I find this very interesting.

I have been under the impression that heat will kill the enzymes.
Hence the focus on RPMs for augers. If I recall correctly, there is
a magic number of around 85-90 RPMs being the most desirable.

Forgive, but was it you who mentioned the ice cubes to cool the
high rpm blade action? Is this a satisfactory solution?

In my, albeit limited, experience, I have not seen one juice bar
"blending" wheat grass.

Can you supply some links to the references mentioned below.

Forgive my skepticism, I'm always looking to save time and
cleanup. So this is appealing to me if I can convince myself I
will see the same benefits as with an auger.

Please, if anyone has any other opinions, chime in on this topic.

Merry Christmas all,
Eddy
Editors note: It is not just the heat, but the oxygen
that is drawn in by the high speed rotation. It oxidizes
the enzymes.


On Dec 14, 2007, at 1:37 AM, JEFF JOHNS wrote:

> All of the healing institutes teach blending as a part of the
> livingfoods lifestlyle.I have a greenstar2000 and it does a good
> job on the wheat and barley grass that I grow.But I can blend a
> flat of grass and strain the juice and clean up in less than 15
> min.I like my greenstar2000 but it cant crush and cut with the
> intensity of the vita prep 3 which is a 3+hp blender.Raw crushing
> power is very important for stage2 juice and thats why the gershon
> institutes uses presses or the very expensive Norwalk juicer.The
> juice from a high power blender is more rich and full flavored I
> was suprised myself at the taste and quality.Proof is in the
> pudding/juice the hippocrates institutes along with the tree of
> life teach whole food juicing over partialized juicing.Whole food
> is whole nutrition its a simple concept with profound impact on
> nutrient uptake.If you want to get the most nutrients in a fast and
> easy way then a high power blender 3+hp is the
> way.Vitamix,Blendtec,Warring and many more brands are availiable
> that have high power units over 3hp.They are very pricey when I
> purchased mine last winter it cost me a little over 500$.Cheap
> plastic auger juicers will never give you your moneys worth out of
> the grass juice.I dont sale nor am I affiliated with any of the
> tools mentioned,just my own personal experiances.Scientific
> documentation on juicer yields and nutrient analysis from a juicer
> manu. has never been done yet and probably never will way to
> expensive and no way to test a fresh sample.The Pines wheatgrass
> company is the only wheatgrass company to have a nutritional
> analysis of there grass juice that Im aware of and you gan see it
> at wheatgrass.com in the faqs. section.No hype..........needed
> cause Im not selling anything!!! Happy holidays!!!
>
> Editors note: You can test the juice extracted from the pulp
> with 2 or 3 drops of 3 percent hydrogen peroxide. If it foams or
> bubbles, it still has enzyme power.
> If the juice plus pulp from a Vitamix still has the same amount
> of enzymes, you can also test the same way and compare.
>
> ----------------------------------------
> > To: wheatgrass@yahoogroups.com
> > From: lakshmi@...
> > Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:41:57 +0000
> > Subject: RE: [wheatgrass] juicing with Vita Mix
> >
> > Vita Mix has always been a VERY HIGH SALES promoted product.
> Claims that its wheatgrass juice is BETTER, with more nutrients
> than Korean or wheatgrass juicers............. what documentation
> is there? what realistic quality tests have ACTUALLY been made?? i
> doubt it. personally. If all the wheatgrass clinics in the full
> time business of juicing large quantaties of wheatgrass juice, for
> the purpose of curing patients, start transitioning from wheatgrass
> juicers to high speed blenders, like vita mix; THEN, it may have
> some validity............ but, until then; it sounds like good
> sales hype................
> > doesn't it?
> >
> > http://community.webtv.net/lakshmi/TheLakshmiSampradaya
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: JEFF JOHNS
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 5:01 PM
> > To: wheatgrass@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RE: [wheatgrass] juicing with Vita Mix
> >
> >
> > Yes you can juice grass in the vitamix blender along with
> everything elseYou will need a nutmilk bag to strain the grass
> juice with,I love how fast I can make fresh juice.I use 2 icecubes
> one on the bottom near the blades so the grass mash stays cool
> during the blending.You will have to use the plunger to force the
> grass into the blades this requires some physical effort.I use the
> vita prep 3 and am not sure how well the 2hp peak models would work
> with grass.There is a video at youtube.com where a man who goes by
> blindguru shows how to make grass juice with a blender.If you punch
> in blindguru in the search box you can find this video.The vita mix
> makes better nutrient quality juice do to its ability to crush the
> fiberous tissue with greater ability than any juicer on the
> market.Good luck and happy juicing.Jeff
> > ________________________________
> >> To: wheatgrass@yahoogroups.com
> >> From: no_reply@yahoogroups.com
> >> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:26:37 +0000
> >> Subject: [wheatgrass] juicing with Vita Mix
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi, does anyone of you juice using Vita Mix? What about juicing
> >> wheatgrass as well? Does it heat the wheatgrass juice too much?
> I know
> >> that Green Star is the best for wheatgrass, especially because
> it does
> >> not heat, but I wondered if Vita Mix might be as good. Does
> anyone of
> >> you have any experience with this? Or have you read about the
> >> wheathrass juice and
> >> Vita Mix? Thank you.
> >> Donata
> >>
> >>
> >>
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