Preserving Fresh Juice

Adding lemon:
Adding a few drops of lemon juice per ounce to your juice will help preserve the life span of your juice.
Storing in a refrigerator:
Fruit and vegetable juices can be preserved in the refrigerator. However, keep in mind the type of juicer you have. Most juice starts the oxidation process within 24 hours of being juiced.
Juices from a Centrifugal juicer will not keep as long as a Single or Twin Gear juicer. Here is a timeline:

• Centrifugal Juicers: Juice will keep for approximately 2-6 hrs. or 24 hrs. with lemon
• Single-gear Juicers: approximately 24 hrs. or 1-2 days with lemon
• Twin-gear Juicers: approximately 48 hrs. or 2-3 days with lemon

Storing in the freezer:
Fruit juices freeze better than vegetable juices. When you are done juicing your fruits you can add a few drops of lemon juice per ounce. Then place the juice in a sealable container, this will eliminate freezer burn. Frozen fruit juices will keep for several weeks. However, if you keep them any longer they will begin to go bad even while frozen.

Freezing vegetable juices is different from Fruit juices. The liquid separates during the freezing process, but this can be used in cooking. A lot of people try blanching the vegetable juice before freezing. (this is done to stop the enzyme activity). However there are many studies that do not recommend blanching because it does significantly diminish vitamins that are stored in the food.

What juicer will be best for you?

Harvest Essentials has a wide variety of juicers. At www.HarvestEssentials.com/juicers there are different kinds, such as: Centrifugal, Single-gear, Twin-gear, etc. All of which range from $99.00 - $900.00 (for home use).

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  The first step: Why are you juicing? Determine the reason to why you are deciding to juice! Are you juicing for your health, for cooking purposes? Do you have crops that you would like to juice and store? Why are you juicing?
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  The second step: What do you want to juice? Determine the foods that you plan on juicing. Are you going to be juicing strictly fruits or do you want to juice veggies as well? What about leafy greens (wheatgrass, lettuce, parsley, etc.)? Don't forget, some juicers have pasta extruding accessories....
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  The third step: How often do you plan on juicing? Determine how often you will use the machine. Are you going to juice once a week, twice, maybe three times? Do you plan on juicing everyday, maybe even a couple times a day?
  

Now that you have figured out why, what and how often you are juicing, what kind of juicer do you buy?

Centrifugal Juicers: I recommend these if you are only going to be juicing soft fruits. Centrifugal juicers are less expensive and handy if you are in a hurry. Other than that, You are not getting the quality juice that you should from a juicer.

Centrifugal juicers will not juice wheatgrass or any other leafy greens. Imagine putting your food on a cutting board and cutting out juice. That is how a centrifugal juicer will work.

Single Gear Juicers: You can never go wrong with a single gear juicer. These machines will do just about anything. From fruits, veggies, leafy greens and even nut butters or sorbets. Single gear juicers we would recommend to anyone.

Twin Gear Juicers: Twin gear juicers will do everything a Single Gear juicer will do, except for better. Twin gears will juice better and more efficiently than any other juicer.

Please reference our Juicer Comparison Chart at: http://www.harvestessentials.com/juco.html

Also our juicer buying guide at: http://www.harvestessentials.com/whatjuicisri.html

Why juice?

A large portion of Harvest Essentials customer's are shopping for Juicers, but why juice?

There are a lot of benefits to juicing. In an article written by Living and Raw Foods says: "Juices can flush toxins from your body, are good for your weight, heart, circulation and overall well being."

Of course that is a broad answer to why you yourself should start juicing, so here we have laid out some great information on Juicing and why it is a good idea!

1. Cancer/Disease - According to the American Cancer Society, cancer causes 13% of all deaths. That means in 2007 there were 7.6 million deaths in the world, all caused by cancer.
   
   There are many different causes of cancer and they all do take their toll on our bodies. Juicing for Cancer patients is said to have an effect on the cancer. Juicing is a way of detoxification for your body and is recommended by a large portion of doctors.
   
   Many studies point out that a diet high in fruits and vegetables can prevent disease by detoxification. http://www.rd.com/living-healthy/start-juicing-to-beat-disease/article32990.html


2. Weight Loss - Juicing for weight loss has become a fad or phenomenon. Juicers are becoming more and more popular to those trying to live a healthy lifestyle. Many doctors and nutritionists are recommending juicing diets to their patients. Also, many books and diets are based around juicing. i.e.: The Martha's Vineyard Diet Detox, ~To view all of this article please go to: http://www.living-foods.com/articles/whyjuice.html
   
   Juicing will boost the immune system, give you energy and detoxify your body, resulting in weight loss.


3. Protein - Believe it or not, fruits and vegetables have protein. Although it is not a high source of protein, it is a good source for those in need. To see the specifics on the amounts of proteins you get from different fruits and veggies, please go to this site: http://www.vegparadise.com/protein.html (You will need to scroll down to view the metric charts)
   
   To get even more protein out of juicing, you can simply add some brewer's yeast, wheat germ, or whole grains to your juice. These will give you protein without the fat that meat contains. A solution for protein that is quickly absorbed by your body.


4. Purify your Health - With juicing on a regular basis and eating healthfully, you will no longer crave all of the fillers put into processed foods. By adding pure juice into your daily diet you are cutting back on caffeine and processed sugars. This will result in boosting your metabolism and overall digestive system.
   
   Juicing will also help you get the recommended 8 glasses of water per day. Fruits and vegetables have a large percentage of water that will help you meet that goal, flushing out toxins to stay healthy.


5. Long Term Benefits - Juicing will help you in many different areas of life. Ranging from weight loss to preventing diseases, giving you more energy and boosting your immune system.

Harvest Essentials Mission Statement

HarvestEssentials.com, founded in September of 2002 as an online business store. Specializing in products for those seeking a healthy and nutritious lifestyle. Initially, we specialized in a small market of Blenders, Food Dehydrators and Juicers.

Over the years we have broadened our scope of products. Devoting our time and expertise into helping those that need and want to have an Organic Lifestyle. Now providing a large selection of products such as Sprouters, Grain Mills, SoyMilk/Yogurt Makers, books, etc. Harvest Essentials understands the need for these products in every day life and we want to help you!

In 2008 we expanded our website and now carry a large line of Meat Processing products. Everything you would need from Scales, Sealers, Tenderizers and Seasonings. Two major products in this new release are the Meat Slicers and Smokehouses.

Today, most of Harvest Essentials Products are accessible to the world. Looking to the future we plan on expanding and growing our business with the community, as well as staying competitive with our competition.

Located in the Beaverton, Oregon, we have built a business from the ground up. We are dedicated to serving you and helping you improve your health with our products. We can help Harvest your life and we have the Essentials to do it!