Juice comparison: Breville and other centrifugical juicers poor

[raweater]

Many people here are aware of the severe nutrition damage caused to juice made in a centrifugal type juicer like the Brevilles and many others. I myself got a Breville juicer a few years ago and only learnt about centrifugical juice problems after buying it which made me regret my purchase, had I known, I would have waited to save for a better juicer instead. Luckily I only got the $115 model, but I see some people on here that got a $300+ model, I find that really sad as for that price and even less you can get a much much better juicer, you can even get a green star for $340. I don't regret my purchase of the Breville too much since it was only $115 and still used it for several years although not often.

Anyway to get to the juice comparison, I'm now 99% sure I'm getting a Green Star juicer, but for now I only have a $1 citrus juicer to compare my Breville too. The other day I made myself an orange juice in my Breville, it wasn't bad but I could tell there was something not at all natural or normal about it, it had very little taste, it was almost like a glass of colored water.

I then made the orange juice on a $1 citrus juicer and the difference was out of this world, the $1 juicer made DELICIOUS orange juice, compared to the colored water that came out of the Breville.

I dare any Breville owner to do this test: Juice one orange in the Breville and one on a citrus juicer and compare the juices, the difference in taste, freshness and nutrition is incredible.

Now I'm thinking, if the carrot juice from my Breville is not bad, then I expect to see a similar difference when/if I get the green star, I'm sure all juices will taste much better out of the green star, especially since itself makes better juice than the Omega and other single auger juicers.

The reason for this is as the Breville destroys all vitamins and nutrition, it also destroys the taste, so you can actually taste the lack of nutrition.

I'm not posting this to piss off Breville juicer owners, I am one myself, but I think it's important to be aware of the severe damage to nutrition caused by centrifugal juicers, as they go completely against the principle of raw which is preserving, not destroying vitamins. I myself think I made a very bad mistake buying the Breville, but on the other hand I don't know if I could have afforded a better juicer back then and at least it allowed me to make juice (or colored water with a slight juice taste) for a few years.

But for those of you who have or are thinking of paying $300 for a Breville, at least either get the cheaper Brevilles at $100 so it's not so much of a waste (for $300 you can get a 50 times better machine), or get a proper juicer right away, I couldn't imagine spening $300 on such a nutrition destroying machine, to me that's a terrible and continuous waste, as every juice you make on a Breville makes you loose money, as they do not fully extract the juice and due to the lack of nutrition you can drink abnormally large amounts which you wouldn't be able to drink if the vitamins were still there (we can see the juice from Brevilles have about the same properties as lightly cooked foods).

Again I hope this doesn't piss off too many Breville owners, the point of my post is that we as Breville owners, are getting more "colored water" than "juice" out of our juicers, and I'm selling mine and getting a Green Star, I'm going with the best of the best (it even surpasses the Norwalk press in nutrition and juice extraction effectiveness) to be sure I have no regrets as I did with my Breville.

[solongng00dnite]

Thats odd. I wouldnt doubt that a greenstar makes much better juice but the juice from my breville is not bad at all, its bursting with flavor. I dont do citrus in it because I have a citrus juicer but as for everything else it is extremely flavorful

[raweater]

I only used the citrus example as it's the only comparison I can currently make as a citrus juicer is my only other juicer. My point was that if there was such a big difference in the orange juice, we're certainly missing on a lot of taste and nutrition.

The only thing I'm worried about with the green star is the clean up, I'm afraid it may be so complicated I may end up not using it and having $400 wasted on the kitchen counter.

I must say the speed and easy clean up of the Brevilles is a good selling point, but just not worth damaging my nutrition.

You may also not be aware, but there are halth issues with juice since they aren't natural (it's not natural for the juice of fruits and veggies to be consumed without the pulp), the pulp in the fruits and veggies serve to slow down the release of sugar, so juice is really similar to refined white sugar: you have the sugar of the fruit, but with nearly none of the nutrition, so juices spike your sugar levels abnormally and can cause diabetes and similar sugar related issues.

With the Breville, the sugar:nutrient ratio must be very poor, I can easily drink a liter of Breville made juice, apparently this is nearly impossible with a Green Star as the juice is so nutritious that you feel full rapidly, this means you not only get more nutrition, but less sugar, minimizing the health issues of juicing.

Again the clean up is the only thing worrying me about the green star, but I'm 99% sure I'll get it anyway, I'm sure it's worth the 2-3 extra parts to clean.

Anyway, my recipes that require juice which I love will keep me using it, so I doubt I'd stop using it, not to mention it does so much more than the breville (wheatgrass, leafy greens, small berries, nut butters, etc), I know it also makes ice cream, but I have a dedicated ice cream machine that's certainly much better.