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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2012 17:49:07 GMT
I have brussels sprouts and red onions on hand and also some limes. If I get a juicer, should I make some extra for you people?
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 5, 2012 22:18:19 GMT
No, thank you, K2!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2012 1:25:29 GMT
I've had a couple of juicers. Always enjoyed using them albeit the cleaning of them is a pain. Both were well made machines, the one I currently have has a larger capacity,doesn't shake and shimmy all over the counter and really,really,extracts every bit of juice. (the pulp in the bin is almost like sawdust,it's so dry,fabulous for composting!!). I lack counter space so I don't have it out as it takes up a great deal of room. My favorites are carrot/apple/ginger,and, I just read of a beet/blackberry combo I am anxious to try. They're also great for making cold summertime soups. I juice citrus separately in a very efficient,more compact electric juicer specifically geared for citrus.
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 6, 2012 10:25:25 GMT
casi, I had carrot apple ginger this morning and it was delicious! highly recommended. For those who don't like ginger... just don't add it. or add something else you fancy instead.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2012 10:51:32 GMT
Can't Dyson make a juicer? I bet that would be easier to clean.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 6, 2012 14:33:19 GMT
Ginger is one of the best flavors in the whole world & good for you besides!
Casimira, what brand is your juicer, please? That dry pulp thing is exactly what I'm looking for.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2012 1:06:26 GMT
Ginger is one of the best flavors in the whole world & good for you besides! Casimira, what brand is your juicer, please? That dry pulp thing is exactly what I'm looking for. Here it is: www.ezjuicers.com/leq110.htmL'Equip!!!!!!! this site says it's new....I've had mine for at least 5 years! (It also says it's small!!! and you can travel with it, wrong!!!! I cannot imagine WHAT they are thinking when they say that.) It does operate at 10,000 rpm's,it really extracts the juice.
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 12, 2012 10:56:12 GMT
so, imec and mark, how are your juicing experiences going?
For my part, I notice that the best suited to juicing are hard or at least very firm fruit/vegetables, the ones that you wouldn't really be able to extract anything from any other way. (root vegetables, apples, very firm plums, etc) I bought oranges and grapefruit last week as I expected a bunch of friends might want to try the juicer but wouldn't want vegetables... and they didn't want to try it so I am using these now. the resulting drink is very smooth and agreeable. but I eat what is discarded by the machine as it leaves a lot of the good part of these citrus fruit out.
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Post by onlymark on Mar 12, 2012 12:47:27 GMT
I use mine once a day, in the morning, just after the kids have gone to school and just make a mix of whatever I have to hand. Sometimes just apples or carrots etc but I tend to use a normal citrus juicer for oranges and lemons to add to whatever I made.
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 12, 2012 14:20:55 GMT
no juice for the children?
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Post by onlymark on Mar 12, 2012 18:28:02 GMT
They don't like juice "with bits in it".
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 12, 2012 20:26:17 GMT
well... my juicer doesn't leave ANY bits in. it is all very smooth.... so I guess not yours?
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 12, 2012 20:26:38 GMT
unless you mean they want clear apple juice.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2012 20:42:11 GMT
Lots of children don't like pulp in citrus juice. Quite a few adults as well.
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 12, 2012 23:04:43 GMT
no pulp guaranteed if you put citrus fruit through my juicer... ;D
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Post by imec on Mar 13, 2012 4:40:18 GMT
I've been delinquent in my juicing pursuits Annie - please stay tuned though.
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Post by onlymark on Mar 13, 2012 5:00:30 GMT
unless you mean they want clear apple juice. Yep, that sort of thing.
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 18, 2012 15:24:24 GMT
yesterday, I tried tomato and celery. I don't usually like celery but it was very nice. I can see myself preparing some for friends with a little pepper and worcestershire sauce.
this morning, I had pink grapefruit and apple. delicious. But you are right, citrus fruit through such a juicer is a bit of a waste of a good fruit. too much is thrown into the bin compartment.
I keep thinking I should take a picture of the glass of juice before I swirl it. it shows the most amazing colours.
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 20, 2012 10:55:32 GMT
carrot and apple this morning. the mix was just right with 1.5 carrot and 1 cored apple. It definitely helps with upping the daily consumption of fresh fruit and veg. I already miss the fact I won't be able to prepare a juice tomorrow morning. Neither for most of next week.
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Post by onlymark on Mar 20, 2012 12:30:12 GMT
Carrot and apple is my usual thing as well. But what sort of apple AA? Different ones seem to have quite a different effect. I prefer Granny Smiths as I like a tart apple.
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 20, 2012 13:28:54 GMT
I love granny smith. but I get what I can from the greengrocer's stall on one of the main streets in town.
I used to get local coxes earlier in the year and now I bought some braeburn. I could have bought red delicious if I had wanted.
Do you also find that the tastes of carrot and apple just mix so well together? stops it from being too sweet or too earthy? and what is left over in the bin compartment is really dry.
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Post by onlymark on Mar 20, 2012 15:25:59 GMT
Granny Smith are quite expensive here in relation to the local apples, they are about £1.80 a kilo compared to about £0.50. I will use either though, the locals ones are more like coxes so I'll add a bit of lemon juice for bite. They do go well together.
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 24, 2012 10:50:09 GMT
just pure apple this morning. nectar of the gods.
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Post by tod2 on Mar 24, 2012 13:43:23 GMT
Please can someone explain the benefit of fruit juice as opposed to eating a bowl of fruit salad? When I put my son on a diet the dietician said I was giving him more sugar in the fruit jiuces than I was when he drank Coca-Cola! So if it is so fattening and causes diabetes, to me there is no benefit to drinking 'juice' per se. At leat eating the fruit has roughage.
Kerouac - when I read your kiwi purchase my mind was shouting "throw them away!" Did you enjoy that pithy texture with that ghastly sour taste near the skin? Urghhhh!
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 24, 2012 16:10:08 GMT
I'm curious about the definitive answer to that question, too. As far as I know, the benefits of juice that comes directly from the juicer would be the same vitamins, etc. one would have gotten from eating those fruits, but with the benefit of simultaneously cleansing and "resting" ones system. In other words, you're only giving it the liquid and nutrients without making your stomach do much work. Am I even close with that explanation, Annie or anyone? I believe the reason that dietitians are so down on fruit juice is because its used as a beverage at meals, the same way milk is & should not be. Instead of enjoying a healthful meal with maybe some water on the side, kids learn to "wash down" (*shudder*) their food with milk -- which should be thought of as a whole food, not a beverage -- or juice, which too high in natural sugars to be glugged with a meal. Still, I have some problems accepting the dictates of many dietitians, with their black & white view of things. Just because a fruit juice is high in natural sugars doesn't mean it's doing the same thing to the body that coke does. bottled grape juice: nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/1923/2regular coca-cola: caloriecount.about.com/calories-coca-cola-classic-i98047more info: www.livestrong.com/article/278492-nutritional-information-for-fresh-fruit-juices/
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 24, 2012 21:07:52 GMT
well... some people say fruit juice is too acidic for our system. This is to be taken in the context of people eating more and more highly processed foods that are acidifying for our systems. I understand their gripe with fruit juice is also that commercial ones have sometimes refined sugar added to it and that they don't contain the fibres that fresh fruit would.
Then, I must confess that I am supposed to drink juice from vegetables mainly, which would be less sugary. but well... in my particular case, my diet is very alkalinising so a little fruit juice isn't going to kill me.
What I have noticed since I've started making my own juice fresh (almost) every morning, is the amount of fruit/vegetable that goes into one half-pint glass. like two standard apples, cored, and one large carrot. In short, this fresh (non-industrial, no preservatives, etc) juice is upping my consumption of fruit/veg drastically. And I've always eaten lots of these beforehand. Personally, I am drinking these after talking to one of my uni friends who says it is helping her through the madness of our particular course - (she is more advanced than me in the course) I am not saying they are for everybody. some people say smoothies are better as they give you the fibres.
What is sure is that upping one's consumption of fruit and veg is very beneficial to health. the more uptodate research I read for my studies, the more i am convinced of it. however, diversity is the key element.
We are slowly but surely killing ourselves by over-industrialising our environment/reducing diversity to nothing.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 24, 2012 21:20:11 GMT
We are slowly but surely killing ourselves by over-industrialising our environment/reducing diversity to nothing. That so bore repeating!
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 25, 2012 10:46:16 GMT
Thought I'd add that some of bixa's explanations do make sense. If you think of it, there isn't much else than water, fibres, natural sugar and vitamins/minerals in fruit/veggies. so if you take the fibres away, your body has to deal with the sugar by itself instead of it being delivered slowly as the body strips what it can off the fibres.
and YES, natural sugars are much better for our bodies than refined sugars.
what I can add about my personal case, is that I prepare my juice and drink it straight away as my porridge is cooking so I'll have the juice and a few minutes later I'll have a meal that is very alkalinising and very slow at releasing sugar. The vitamins pep me up and the sugar gives me a little high until the porridge takes over. With the exception of a little piece of chocolate, this is likely to be the sweetest food I will ingest most days. it's all a question of balance.
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 25, 2012 11:02:50 GMT
oh, and don't start me on dieticians. My friend's adolescent daughter has lots of health problems and she lost lots of weight, partly as she was trying to remain slim by not eating much and partly due to other health issues. My friend was told off for feeding her a good varied healthy diet with veggies and fruit by the dieticians. These want my friend's daughter to eat greasy, unhealthy food to fatten up first. So they are actually setting this adolescent for a life of yo yo weight. How utterly stupid is that?
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 25, 2012 16:29:20 GMT
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