a significant financial crop in many northern US States, and have a unique place in Us culture as they were believed to have been given to starving colonists by the native people. Because of this, cranberry sauce is a vital part of the traditional thanksgiving meal consumed by innumerable Americans every year.

The majority of the yearly cranberry production is turned into juice and cranberry jelly, but a greater proportion of it is nowadays being traded in its raw berry form due to health claims that it is one of the ’superfoods’, believed to have extremely useful nutritional content and antioxidant ‘reducing agent’ qualities.

In early days, these versatile berries were mostly cultivated in ‘cranberry beds’ located in shallow marshland, however in more recent times cultivation has moved to upland locations with a water table that is on the shallow side. In these regions, contrary to the percieved wisdom, the cranberry beds are not kept underwater but are continually irrigated to ensure that there is a raised moisture content in the ground.

Cranberry juice is now easily available all round the world, and as an alternative to the recognisable ‘red’ juice, is also sold in a ‘white’ form made from less mature fruit.

Cranberries’ health properties

Many people believe that cranberry juice possesses medical benefits which aid in preventing bacterial infections of the urinary system.

Also, it has been useful in dealing with many other health concerns, such as a poultice for open wounds, bowel complaints, diabetes, tummy aches, and as an aid to a healthy liver. A little research has been done that proves that habitual doses of cranberry juice may even help to lower the risk of heart disease.

As with all similar health claims, one should exercise exceptional care - professional opinion is not unanimous and the most sensible reason for eating these versatile berries is the undeniable fact that they really actually taste delicious! As noted previously, cranberries are used in both sweet and savoury meals, with the most widely known use being as an accompaniment to the traditional roast turkey. Don’t let this ‘regular’ use put you off though, cranberry berries are also quite superb when used in sweet dishes.

If you are looking for some appetizing cranberry recipes you can find plenty of these tasty recipes on the web, but to start you off, here is a delicious cranberry recipe:

A recipe for cranberry cobbler

Ingredients

1 x Thick-skinned orange

one cup of water

half a cup Granulated sugar (or equivalent sugar substitute)

4 x cups These tasty berries

1 x tablespoon Dairy butter

one pack Dough for biscuits (to cook eight biscuits).

Directions

First grate the orange rind. Put the rest of the orange through a juicer. Mix the orange juice, the grated rind, water, granulated sugar (or equivalent low carb sugar substitute), these versatile and tasty berries and unsalted butter in a deep saucepan. Bring to a rolling boil and heat for one minute until you have a thick cranberry sauce.

Divide the cranberry sauce equally between 8 greased oven-proof baking dishes or, for one large portion, into a casserole dish. Spoon the biscuit dough on top of the cranberry sauce.

Bake at 450 f for 10 min, turn down setting & bake at 180 c (350 f) for another 20 mins.

serves 8.

Only 98 calories per helping !