Compact juicer will juice just about anything including wheatgrass. It will grind coffee beans, make nut butters, homous, pesto, salsa, dressings, dips, baby food, pasta and frozen desserts. It has a completely separate mincing attachment that will professionally mince meat, chicken and fish as well as a sausage-making nozzle …
ADELE INNES reviews the compact juicer …
It’s widely considered that the ins and outs of juicing machines are not topics for polite conversation. Nor might you expect that anyone you know, who you might normally discuss such topics as the opposite sex, politics, money, the financial crisis or one’s own crazy business project’s crisis, to be a silent harbinger of knowledge about the health benefits of juicing, and the implications of choosing a slow speed juicer over those loud boorish machines that occupy juice bars, cafes or the cheaper shelves of department stores.
So when I invited my old mate Lewis Hiley over to come and help me explore the Compact Juicer, I was quickly surprised by the abundance of insight he shared.
A good friend of his had been diagnosed with colonic cancer – and this friend’s first response was to purchase a juicing machine. But not just any, Lewis recounted, but a cold-press juicer, which, he added, ensures that the “living enzymes” in the fruit and vegetables are not destroyed by the juice-making process.
Lewis told of how his friend went on a disciplined live enzyme juicing regime and within a few months, the cancer was gone. This preliminary tale required no prompting on my part.
Lewis continued that since then he’d done a lot of research into the various juicing machines on the Australian market, comparing them for value, price, size, quality and functional attributes. At the time of his coming over, he still hadn’t decided on what to go for – whether to strike out for a juicer at around $750, or to see what his other options might be – so he was pretty curious about the Compact Juicer, which offers the same methods as its competitors but is available for just $269.
We got stuck into the juicing by starting with a combination of carrots, oranges, celery, ginger and apples. Fantastically easy to set up and to operate, it was very easy to push the juice in and the machine was very quiet, we both remarked.
Strangely enough, the fruit processing totally fascinated my young son, who could not take his eyes off the machine. Since the juicing section can be viewed through the clear plastic, it fascinates young eyes, and in fact ever since this night of juice extravaganza, my young son asks every day if we can do more juicing. He loves it and loves being involved. And indeed he loves the juice that comes out – even when it contains carrot and beetroot!
There are plenty of things worth knowing about the health benefits of juicing, from the costs involved in relation to buying a packaged juice or picking up a freshly squeezed one from your local juice bar, to an article by Dr Sandra Cabot, she of the Liver Cleansing Diet, who in fact has since released another book titled Raw Juices Will Save Your Life.
Speaking of livers, dear Lewis could not have found himself a more suitable Saturday night activity considering his Friday night had involved the consumption of at least 20 cocktails at some high-end fashionista party. There was a boat cruise around Sydney Harbour, a limousine, and a hangover to rival any he’d ever had – the man had never been happier to roll up at a wholesome tee-totalling Saturday evening juicing session.
We live in carcinogenic times, certainly only compounded by the current economic crisis. So if a little bit of anti-cancer juicing can brighten your week, and it only happens to set you back $269, a $500 saving on many of the other juicers on the Australian market, then the Compact Juicer gets my vote as a very entertaining kitchen appliance that’s good for you too.
There are a number of suppliers where you can get the Compact Juicer for a special introductory price of $299 inc gst (RRP$399).
Adele Innes is a Sydney-based writer specialising in natural health,
email her via: reviews@freshmag.com.au
