Get your Fruit and Nutrients with a Juicer
One of the easiest ways to get a serving of your five a day fruit or vegetables is by drinking juice made from them. Only drinking one glass of freshly squeezed orange juice will be beneficial to your health, but may well improve your energy levels as well. Although you can purchase juice ready squeezed spend some money on one of the many good fruit juicers now available and make your own instead.
Although the juice of fruit is good for us it can also be detrimental to some people’s health. There are certain fruits which people who say suffer from diabetes need to be wary of because they contain high levels of fruit sugar in them. Although when eaten normally this does not cause too much of a problem, but when drank as juice this is a different matter. The reason being that the fruit sugar in the juice is able to be absorbed into their bloodstream a lot more rapidly and this may result in spikes in their blood sugar levels. If not controlled correctly then this can lead to a possible diabetic attack occurring.
When it comes to buying fruit juicers as you will soon discover there are a number of different kinds to select from. The more simple types are the manual press or twin press or you can go for the centrifugal, centrifugal injection, masticating, single auger or dual cage auger one.
The most popular juicer that people tend to purchase when buying one of these and the one that has been on the market the longest is the centrifugal type. Not only are they simple in design but are very easy to use and it is the centrifugal force which helps to extract the juice from the fruit pulp which is forced against a shredder and strainer. However, there are some people who prefer the centrifugal injection models instead. Although they look like the centrifugal type juicer the sides of these are more slanted and cleaning proves a lot easier.
The other type of juicer which is now proving extremely popular is the masticating type. These instead of shredding the pulp chew it to extract the juice and you will discover that the juice made from this contains far less of the fruits pulp in it. Also they run at a lower speed than the centrifugal types so tend to make much less noise.
If you are thinking of purchasing a fruit juicer for the first time or to replace an old model you have there are a number of factors to be taken into consideration along with how much you can afford to spend. In this article we take a look at just what some of these factors need to be kept in mind when purchasing a fruit juicer.
1. You need to find a juicer which is not only easy to operate but to maintain and clean after being used. The more compact the model the better and also look for those where the juicing compartments are removable and can be placed safely in a dishwasher to be cleaned. 2. It is much better to purchase a well known (branded) model as not only do these tend to be more reliable but getting hold of replacement parts for these shouldn’t be difficult. 3. Another factor to consider is the speed at which the motor runs as the slower they are then much less oxidation will take place as the juice is extracted. So in fact you are able to extract more juice from the fruit and vegetables that you place in them.
In this article we have looked at the various types of fruit juicers one can buy these days and the kinds of things to be looking for when you decide to go out and buy one. If you keep these factors in mind then finding one that not only meets your requirements but is affordable will become a lot easier.
