PKD DIET

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.

  • Citrus juicer
  • Cereal grass juicer, gear juicer
  • Vegetable and fruit juicer can be a centrifugal juicer
  • High Speed Blender

    How can I reduce foam formation in my juicer?

  • Dunk the produce in cold water before juicing it.
  • Drop a few drops of olive oil before juicing.

    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.

    Angel Juicer

    This is one of the best all stainless masticating juicer. It is very pricey, $1650, but for some, well worth the high price tag. It makes a creamier juice, is super quiet, and comes with an easy clean up.

  • We are  sharing our experiences with PKD/PLD Diet, an adjunct diet envisioning it complementing a physician's prescribed medical therapy. Consider testing this with your doctor's prior knowledge, who can  adjust it according to your own uniqueness by adding it to your current  treatment.

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