Fruit Juicers

Laurie Robillard asked:


Rethink Your Approach to Whole Fruit Juice to Feel Good!

Whole fruit including the peel is king when it comes to phytonutrients. Phytonutrients are responsible for their color, hue, scent and flavor. A glass of juice is an easy and convenient way to squeeze a serving of fruit into your day. If you have to buy from a store, read labels carefully to make sure you’re getting 100% fruit juice. Examples: Welch 100% grape juice, Pom wonderful 100% pomegranate juice. Keep in mind with 100% juice you’re not getting 100% WHOLE FRUIT juice. Are you getting the scores of phytonutrients found in the peel?

How Can Rethinking Your Approach To Whole Fruit Juice Benefit YOU?

As consumers increasingly focus on health and wellness, the consumption of caloric

carbonated drinks and sugar added juice has declined.

Fruits and vegetables provide vitamins, minerals, fiber and naturally-occurring compounds called antioxidants. Natural antioxidants help protect cells from damage caused by “free radicals.” If left unchecked,”free radicals” can lead to premature aging and disease. The fruits and vegetables with the highest natural antioxidants power are those with the deepest skin color such as purple, blue, black.

Based on 6 ounce serving (store bought)

* Orange with pulp

Packed with folic acid, vitamin C and potassium, which may help lower blood pressure. Calcium-fortified varieties have 35 percent of your daily requirement. Newer formulas have heart-healthy omega -3’s added to them. 83 calories

* Pomegranate

Has been shown to clear arteries and lower levels of LDL cholesterol. 120 calories

* Grape, Purple

Twice the antioxidants power of orange juice. Antioxidants remove free radicals and prevent cancer causing cell oxidation. 127 calories

* Cranberry

May reduce the incidence of urinary tract infections in women. Also flavonoids found in

cranberries may decrease the risk of atherosclerosic. (hardening of the arteries) 105 calories

* Grapefruit

High in vitamin C and research has shown it may help promote weight loss. Caution: Can adversely interact with certain medications, including some antidepressants and statins. 68 calories

 

Imagine if you you made your own juice using a juicer and included the peel. Its more work. It may not be as palatable. Lemon and orange peels can be added to recipes. Do you think you would have more nutrients? Yes! You would.

If you want foods with greater antioxidant properties, you look for foods with high ORAC levels. ORAC is a scientific way to measure antioxidants in foods.

Per 100 grams - Apples score a 218, Bananas a 221, Blueberries a 2,400, Acai Berries has twice the ORAC score of Blueberries

The USDA recommends we consume 3,000 to 5,000 ORAC units daily. In truth, 80% of the population is consuming less than 1,000 ORAC units a day. The USDA recommended “5-a-day” fruit and vegetable servings will give you an ORAC score of about 1,750 units. We have to take responsibility for our health and it is our individual job to read up on nutrition and read labels to be able to select a daily balance of nutritious foods.

Colors is key to maintaining and managing your good health! Keeping in mind

Balance-Variety-Moderation

Purple Acai Berries, Blueberries, Blackberries, Eggplant, Grapes,

Red Tomatoes, Red Peppers, Strawberries, Cranberries



Yellow Carrots, Sweet Potatoes, Squash, Apricots, Citrus

Green Spinach, Green Grapes, Broccoli, Asparagus

White Mushrooms, Onions, Cauliflower, Pears, Bananas

Reverse time, return to the younger feeling you today. Eat less meat and much more natural fruits and vegetables, nuts and grains. Individual results may vary depending if you eat your fruits and vegetables raw, boiled steamed, fried, micro waved or juiced. Raw is best but not always palatable. Remember to keep eating 40 grams of fiber a day. Supplement with the acai berry 19 juice blend formulated for optimum health benefits.

The Fruits in the MonaVie 19 Juice Blend

Acai Berry

Excellent source of antioxidants, phytonutrients, essential fatty acids (omega 3,6, 9), vitamins and minerals, complex carbohydrates, dietary fiber, amino acids, trace minerals.  It protects the body from pathogens, antigens and carcinogens.

Jenny asked:


When I’m thirsty, should I drink water, milk, or pure fruit juice/smoothie? Which has the most health benefits, overall? And why, if you’d be so kind.

sjvilla79 asked:


The more natural the better. Bonus points awarded for non-dairy recipes (milk as an ingredient is still allowed though).

Senator Hussein asked:


I’m looking for an easy way to get all my fruits and vegetables in my diet.

Alien asked:


Organic fruit juice has many good qualities that will benefit the health for you and your family and here’s why…

These days, when you walk into a supermarket, something as simple as picking up a carton of juice can prove to be a daunting task.

It is not uncommon for one to be flummoxed by the plethora of juice products available on the shelves of a typical supermarket aisle.

It can be very confusing which juice to pick up especially when all the brands promise you a world of benefits and claim to be 100% fruit juice, enriched with Vitamin C and are free of preservatives, etc.

However, in reality, many of these fruit “punches” and “cocktails” are nothing but a mix of water, sugar, flavoring, additives and have little or no nutritional value. However, even if you manage to bypass all these “fake” juice brands and pick up freshly squeezed juice, you are still not assured all the benefits and nutrients of organic fruit juices.

Organic fruit juice and non-organic fruit juice are both manufactured the same way. First, the fruit juice is concentrated and reconstituted with water later.

The amount of water that is taken away during the concentration process and the amount that is added back during its reconstitution with water is also similar in both the cases. A typical package of juice will have 80% water after the reconstitution process is over.

Although, the process of manufacture is the same, organic fruit juice has many advantages over non-organic fruit juice. Organic juice has all the benefits of the fresh organic produce that it is derived from whereas an ordinary fruit juice has a lot of pesticides because it is procured from fresh produce that has been sprayed with pesticides.

And during the concentration process, the toxicity level of these pesticides gets multiplied several times over. Opposed to this, when organic fruit juice is concentrated, it is the nutrient value of the produce that increases multi-fold.

Also, since organic juice is made from fresh organic fruits, it contains more micro-nutrients and phyto-nutrients which give the juice its flavor. In other words, the quality of the final juice in terms of flavor and health benefits depends on the quality of the fresh produce it is taken from.

In conclusion, choosing organic fruit juice is not simply about selecting a tastier and healthier juice, but it also means that you are doing the environment and the farmers who grow the produce, a favor.

So when you purchase that carton of organic juice, you are directly supporting the ecology and helping to protect wildlife such as birds.

Also, you are keeping the detrimental effects of pesticide usage at bay from farmers who work the fields, especially in developing nations where the laws against the use of highly toxic pesticide are not as stringent.

So do yourself, your family and the world a favor and go organic!

?CHEERLEADER!? asked:


like some thing made from fresh fruits and veggies in a juicer

davnic017 asked:


I’m getting one of those super juicers and i want to find out recipes.

What do you think is the most nutritious and best tasting juice that is a combination of vegetables or both vegetables and fruits?

Candace Rae asked:


I have found many smoothie recipes that sound really good, but all of them include yogurt (or sorbet or soy milk, etc.) and I’d rather make one with just fruit and juice (and ice if needed). I will use Splenda to sweeten if needed. So yeah I just need to know how much fruit/juice to add to a smoothie recipe that has, say, one cup of yogurt/sorbet/soymilk. Like a ratio or something. I can do math to adjust the amount once I have that established.

esha26 asked:


I’m not talking about smoothies, just pure juice!

Sam asked:


I really like the dragon fruit flavor vitamin water, however, I was looking for something less jam packed with vitamins and additives. Anyone ever seen a dragon fruit juice available in stores? If so, what stores and what’s the company that makes it. Thanks!