Best Apple Juicer

Apple juice is one of the most popular juices that people make with their own juicers, so to be honest, you can pick almost any juicer on the market and you should be able to make apple juice.

What is worth getting, however, is a juicer with a wide feeder, such as the Philips HR1861. As you can see from the image on the left, the extra wide feeder enables you to quickly put whole apples down there. Being able to pop a whole apple down and not have to cut them up really is a time saver.  The Philips juicer shown also had a detachable pulp collector which you can line with a plastic bag and easily lift out most of the pulp, which makes cleaning up afterwards a heck of a lot easier. As the Philips HR1861 is our recommended juicer, we’ve put together a price comparison in the sidebar on the right so you can get the best price for it.

What apples to use in fresh apple juice?

Most apples will make great juice, I particularly like the sweetness of a Pink Lady.

Also, you know how an apple goes brown if you leave it? I find that apple juice does too, so if you’re going to drink it straight away, cover it up with clingfilm or add a drop of lemon juice to help stop it turning an unappetising brown.

Difference Between A Smoothie Maker and A Blender

Do you know what the difference is between a smoothie maker and a blender? As far as I know, you can make smoothies with a blender, so what is a dedicated smoothie maker for? Is the only difference that that a smoothie maker has a tap to dispense the drink into a glass? Here’s a snippet from a Times article that ponders a similar question:

The Smoothie Maker, to be honest, I consider to be the last straw. A Smoothie Maker is just a blender – IT’S JUST A BLENDER! – but with a tap on the bottom. A small, useless tap which will, on the first day of use, become clogged by a single strawberry seed, leaving you flossing the tiny nozzle with a pin until 4am, weeping. A Smoothie Maker basically marks the UNINVENTING of the blender. It is a negation of progress. It’s like having sex with monkeys. It will do humankind no good.

Whilst Googling the answer, I found that someone had asked the exact same question over at Money Saving Expert - so have a look there for some interesting replies too… the funniest one being “about a tenner”!

Best Juicers for Christmas Presents

Christmas is actually the perfect time to give a juicer, because once the turkey and trimmings are out of the way, lots of people want to start detoxing their way into the new year and a juicer can help.

Whilst cuicers are a great gift idea for Christmas, they often then end up in the cupboard for the rest of the year. So if you’re giving a juicer this year, why not give a recipe book with it too, and a basket of fruit too to help get the recipient hooked on juicing and all its excellent benefits.

Best Juicer Under £100

The Philips HR1861 is stylish, sexy and will deliver glass after glass of fantastic tasting juice. The design of this juicer is safe and easy to clean (which is one of the thing that deter people from using a juicer), and uses centrifugal power to create fresh fruit juice that is full of goodness. This juicer has been priced at about £100 for most of the year but if you look around you can get some bargain prices, sometimes as low as £60-£70. The HR1861 also comes with a recipe book with loads of recipies. Click here to check availability at Amazon.co.uk

Best Stocking Filler Juicer

Our recommendation for a lovely, juicy stocking filler present is a citrus press. The Philips HR2737 Citrus Press costs about a tenner and is a fantastic little gift which will mean the recipient is able to squeeze out fresh juice from oranges, lemons, limes and grapefruits all through 2009! Check availability at Amazon.co.uk

Oh…. It’s a Zumex

Zumex manufacture the most visually impressive commercial orange juicers I have seen. A big basked of oranges sits on top and slow the oranges drop down into the transparent casing and go through the soft cutters which take off the outer skin. Then the process squeezes out the juice and the pulp and skin fall into a bin below. It really is very cool to see this thing in action, and it’s as much fun to watch it working as it is to drink very good quality juice it makes.

Next time you’re out and about with friends and see miracle machine in action, impress by your friends with yoru knowledge of commercial juicers by simply saying, “Oh… it’s a Zumex!”.  Check out the video below to take a closer look

M&S Stocks Aronia Berry

Look out for a new fruit next time you’re in Marks and Spencer as they will soon be stocking a new “wonder berry” called the aronia berry, which contains three times as many antioxidants as blueberries.

Originating in North America, it is now being grown in Scotland by Thomas Thomson Blairgowrie. M&S claim they have decided to stock the sharp tasting berry to meet consumer demand for healthy berries.

Read more at Freshinfo.com

Types Of Juicer

There are a couple of different types of juicer available on the market.

Masticating Juicer - this type of juicer “masticates” i.e chews up the fruit, which means you get more of the fibre from the fruit in the actual end product. A good example of this type of juicer is the famous Champion 2000 juicer.

Centrifugal Juicer - A centrifugal juicer spins a filter around at high speed and uses centrifugal energy to bounce the pulp back out whilst absorbing the juicer through the filter as you push the fruit down against the filter. This is a very common type of juicer on the high street.

Citrus Juicer - A citrus juicer allows you to extract the juicer from a citrus fruit, such as an orange or lemon. Usually involves half the fruit being squashed down and hollowed out by a grooved reamer.

Pomegranite Juice Named As Healthiest Drink

A study by scientists at the University of California has found named Pomegranite Juice as the healthiest juice you can drink. The high anti-oxidant content has a number of beneficial health effects, it is believed, including protecting against some cancers.

The study also named concord grape juice, blueberry juice, black cherry juice, acai juice, cranberry juice, orange juice, tea and apple juice as being very beneficial because of their high anti-oxidants.

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British Man Claims Broccoli Juice Helped Him Beat Cancer

The media has picked up on the story of Ray Wiseman, a 79 year old man who was diagnosed with bladder cancer five years ago. The prognosis wasn’t good, but five years later, he has been told by doctors that the cancer has stopped spreading. Ray puts this down to a glass of broccoli juice which his wife prepares for him everyday. She adds apples and carrots to sweeten the taste.

Cancer Research are apparently asking for the recipe to carry out further investigations.

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Look Out For The Baobab

Baobab - remember the name, because it’s a fruit that has just been approved for use in the EU. It has actually been consumed for thousands of years in its native Africa, and now we can give it a go too.

It has a very tough skin - some say as hard as a nut - and contains a powdery fruit inside which is packed with vitamin C, calcium and antioxidants Don’t expect to see it at the supermarket just yet - its not easily edible itself but has been approved for use as an ingredient in juices, smoothies and cereal bars initially.

Find out more about the Baobab.

Macrobiotic Benefits of Juicing

Macrobiotics.co.uk has a great article by Scott Ohlgren detailing the benefits of juicing. The article says:

Juicing’s biggest health benefit can be summarized in one phrase: cellular cleansing.
Bar none, cellular cleansing is the single biggest reason for why I have stayed drug free, pain free, and symptom free for the past 29 years.

Read the full article.

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