Some Selections from The Intentional Table Pantry
Optional Equipment for Thrive Cleanse
Juicers
So How Do You Choose A Juicer?
There are several types of juicers. We will address the benefits and downsides to each.
THE CENTRIFUGAL JUICERS
Juicers in this category include the Juice Man juicer, the Breville, the Pro-variable, the Jack LaLanne, some Champion juicers and others. Centrifugal simply means the separation of different materials from “centrifuge” force. This looks like a juicer with a metal basket in it. You feed your fruits and veggies into a tube and the basket whizzes around at lightning speed, ripping apart the produce, separating it, and shooting out your juice. The upside of these juicers is that they are quick to use, they involve less cutting and chopping, and they are generally easier to clean. The downside has to do with oxygen. The force in which this style of juicing works takes the oxygen molecule in the vegetables and rips it apart, leaving you with a nice juice that will only stay stable and nutrient rich for about 20 to 30 minutes. Not a problem, unless you want to juice ahead of time and store it. This will not work at all with wheatgrass. And if you try to juice things like kale, parsley, or spinach in a juicer like this—good luck! Most of the kale, parsley, or spinach gets spit out of the dispenser and you wind up throwing away most of your valuable organic produce, without benefitting from the juice of it.
MASTICATING JUICERS
Masticating juicers include the Green Star and the Omega, as well as any juicer that has two gears that work in opposition and press the produce between the gears. Masticating means that the juice gets pressed into the juicer as if the juicer has teeth, which grind up the produce and prepares it for digestion. The name pretty much says it all. When you masticate the juice, as you do with these kinds of juicers, you keep all the precious enzymes and oxygen intact, providing yourself with a stable juice product that can last close to two and a half days. However, it must be in an airtight container. If you’re just getting started and you’re not sure which juicer to get, Tricia recommends trying the Solo-Star. Although it only has one gear, it presses the juice, allowing it to be stable as it uses the sides of the tube to force it through. It’s easy to clean and easy to use. It will also do wheatgrass and nut butters, and it works wonderfully on a frozen banana to make a great instant ice cream! Masticating is slowly becoming the favorite in the juicing world. The downside of masticating juicers is that they are slower and a bit more tedious to clean. We believe the value of the fine juices it produces evens out the labor.
The Greenstar that you see here below is what we use. It’s a healthy investment, not only because it’s the best and reliable for years, but the product it makes is superior. This is a great example of a masticating (yes, just like chewing) juicer.
PRESS JUICERS
The first original juice press was created by Dr. Norman Walker. Here was a man WAY ahead of his time. These ROCK STAR juicers are the ones used in most of the cancer clinics, juice bars, and integrative health clinics throughout the world. Pressing the juice requires a two-part process. First you have to grind the veggies, then you put them in bags and a Hydraulic machine comes down on the bags and literally presses them, which leaves you with an extremely high quality juice that has zero oxidation.
Pressed juice lasts, and it extracts 99 percent of the nutrients. Unlike the pulp left from other juicers, the pulp created by a press juicer will not even be consumed by an animal. They will not eat it, because it has no nutrients left in it. It leaves a block of “blank” fiber. The most popular press is the Norwalk press. If money is no obstacle, check it out. There are many superb, interesting demonstrations on the internet about them. These juicers are uber-quick and maximally nutritious. But they’re big, bulky, and pricey.
A Note from Tricia on Juicers
If you are ill—for example, fighting or recovering from cancer—you need oxygen. Cancer and disease have a hard time living in an oxygen rich environment, so you need a good quality juice. That being said, my first juice cleanse, 22 years ago, was with a Juice Man Junior, for 33 days. I made all my juices for the day in the morning and stored them in Tupperware containers. I got well, stayed well, and it changed my life. So, don’t get all fussy with which juicer you buy. Choose a juicer that you will use, period.
The Green Star Juicer is the best in class.
The Work Horse of the Blender World. I have had mine for years. Unstoppable. Highly prized over here!
Fermented means that the cell walls are already broken, making it more bioavailable to your body!
Same here for this category:
undeniably the best and most reliable.
This is the brand that I use in my program.
Makes spreading blends, pastes and things thay dry in layers easy! Notice the offset handle.
It keeps your hands out of the situation!
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