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Excerpt
from the book:
Healing
with Herbal Juices, by Siegfried Gursche
The Green
Power juicer from Korea represents the first significant
advancement in juicing technology in quite a long time.
When I first saw it demonstrated at a health convention
I was very excited. What sets the Green Power apart
is that it can juice just about anything: hard fruits
and vegetables, soft fruits like pineapple and berries,
celery sticks, all types of herbs without exception,
sprouts, dark leafy greens and even wheat grass. It
slowly and carefully crushes and presses fruits and
vegetables instead of spinning them or chopping them
into small pieces. This is accomplished using a unique
twin-gear triturating extraction system that operates
at a very low speed of only 110 rpm.
To understand
how this juicer works, just imagine two small rollers
placed side by side, like in an old-fashioned clothes
wringer, except that these rollers have grooves. As
they rotate towards each other, they pull the fruits
and vegetables between them and slowly press out the
juice. My Green Power juicer reminds me of a meat grinder:
you feed everything into the top, and the dry pulp and
juice come out of separate openings at the front of
an elongated gearbox housing. This allows me to juice
continuously without having to stop to remove pulp.
I know I am not losing any juice because the pulp comes
out looking like a dry rope.
The nutrient
quality of the juicer is excellent. In fact, lab tests
show that Green Power is comparable to the most expensive
juicer on the market, the Norwalk, in terms of mineral
content and volume of juice made. Because the Green
Power is a triturating juicer turning at a very low
speed it does not cause any frictional heat, and therefore
no loss of enzymes. This machine was designed for the
live-foods lifestyle.
There is
no centrifugal action, so oxidation is minimized. Another
excellent and revolutionary feature found only in the
Green Power is magnetic rollers which magnetize the
juice and so delay the start of oxidation. Therefore,
the juice I get can be stored for two or three days.
This is ideal for people who want to juice only once
a day but want to drink fresh juice throughout the day
or even into the next couple of days, a luxury I will
not get from any other juicer.
The Green
Power gets juice from things I have never dreamed of
juicing, such as tough fibrous plants, therapeutic herbs
like horsetail or birch leaves, pulpy fruits, and even
very hard items such as rosemary and pine needles. Yes,
now you can make your own invigorating bath extracts
for just pennies.
Another bonus
is that the machine includes attachments which let you
make all kinds of nut butters, like almond or sesame,
desserts made from frozen bananas and berries, other
desserts, mochi (rice cakes), pasta, and baby foods.
Sprouted grains go through the machine well and come
out very smooth.
Along with
its wide range of juicing and food processing abilities,
another thing that I appreciate is that the Green Power
is an unusually quiet machine. The sound level is comparable
to the sound you hear when your refrigerator is on.
This is achieved by using a 0.25-h.p. (186-watt) motor
that runs at a very low speed.
The Green
Power is definitely today's leading-edge juicer technology.
It has won several prizes
and medals at international inventor exhibitions.
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