We all know that vitamins are essential for our normal health and development. They are vital to life and everybody needs them. It’s also no secret that vitamins, minerals and other dietary supplements are part of a very lucrative, billion dollar industry. In fact, it is reported by some sources that Americans spend almost $2 billion on various vitamin and mineral supplements annually.

It’s true, our bodies do need vitamins and minerals for optimum health. It’s also true that most of us do not consume enough vegetables and fruits to supply the needed amount.

However, the solution is not to take more pills, but to drastically improve your diet, and this can be done only by adding LOADS of FRESH, RAW FRUITS, VEGETABLES and LEAFY GREENS to your diet EVERY DAY! [...]

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Manual Juicer: Is Z Star Manual Juicer For You?

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Manual juicers, such as Z Star Manual juicer or Hurricane juicing machine, require you to actually do some work when extracting your juice, unlike the electric juicers that do most of the job for you. However, they can be a handy appliance to own. You can use them anywhere, any time, as no electricity is required to make [...]

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Green Power Juicer: Should You Buy a Green Star Juice Extractor?

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The Green Power Juicer is a popular juicer among health enthusiasts, and for a good reason – it produces the most juice and give you some of the highest quality juice of all juicers. Green Power belongs to twin gear juicers category that have two closely aligned, interlocking gears. As the produce is fed into the gears, it is crushed and pressed to release all the delicious, nutritious juices from the cells. This action is slightly different from the shredding and cutting maneuvers of the single gear juicers.

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Power Juicer: Is Jack Lalanne Power Juicer Elite or Power Juicer Pro a Good Choice For You?

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If you are looking for a power juicer, then you may have come across infomercials for Jack Lalanne’s power juicer and may be wondering whether it’s a good choice of juicing machine. Jack Power Juicer Elite and Power Juicer Pro are popular choices thanks to Jack Lalanne’s popularity. Jack LaLanne is a great man and an inspiration to many people around the world. He was preaching the benefits of eating natural foods and lifting weights long before it was accepted by the mainstream. He inspires people to change their unhealthy habits, start exercising, and JUICING!

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Choosing a Juice Extractor: Which Juicer Machine Should You Buy?

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The important thing to keep in mind when choosing a juice extractor is that – while there are several types of juicers and hundreds of different brands and models of juice machines available on the market today – there is no “perfect” juicer that will perform every juicing operation with equal quality. When buying a juicer, [...]

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Buying a Juice Extractor: Centrifugal, Masticating, Triturating, and Wheatgrass Juicers Review

Shopping for a juice extractor and deciding which juicer to buy can be confusing. When you read the descriptions and you are not familiar with all the mysteriously sounding terms – RPM, masticating, triturating, and centrifugal – you may be left wondering which juicer is best for your needs and lifestyle. A juicer or juice [...]

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Breville Juice Fountain Compact Juicer Review: Breville BJE200XL 700-Watt Compact Juice Fountain

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If you are shopping for a compact juicer, then Breville BJE200XL juice fountain compact juicer may be a perfect choice for you. Breville is an excellent brand, well known and respected in the juicing world, and this little juicer is no exception. This juicing machine really makes it easy to add juices to your diet every day! Its The juicer is beautifully designed, with saving counter space in mind, and is easy to use and clean.

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Acai Berry Drink, Zola Açaí Superfruit Juice and Other “Superfoods” Versus the Benefits of Fresh Juice

If you are juicing to achieve better health, you may still feel you need take various supplements to make sure you are getting all the nutrients that your body needs. They all claim to have amazing benefits for health and weight loss, while being 100% natural. Some of them have exotic-sounding names -acai berry drink, [...]

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Making Juices and Smoothies with Blenders: Best Blender Recommendations

Having written about making juices and smoothies with a blender (read Juicer Recipe: How to Make Juice Without a Juicer Using Just a Blender?), I just have to write more about my favorite blender – VitaMix.  I own a VitaMix Super 5200 (just got it recently for my birthday:)), and it is truly a SUPERB machine! [...]

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Juicer Recipes: How to Make Juice Without a Juicer Using a Blender?

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Here is an unconventional way to prepare juice – juicing without the juicer, or… Juicing with a blender!
I just recently received my new Vita-mix (for my birthday – I will not say how old I am, but I sure hope that Vitamix – and the delicious, natural foods that I will prepare with it – will help me look younger longer), and I decided to test it to prepare some juice. Juicing with a blender is certainly a good option that you can use if you don’t have a juicer – or even if you have one. Here are some instructions for you and a video. But first – before anybody asks, let’s briefly explain the difference between a juicer and a blender.

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