Review of GSE 5000 Green Star Elite Juicer

Juicing is becoming more and more popular and now can often be found in health food shops and restaurants around the globe. By juicing I mean the juicing of vegetables and fruits such as celery, apple, kale, dandelion, beetroot, carrots etc.. which creates refreshing and healthy drinks. The GSE 5000 Green Star Elite Juicer is a masticating juicer used by many of these restaurants and cafes and is available at a reasonable price. Masticating juicers claim to yield a superior juice to the cheaper centrifugal juicers as it doesn't heat up the liquid, exposes it to less oxygen and air so less oxidation and keeps the enzymes more intact.

The amount of vegetables (and remember raw vegetables) you would need to consume to have the same amount as just one juice would seem quite excessive. Juicing the vegetables breaks down the fibers of the plants and makes it easier to digest. This is the best way to get your body the fresh raw vegetables it needs. It takes quite a lot of vegetables to make one juice, you push the vegetables through a noisy bladed presser that removes the juice from the pulp and leaves you with a yummy green juice. You can even use the pulp in recipes such as pancakes, breads and  muffins if you really want to get the biggest bang for your buck.

You can experiment with a wide variety of juices depending on your tastes and what your body needs. Celery and apple are always staples of mine because they add a bit of sweetness and also seem to yield the most liquid. It is probably best to not dress your best when juicing as it can be a messy job and you don't want to stain your whites with beetroot!

The process of juicing can admittedly be a real chore. It can take about 15 minutes just to get one juice and the clean up is not the most fun to be had, with juice and pulp getting into the most hard to reach components of the contraption. I sometimes find myself driving to my local health café if I can't be bothered with the process. Having said that it does feel good to drink the juice of your own toils.

The accessibility of the nutrients in the juices make your body feel amazing. For me, it seems to give me a big refreshing energy boost and settles my stomach. It is important to drink the juice right after you make it because otherwise the enzymes that make fresh juicing so beneficial will die. Juicing has great detoxifying effects and some claim that it can be used along with other treatments as a tool to treat cancer. The Gerson therapy is most famous for this protocol.


Pros:
·         Reasonably priced home juicer
·         Creates fresh juices which give your body the best accessibility to nutrients
·         Helpful company with lots of info available online and recipes
·         Easy to set up

Cons:

• The process of making the juices can be quite tedious and hard work
• Very messy and requires a lot of clean up, often in hard to reach places

Where to buy:

I bought mine on Amazon. You could also search online and see where has the best deal. Expect to pay around $490.