Fruit Juice

Freshly made juices are a tremendous source of bio-available vitamins and minerals, which are the partners of enzymes and co-enzymes.  Vitamins activate enzymes and without vitamins, enzymes could not carry out their work, and we could not live. Enzymes act as catalysts in hundreds of thousands of chemical reactions that take place throughout your body, and are essential for digesting, absorbing and converting food into body tissue. Enzymes produce energy at the cellular level and are critical for most of the metabolic activities taking place in your body every second of every day.

Fresh juices are a tremendous source of enzymes. In fact, the freshness of juice is one of their key features since enzymes are destroyed by heat. When fruits and vegetables are juiced raw the enzymes are still viable when you drink the juice.

Another benefit of drinking fresh juices is that your body can absorb more of the vitamins and minerals than if you were to eat the fruits whole!  Many of the nutrients are trapped in the fiber and by juicing fruits; you break down the fiber and release the vital nutrients.  

An easy way to get more vitamins & minerals into your diet is by drinking freshly made fruit juices and vegetable juices. You can also combine your fruit juice with tofu or soymilk made with your SoyQuick soymilk maker to make tasty smoothies. There's nothing quite like fresh fruit juice. It's healthy, tasty and completely energizes you.

Tips for Good Homemade Juice

1. All fruits should be juiced raw.
2. Small seeded fruit, such as watermelon and pears, may be juiced with their seeds, with the exception of papaya and apple seeds. Orange and grapefruit seeds might impart a bitter taste to your juice. Remove the large pits from fruits like peaches and nectarines, etc.
3. Peel or wash all of the fruit thoroughly. The skins of pineapples, kiwis, oranges, grapefruits and papaya should be removed.
4. Choose fresh ripe fruit. Bruised fruit and over or under-ripe fruits will produce juices that are neither tasty nor healthful.
5. Cut the fruits or vegetables into pieces that will fit into the mouth of your juice machine. Turn the juice machine on and push the pieces through the mouth of the juicer.
6. It's best to drink freshly made juices within one day.