Juicers and Recipes

[jernlm]

Hi Poppy, 

I have just stumbled across this forum after googling best ingredients for cancer fighting juice’s, for a close friend who got diagnosed yesterday. 
I’ve been juicing for almost 20 years now and I usually do a juice cleanse once a year. 
I just wanted to share some of my knowledge in case it helps you or anyone else reading this forum.
The best juicers you capillary buy are masticating juicers (slow juicers). This is because when you put your fruit/veg through them you want to retain as much of the Nutrients and vitamins as possible. A masticating juicer does not produce heat because it is slow but some of the cheaper juicers are fast and heat up which burns all the goodness out of the fruit and vegetables. Anyone who has cancer and wants to give themselves the best possible chance may want to invest in the best juicer to maximise health benefits. Any masticating juicer will always be better than a high speed juicer. I’ve had had two masticating juices in the whole 20 years I’ve been juicing and I only got rid of the first because of lost parts in a house move.  They are really durable and long lasting.
The best kind of fruit and vegetables you can juice are fresh and not tinned. Tinned fruit have preservatives in them and have often sit in sugar syrup and lost the majority of any micro nutrients. 
So far in my journey to find the best fruit and veg a cancer patient can have, I’ve found apples, beetroot, carrots, any green leafy veg, lemons and limes are in most “cancer fighting juices”.

I hope this has helped. X

[Guest user]

I bought a bog-standard cheap juicer from ASDA cost about £14.00 only small but if you are not planning going into smoothies and whatever else wholesale it does the job nicely. I make lovely fruit drinks, fresh fruit tinned fruit in juice, the internet is loaded with recipes. If you then find you like the idea and want to go further then you can go spend more but I know I have these ideas then after a few weeks/months I usually go off the idea - sometimes life gets in the way of good intentions.😁

I bought 4 kiwi fruit 3 bananas, a pack of pomegranate seeds, and a small plain yoghurt all were ready to use so were reduced the grand total was £1.4 This made two containers full which lasted 3 days.
Trying to eat a little healthier does not have to be expensive.

Poppy xx

[KB-BHC]

Great feed and responses.  I would also like to add the book The Juicing Bible 2nd edition by Pat Crocker.  you can purchase it on Amazon.  I picked up a used copy in excellent condition for $6.

[TinaWill]

Hello, can you please name the model of the juicer that you use?  I need to buy my first juicer, but I don't know which one to choose.

[huhugo]

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@Guest user wrote:

I don't know if money is an issue for you at the moment but if you can afford to I would look at the omega vert juicer. It is very expensive but is really easy to clean and it also has the slow masticating method of extracting the juice. The best fruit smoothies blender is probably the vitamix - you can make smoothies that have no bits in them at all, you can also use it to make raw soups and it blends so fast it will even heat it up for you.
I had some money paid to me on diagnosis from an insurance policy and so could justify spending a bit (well a lot) extra for them.
As sarahlouise has mentioned kris Karr is a very enthusiastic juicer and raw foodie. She has a cancer tips book (which I thought was great) and a recipie book, both available on amazon
Cheers
M

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Worth recommending, high quality products are worth this price. It fits in a kitchen cabinet for easy storage. When I start up to 10, the sound is a bit loud, but I think using a powerful motor can be expected. Every afternoon I use it to make smoothies, and yesterday I sprinkled some cauliflower as a recipe there. The price of this device may be higher, but it can do a lot of things and it's totally worth it.

[HeavenlyAngeled]

I strongly recommend you to make your own juice rather than buying bottles juice. The disadvantages of bottles juice is we don't know what fruit they use to make the juice. Some are using juice powder with coloring and a lot of preservatives. Normally bottles juice can last for few months. Definitely they are adding a lot of preservatives and it contain no nutrient at all. So you wont enjoy the benefits of juicing. Try to get a cheap juicer will do.

Here is a breakdown of my diet.

NO SUGAR - Sugar feeds cancer

NO PROCESSED FOODS

NO MEAT, FISH, SHELLFISH, EGGS - Highly acid

NO WHEAT PRODUCTS - Turns to sugar in the body

NO DAIRY - Creates mucus in the body that cancer thrives in.

NO TEA, COFFEE, ALCOHOL

Look up PH Kills Cancer. I follow a strict alkaline diet. Cancer cannot live in an alkaline environment.

[Esmith]

Very informative thread.

[carrie35]

Mine is a Phillips I am uk resident, it's not one of the top notch ones that presses and costs £200 plus, I paid about £80 for it, did have a cheaper one to start but this one is much better and easier to clean. I can recommend the following juice that I have in the morning, it takes some getting used to: I medium broccoli head (you dont get much juice out of broccoli) 1 celery stick and 3 carrots or more depending on the size. This will make a tumbler of juice about half a pint. If you can bear it I also add a teaspoon of tumeric and a desert spoon of flax seed milled. Also if you are taking wheatgrass a teaspoon with a slice of pineapple and an apple or orange juiced together is just about bearable! Unfortunately my job doesn't allow me to make juice most of the day so my receipies are more for health than enjoyment but I am sure there are some lovely options out there. I sometimes take carrot/apple and ginger to work.

[Guest user]

hiya. thanks for this. I am looking into juicers right now. My diet was good before BC but i want to improve it so that if i do get a recurrence i will know that i did everything to prevent it. Would be great to see some of your recipes. I f it is a hassle emailing these i can give you my address and you can pop copies into the post!
hope things are well with you. thanks for your helo! x

[scottdolly]

I went on a juice retreat after chemo in Turkey.It was one of Jason Vale's retreats look up juice master on you tube...I bought the juicer he recommends which is the Phillips one with the wide funnel that takes whole apples....I am a huge advocate of fresh juicing as the beneficial enzymes we require for energy are destroyed when store bought juices are pasteurised. Raw food also contains phytochemicals which are known to fight disease. I have lots of delicious juice recipes. My blender was a fairly inexpensive one. I juice every single day and my energy levels are higher when I do ....pm me for any recipes. I am so into juicing I did a presentation about it at work for a teaching job and converted my two interviewers who went out and bought juicers and got the job.

[Guest user]

I don't know if money is an issue for you at the moment but if you can afford to I would look at the omega vert juicer. It is very expensive but is really easy to clean and it also has the slow masticating method of extracting the juice. The best blender is probably the vitamix - you can make smoothies that have no bits in them at all, you can also use it to make raw soups and it blends so fast it will even heat it up for you.
I had some money paid to me on diagnosis from an insurance policy and so could justify spending a bit (well a lot) extra for them.
As sarahlouise has mentioned kris Karr is a very enthusiastic juicer and raw foodie. She has a cancer tips book (which I thought was great) and a recipie book, both available on amazon
Cheers
M

[Guest user]

Hey there Flower20

Have to say, the best juicer is one you will use!

Ive been juicing for 12+ years, and was quite a purist, chose to buy a Matstone masticating juicer over a centrifugal one, as the former mimics chewing, and doesn't oxidise the fruit & veg when juicing. Though it was £++ (£160 at the time, but the best on the market & built like a workhorse!), I still get a lot of great juice, & it has a high juice yield (to the amount of veg & fruit put through it). However, after my DX my dear friend bought me a whole fruit centrifugal one (these are more readily available & cheaper) which I use with a blender to make green smoothies. Its quick to use, and easy to clean. Though the juice doesn't last as long with a centrifugal juicer (the spinning process to extract the juice fills the juice with oxygen, & makes it go off more quickly..) by putting a good squeeze of lemon & drinking the juice quickly, you still get good benefits.

May I suggest getting a good high powered blender, and trying green smoothies - blending what you would juice with kale / spinach etc. These enable you to get the goodness of juice, & the fibre from the veg / fruit, which aids elimination , giving your body something to bind the toxins onto to pass out of your body... & they are great too! Top juicing tip: blend in 1/4 to 1/2 avocado into your juice - thickens it up, & great for beneficial oils.
Tip 2 : Lindwoods ground flax seeds blended into juice / smoothie thickens & adds fibre, & essential fats too.

Yummy.. I'm off to make a smoothie now!

Hope this helps & good luck with your juicing!

[Sascha]

I found the canceractive.co.uk website very useful and interesting. Its focus is complementary rather than alternative but it is very much focused on healing yourself as well

[Guest user]

I was wondering if anyone can recommend any good juciers. Also, wondering if there are any good cancer diet recipe books out there. I have the Jane Plant one which I am reading, but I think is will just go organic now and cut out red meat and most dairy. Thanks