Juicers
The best juicer is one that you will use. The biggest resistance to juicing are clean up and assembly. There are centrifugal force juicers, gear juicers, press juicers and high speed blenders. Centrifugal juicers will not do cereal grasses, such as wheat, spelt, or barley grass to be made into a juice. Juice from gear juicers happen to have the quietest operation, are the slowest juicers, and the juice which contains the most nutrients. Centrifugal juicers are fast with the fastest clean up. There is a vertical upright gear juicer on the market. Unfortunately many of these are using plastic. Much of the plastic is made from non BPA plastic but it still can release estrogenic chemicals.For an at home juicer, look for one that has stainless steel parts that come into contact with the juiced produce. The Wells Press gives the most juice from produce and provides the highest quantity of nutrients from the juice. This is often combined with the Norwalk Juicer. Here is a site comparing masticating juicers. The Baily Report showing laboratory tests verifying quality of juice, extracting the most juice quickly with the highest amount of nutrients shows the Norwalk juicer as the best. Both require a great deal of clean up, but the pay off is a nutrient rich juice.
Second in line for nutrient rich juice are the gear juicers, masticating, cold press juicers: the Green Star, Green Power Gold, Omega VRT350 (an upright masticating juicer) and the Green Power KPE-1304. The gear juicers and the press juicers will juice cereal juices. I had a chuckle watching a chef on a televised cooking showing a person wrestling with assembling a gear juicer because of time restraints he turned to another chef asking to borrow a centrifugal force juicer.
An electric citrus juicer is ideal for fresh citrus juices. Here is a raw food vegan website comparing juicers.
There are several types of juicers.
How can I reduce foam formation in my juicer?
Alkaline Raw Juice Recipes
For best results drink juices within 20 minutes of making them. Some have asked how to keep juices and bring them to work. Get a stainless steel thermos. Freeze the thermos while preparing the juice. As soon as the juice is made pour it into to the frozen thermos. It should keep for 2-3 hours.Lemonade - 2 lemons, ¼ pear, 1 apple juice and pour over crushed ice.
Cabbage Juice - Juice 1 apple first, do not clean the juicer. Juice ¼ of a small cabbage with about 10 pre-soaked almonds. Drink the cabbage juice first followed by the apple juice chaser.
Cucumber - Juice a cucumber (remove skin as it is highest in pesticides and oxalates). Chill. It is refreshing on a hot summer's day.
Honeydew melon - Juice ¼ of a melon. Peel and slice. Once you try this you will want seconds.
Watermelon - slice and peel about a one inch slice. This is a favorite of many.
Pineapple - slice, peel and core a half a pineapple. High in bromelain helpful for back pain relief.
Apple beet - Core 2 apples. The seeds contain strychnine and are to be avoided. Add to this juice one beet; this makes a frothy beautiful deep red drink filled with sweetness and iron.
Parsley pineapple juice - One bunch of parsley plus a slice of pineapple cored and peeled. Parsley when mixed with pineapple, thickens the juice.
Handheld Citrus Juicers for Travel
Stainless steel citrus juicer - my favorite on the road; its small, mechanical compact juicer that will not break.Glass Citrus reamer - a good second place for taking on the road.
Plastic citrus reamer - will work in a pinch for lemon juice when traveling.
Wooden citrus reamer - does not work well at all.