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22,April,2021
Cold press juicers will assist in improving gut health which is affects around 50% of Australians. These symptoms include unpleasant gut symptoms such as bloating, gas and constipation, and 1 in 7 experience distressing symptoms.
A big part of wellbeing and health is the ability for your gut to remain in balance with good bacteria to ward off health issues and maintain a healthy brain-gut connection. BioChef Juicers and Oscar Juicers can help with this.
But how do you stay super healthy on the inside without needing to consume more food or take supplements?
Juicing is a simple, tasty and convenient way to keep your gut health in check. Vitality 4 Life has a high-quality premium range of juicers, fit for every individual need and budget.
In this article we will cover the benefits of juicing for your overall well being and gut health, the different styles of juicing and how you can best select the right BioChef juicers or Oscar Juicers for your needs.
Why is gut health important?
Your gut is linked to your brain, communicating through nerves and hormones. If you have mostly good bacteria in your gut and maintain a healthy balance of these bacterias, your wellbeing will be greater.
It’s visible too. Your skin will have more of a glow, your immune system will function more efficiently, you will have greater energy and vitality and just feel all round healthier, inside and out.
If you have an imbalance of bacteria in your gut, you may experience a range of health issues like: crohn’s disease, irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis, fatigue, food cravings especially sugar, unintentional weight changes, allergies, mood swings and skin irritations.
In order to maintain a healthy gut, it generally comes down to having enough probiotic food in your diet, healthy enzymes and good fats as a start. Decreasing stress, alc
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26,February,2020
The Gemini’s Twin Gear is the ultimate cold press juicer using twin gears that mesh together more finely than ever before. This video shows you how to best prepare your produce for juicing ease.
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The BioChef® Axis Cold Press Juicer is compact and very versatile, it is what we call the complete "living food kitchen machine" and it will quickly become an integral part of your daily health and wellness regime.
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26,February,2020
The Oscar Neo DA 1000 and DA 1200 are Australia's best-selling single gear horizontal cold press juicers, from the original slow juicer brand, Oscar.
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18,September,2019
Unsure which juicer is right for you? Vitality 4 Life, the original cold press juicer company, can help you to select the perfect juicer for your needs and lifestyle. Avoid the overwhelm and confusion, and let us make the choice simple and easy.
Which juicer should I buy? This is by far our most asked question at Vitality 4 Life, and for good reason! With such an array of cold press juicers available in the market, it can be hard to know which type or brand is best for you. Your needs can depend upon dietary, health, usability and/or functionality requirements.
The first thing to do when looking for a juicer is to ask yourself a few simple questions:
- Do you see yourself as a beginner (new to juicing), a health enthusiast (knowledgeable about the benefits of different types of fruits/vegetables) or a patient (looking to overcome an illness naturally)?
- Are you wanting to juice mostly fruit or mostly vegetables?
- What features are important to you - ease of cleaning, ease of use, juicing speed?
- Are you looking to juice specialised superfoods such as wheatgrass, aloe vera or pomegranate?
- Do you like the idea of a juicer which can also perform food processing tasks?
Having clear buying objectives will allow you to select a machine that suits you best!
It may surprise you to learn that there are 5 different types of cold press juicers, and each are suited to different types of customers and their needs. Firstly, it is important to determine where you are on the "road to health" and more specifically, what you are looking for in a juicer...
Types of Cold Press Juicers
1. Single Gear Masticating Horizontal
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10,May,2013
Stainless Steel Manual Juicer BL30
This heavy duty manual juicer is great to make a juice, nut butters or mince product at home or if you are travelling. The BL-30 comes with 3 different screens.
Fine screen
This screen is would be used for hard fruits and vegetables like carrots, beetroots, ginger, celery, apple, leafy greens and grasses including wheatgrass and barley grass.
Coarse Screen
This screen would be used to juice fruits such as pineapple, berries and watermelon.
Blank Screen
The blank screen doesn't have any holes therefore food or nuts passed through this screen will be minced, homogenised or pureed. You can make nut butters, baby food or healthy fruit ice creams and sorbets.
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Categories: Juicer Guide, Healthy Lifestyle, Health Recipes, Healthy Lifestyle, Living Food, Juicer Recipes08,May,2012
Make muesli in your Oscar Juicer!
This Fresh & Light Muesli is one of our most refreshing muesli recipes and is great as a healthy, delicious alternative to having milk in your muesli. Adding more fruit into your raw food diet will increase your body's ability to fight toxins, helping you look and feel healthy and full of vitality.
Ingredients:
- ¼ pineapple
- 2 oranges
- 2 nectarines
- 1 cup oats
- ½ cup of white grapes
- Raisins
Machine set up:
- First place the Living Juicer Mincing Strainer into the drum and onto the screw. Attach the drum cap onto the end of the drum by turning it counter clockwise until you feel it sits firmly. Then screw the Mincing Nozzle onto the drum cap turning it counter clockwise onto notch 1.
- Place a big bowl under the machines Pulp Discharge Outlet in order to catch the paste.
- Always be sure to start the machine before you enter anything into the Guide and keep the machine running until finished.
Preparation instructions:
- First juice the pineapple and 2 oranges
- Then let the nectarines and the raisins run through the guide together
- Mix everything together with the grapes
- Done
Preparation time:
- 8 min
- Yields: 2 serves
Preparation hints:
Add pine nuts to this dish for a taste sensation.
Tip: Use the Oscar Neo DA 1000, our latest and most advanced model horizontal
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Categories: Juicer Guide, Healthy Lifestyle, Health Recipes, Healthy Lifestyle, Living Food, Juicer Recipes08,May,2012
Enjoy a balanced healthy diet with fresh raw foods. This Sun Muesli is just another great idea from our fine range of healthy recipes, combining all natural foods, including fresh sprouts, nuts and fruit.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup sprouted sunflower sprouts
- ½ cups rolled oats
- 2 tbsp honey
- ¼ cup sunflower seeds
- 2 nashis
- ½ cup dried prunes
- Water
Machine set up:
- First place the Living JuicerMincing Strainer into the drum and onto the screw. Attach the drum cap onto the end of the drum by turning it counter clockwise until you feel it sits firmly. Then screw the Mincing Nozzle onto the drum cap turning it counter clockwise onto notch 2.
- Place a big bowl under the machines Pulp Discharge Outlet in order to catch the paste.
- Always be sure to start the machine before you enter anything into the Guide and keep the machine running until finished.
Preparation instructions:
- let the nashis, dried prunes and sunflower sprouts run through the guide alternating until you have a smooth paste
- then add ½ cup warm water to the honey and mix the honey-water into the oats
- now mix the fruit mixture and the sunflower kernels with the soaked oats and stir
Preparation time:
- 10 min
- Yields: 2 serves
Tip: Add fresh summer berries for some colour!
Tip: Use the Excalibur Food Dehydrator
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Categories: Juicer Guide, Healthy Lifestyle, Health Recipes, Healthy Lifestyle, Living Food, Juicer Recipes08,May,2012
Vitality 4 Life has a great range of Bircher Muesli juicer recipes to help you maintain a healthy diet. Your raw foods will maintain their nutritional value when put through your cold press juice extractor, as the living enzymes are protected and all the goodness in your wholefoods is unlocked.
Exotic Bircher Muesli
This Bircher Muesli is an exotic addition to your healthy eating plan and can be enjoyed any time of the day!
Ingredients:
- ½ cup rolled oats
- ½ cup barley soaked overnight
- ½ cup dark figs
- ½ cup dried mango
- ½ cup pecan nuts
- 1 orange
- ½ banana
Machine set up:
- First place the Living JuicerMincing Strainer into the drum onto the screw. Attach the drum cap onto the end of the drum by turning it counter clockwise until you feel it sits firmly. Then screw the Mincing Nozzle onto the drum cap turning it counter clockwise onto notch 1.
- Place a big bowl under the machines Pulp Discharge Outlet in order to catch the paste.
- Always be sure to start the machine before you enter anything into the Guide and keep the machine running until finished.
Preparation instructions:
- first set the machine up for the juicing function
- then juice the orange and pour over the soaked barley-oats mixture
- now put the Living Juicer Mincing Strainer on and take the bananas, pecan nuts and the figs and let them run through the guide
- cut
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05,January,2012
The comprehensive article you must read before you buy - understand which machine is right for you: cold press juicer vs high performance blender vs bullet blender.
All three types of machines have had their moment in the spotlight recently, from juice detoxes to green smoothies, "nutriblasts" and everything in between, these kitchen wonders promise not only to help you in the kitchen but to also improve your health and well being. But which is best? And is it all marketing hype? Vitality 4 Life as one of the early pioneers of juicing and blending breaks it down for you, so you can be sure you are selecting the right machine for your needs.
We have compiled information from leading experts in health and wellness from around the world to bring you the most extensive 'juicing vs blending' comparison article yet.
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Not all juicers are created equal...
First and foremost, there are many different types of juicers on the market and not all are created equal. There are the most commonly found centrifugal juicers, masticating juicers, cold press or slow juicers in both the single and twin gear composition, manual and hydraulic press juicers.
The most important thing to know from the above juicers, is the difference between centrifugal juicers and the other remaining types of machines. A centrifugal juicer using high speed blades to pulverize produce, which is then passed through a super fine sieve in order to extract the juice from produce. All of the other machines utilize a slow mechanism which crushes, similar to the teeth inside your mouth and then they squeeze the juice from produce.
Blades in a centrifugal juicer rotate
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25,March,2011
The Oscar VitalMax 900 was first released into the market in 2005 and is still regarded by many as the best juicer in it's class. In this Oscar VitalMax 900 review we will outline the key differences between the Oscar VitalMax 900 and other horizontal single-gear cold press juicers.
The patented extraction system of the Oscar VitalMax 900 utilises a 3-step auger crushing system combined with a silicon seal around the juicing screen to thoroughly separate the juice from the fibre in fruits and vegetables.
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This results in an almost pulp-free juice with vital nutrients intact. The Oscar VitalMax 900's ability to extract the juice from the fibre so precisely is one of the key features that separates the Oscar Vitalmax 900 from it's competitors.
The Oscar VitalMax 900 was in fact such a success, that a new model was not released until 4 years later. The new model Oscar Neo has an ultem front end but the motor and gearbox remains identical to its predecessor, again demonstrating just what a success the Oscar Vital Max 900 was and what a classic it has become. The front ends of both the Oscar Vital Max 900 and Oscar Neo are completely interchangeable.
The Oscar VitalMax 900 has proven itself to not only produce a high nutrient, pulp-free juice but also demonstrates a versatility that has made the Oscar Vital Max 900 a household favourite. See below our Oscar VitalMax 900 Review of the different functions it can perform...
The Oscar Juicer is a Fruit Juicer
The Oscar VitalMax will not only juice soft and hard fruits and vegetables, it will even juice citrus fruits like lemons
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Here is a detailed look at how the Greenpower Hippocrates Twin Gear Juicer works; the twin gear juicer technology has been proven by Choice Consumer Guide to deliver a significantly higher ratio of living enzymes and nutrients than other cold press juicers on the market.
A little look at the history of the Greenpower Juicers...
The Hippocrates GPT-1305 by Green Power is the new innovative design by Mr. Jang G. Kim; inventor of the Green Power juicers and the twin gear extraction process.
Our founder Roger Akins, began importing the Green Power juicers into Australia in 1994 and together with Brian Clement from the Hippocrates Health Institute in Florida, they worked with Mr. Kim to develop this new improved Hippocrates juicer.
At the heart of the Greenpower Juicers is the twin gears...
The precision designed and engineered twin gears incorporate magnetic and bioceramic technology. There are pocket recesses in the twin gears with a specialized cutting mechanism to separate a living juice from the pulp.
The "Jang" twin gears have a two-fold effect...
Firstly, they contain magnetic and bio-ceramic technologies which work together to generate an overflow of positive ions, increasing the life and vitality of the juice.
Secondly, The newly introduced "Jang" twin gears of the latest model Greenpower juicer Hippocrates Plus GPT-1305 mesh together more finely than ever before, so more of the cellulose wall is opened during the extraction process, leaving an abundance of vital enzymes and nutrients suspended in colloidal form,