Juice and LIVE!

Organic minerals, vitamins, enzymes, and fiber – the living nutrients – are most abundant in fruits and vegetables. To ensure a sufficient intake of these vital nutrients, the US National Cancer Institute recommends consuming at least five servings of fruits and vegetables per day. Unfortunately, research shows that only a quarter of the population meets this requirement. As a result, juicing fruits and vegetables is an effective way to supplement your diet and ensure your body receives the essential phytonutrients it needs.

WHY JUICE?

‘Doesn’t the body need fibre? Isn’t it better to eat fruits or vegetables whole instead of juicing them?’ The answers are affirmative to both. But we are not advocating that you juice all your fruits and vegetables. What we do recommend is that drink fresh juices regularly, on top of your intake of other fruits and vegetables. There are many good reasons for that:

Juice is LIVE food

We often prepare our foods in the wrong way because cooking destroys most nutrients and enzymes. But not everyone finds raw vegetables palatable. Hence, juicing becomes a good solution to introduce LIVE food into your diet.

Easy Digestion & Assimilation

Solid foods require many hours of digestion before nutrients can be made available to the cells. Further, most adults do not have perfect digestive systems. The sicker a person is, the more likely it is that his digestive system cannot properly digest and assimilate. Juicing helps to ‘pre-digest’ the fruits and vegetables so that they are readily digested and assimilated, with very little effort on the digestive system. Juices are assimilated within 15 minutes of consumption to feed the starving cells and tissues.

Dr. H. E. Kirschener, M.D. noted in his book Life Food Juices, “…The power to break down the cellular structure of raw vegetables, and assimilate the precious elements they contain, even in the healthiest individual is only fractional – not more than 35%, and in the less healthy, down to 1%. In the form of juice, these same individuals assimilate up to 92% of these nutrients…“

Super Nutrients Booster

Years of poor food choices have deprived most of us of nutrients. In order to build strong and healthy bodies, we need to pump in lots of nutrients. However, our daily intake of fruits and vegetables have a limit. Therefore, juicing is a way to boost the supply and correct the deficiency.

For cleansing and repairing off liver, kidneys, intestinal tracts & other vital organs

The healing properties of juices are well documented in many books and literature. For example, Dr. Norman Walker’s Fresh Vegetable & Fruit Juices describes how papaya juice has helped correct intestinal disorder.

Also, the carrot has the richest source of beta-carotene, which is an effective antioxidant to protect our body from free radical damage and premature aging. Carrot juice causes the liver to release bile and excessive accumulated cholesterol and toxins. Cleansing of the liver may cause the effect of a slightly yellowish colour on the skin due to a large amount of waste matter being released. This discolouration is harmless. Carrot juice also has an alkalizing effect on the blood, soothing the entire nervous system while toning the intestinal walls.

For Building Blood

Blood is the life stream of the body, affecting every cell and system we possess. For the complex operation of the body, the blood requires a constant source of nutrients.

Millions of people suffer from iron deficiency (anemia) without knowing it. If you still feel tired despite having enough sleep, you may have a form of anemia. Anaemia saps your energy by depriving your cells of oxygen. This happens when your blood has too few red blood cells or too little hemoglobin to transport oxygen through the bloodstream. Green leafy vegetable juice is tremendously beneficial in fighting anemia because it is extremely rich in iron and other minerals, and very high in chlorophyll.

Chlorophyll is a substance found exclusively in plants and has a structure similar to human hemoglobin. During the 1940s, researchers found that consuming chlorophyll enhances the body’s ability to produce hemoglobin, thus improving the efficiency of oxygen transport.

How To Get Started In Juicing?

If you have started to see the benefits of juicing, next is to know what to look for when shopping for a juicer. There are so many types in the market. It can be mind-boggling to decide which to buy.

There are two main types of juicer: Centrifugal Juicer and Masticating Juicer (leading brand: NewLife™ Alpha Juicer).

Normal Centrifugal Juicer

Advantages : Cheaper

Disadvantages :

1. Noisy
2. Spins at a very high speed (3000 to 7000 RPM) to separate juice from the produce instead of penetrating the produce deeply enough to extract the nutrients from the fruits and vegetables. High spin traps air and results in OXIDIZED juice, thus destroying the enzymes.
3. Metal blade generates heat which destroys the enzymes.
4. Juice produced has plenty of foam.
5. Most of them cannot juice leafy vegetables.
6. Much less yield.

Masticating Juicer – Alpha Juicer

Advantages :

1. Quiet operations.
2. Masticating means to grind or to chew or to knead into a pulp. The stone mill-like gear, tears open the fruits and vegetables, chews the plant fibres and penetrates the membranes to effectively extract vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and other phytonutrients.
3. Operates at a much slower speed of 80 RPM, it does not disrupt the cellular structure of the fruits and vegetables. As a result, juices produced are not oxidized, and hence better tasting.
4. Juice produced has very little foam.
5. It can juice all kinds of soft and hard fruits and vegetables including wheatgrass.
6. High yield – 99% extraction rate.
7. Alpha Juicer is also a versatile food processor. Besides juicing, its other functions include grinding (nuts, herbs, spices, coffee beans, etc), mincing (meat, poultry, etc), making pasta, shaving, etc.

Disadvantage : May be slightly more pricey than the normal centrifugal Juicer, but it is worth every cent.

Left Juice :

• Red apple juice produced by normal centrifugal juicer
• A lot of foam
• Brownish tone indicates that juice has already oxidized
• Poor yield

Right Juice :

• Red apple juice produced by Alpha Juicer
• Almost no foam
• Healthier, fresher, and more even colour indicates that it is full of live enzymes & nutrients
• More yield

But that is not all, there are more reasons you should own an Alpha Juicer!

• Manufacturing Quality
  • Manufactured in Korea. Awarded a GOLD MEDAL at the 32nd Geneva International Invention & Patent Products Exhibition 2004. CE & TUV approved.
• International Endorsement
  • Has been fully endorsed by the TUV Rhineland Product Board in Germany.
• Minimized Pesticide levels
  • The specially designed and patented screw crushes and squeezes the vegetables/fruits step by step, enabling the pesticides to cling to the fibrous material which is dumped out through the drum cap.
• Easy & Fast Cleaning
  • It takes less than 5 minutes to disassemble and clean after use.
• Safety Device
  • Has a built-in device which prevents the juicer from overheating. It will automatically shut off when overheated and will start operating again in a matter of minutes when cooled.
• Compact & Durable
  • It is compact and durable for both home and commercial use.
• Affordable Spare Part
  • Spare parts are readily available and reasonably priced.
• Trained and Equipped
  • You are backed with knowledgeable and highly trained skilled technicians from NewLife™ to attend to your ALPHA Juicer, should the need arises.
• Excellent After Sales Service
  • NewLife™ International guarantees satisfaction for all customers.