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Vegetable Juicing - Choosing a Juicer

Vegetable juicing is beneficial to the body in part because it balances the acidity that most of us struggle with. We all need about one pound of vegetables for every 50 pounds of body weight to balance our pH and juicing helps you to easily do that. Maintaining the proper PH is crucial for cancer prevention as cancer thrives in a low PH environment.

I've been juicing for many years and over the years I have done extensive evaluations of juicing machines and came to the conclusion that nothing comes close to the value of the Omega 8001 Juicer .  I discuss other juicers which have received good reviews here.

What Should You Look for in a Juicer?

Like most products you should base your choice on quality, performance and price. I find that it is important for the juicer to be operated at low speeds so it won't damage the juice by introducing too much oxygen or make it too foamy, it should be quiet so that it won't interfere with normal activities, it should be versatile and it should be easy to clean.

Your Juicer Should Have Low Speeds to Protect Your Vegetables

Inexpensive juicers are centrifugal and spin at very high speeds to do their juicing. Common masticating and centrifugal juicers and blenders operate at high speed, anywhere from 1,000 to 24,000 RPM. The high speeds heat up the juice and cause damage to some of the perishable nutrients in the vegetables.

The Omega 8001 is a single gear machine that turns at a slow 80 RPM's to ensure that nothing is lost through heated elements in your juice. There is no wildly spinning basket or destructive, high-speed chopping blade. Therefore, heat and impact shock are virtually eliminated and oxidation is significantly reduced . The result? More of the delicate nutrients survive!

This low speed also helps the single gear machines foam far less than a double gear style juicer like the $800 Angel juicer.

Many Juicers Make Juicing Tedious With Long Cleanups

Not all juicers are the same when it comes to ease of operation and cleaning. Being easy to clean might not sound like an important choice but it just might have the most influence on your juicing plans.

Poorly made juicers will require extensive cleaning to keep them well maintained. Even expensive juicers, like the $800 Angel which is stainless steal and uses twin gears, or the $2,000 Norwalk juicer can take up to 30 minutes to clean properly. Most people find that when it takes that long to clean up their juicing machine they just don't juice.

A quality juicer can be cleaned in less than five minutes. Cleaning the parts of the Omega juicer requires little more than a quick rinse under the tap. This makes them enormously easy to keep clean. This quality design has cut my cleaning time in half while giving me more flexibility in my juicing options.

Some Juicers Only Juice Vegetables

Many masticating and centrifugal juicers have a hard time juicing wheat grass and leafy green vegetables. Many people actually purchase wheat grass juicers because the typical centrifugal juicers can't do that.

Unlike most current popular juicers, the Omega 8001 is designed to extract green juices. They easily produce high volumes of green juice without clogging up, and the pulp comes out dry.

The Omega juicer is made of F.D.A. approved polycarbonate and melamine which are semi- permanent and extremely hygienic. It is equipped with low-speed milling type screw which preserves as much flavor and nutritional value as possible. (Other high-speed juicers can destroy natural flavor and nutritional value of vegetables and fruits.)

The versatile and Omega 8001 has over five completely different functions.

• Vegetable Juice Extractor
• Fruit Juicer
• Seasoning Mincer/Chopper
• Meat/Fish Mincer
• Food Mill

It is easy to disassemble, clean and reassemble for other functions. (about 15 seconds to one minute).

The juicer has a built-in control to prevent overheating and it will restart when they have cooled down. You don't have to worry about the motor burning out.

Read more technical information about the Omega 8001 Juicer.

Other juicers

In my opinion, the Omega 8001 is the best juicer on the market.  However you may have different needs - or a different budget.  You can find some other juicers which have received good reviews on this page.

You can get some ideas for juicing on my juicing recipes page. You can also get some solid knowledge on juicing in the juicing for health section, as well as the juicing books page.

© 2002 by Marc Leduc