Author's Perspective: Most people are aware of the obvious health benefits of raw juicing. However, due to TV infomercials, various health and nutrition books, and the Internet, there are some major misunderstandings and misuses of raw juicing. As a result, most people who try juicing give it up within 3-6 months! I also found myself answering an excessive number of questions about juicing via emails and workshops.
Consequently, I decided to do some research into various juicing books and juicing philosophies. Interestingly, I discovered that a lot of assumptions about how the body functions when you juice was based on a
healthy body,
not an unhealthy body! -- such as a diabetic's body or someone who is overweight.
As a result, I decided to write an ebook about raw juicing that answered a lot of the misconceptions about raw juicing; and, provided additional information that the other juicing books overlooked or didn't think was important, i.e. how to make your juice taste scrumptious, how to properly store your vegetables and fruits.
Update 2010: Everyone loved Mr. McCulley's
Power of Juicing book because it provided a lot more information than other juicing books (see below for details), plus, the recipes actually work! However, some of our clients stopped juicing after several months because they got tired of cleaning their juicer! During one of the author's workshops, a young woman asked whether there was another way to get the benefits of juicing without having to deal with a juicer. Mr. McCulley mentioned that green smoothies could provide some of the same benefits, but most of the audience didn't know about green smoothies for diabetics. So, Mr. McCulley expanded the juicing book to include recipes for making green smoothies for diabetics and for people who wanted to lose weight.
Benefits of raw juicing and green smoothies include accelerated body repair and healing, reduced insulin resistance and inflammation, better blood glucose and insulin control, lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, detox, healthier liver and kidneys, weight loss, reduced cravings, stronger immune system, the need for less medications, and the ability for diabetes reversal.
Note: If you bought the old juicing book (without the smoothie recipes), just
contact our office with your Invoice number, and we will send you the updated juicing book
free of charge.
The Power of Raw Juicing, Green Smoothies, & Raw Diet
Raw juicing works, but only as
part of an overall superior nutritional program, such as the Death to Diabetes Super Meal Model. Most people who do
not reap the benefits of raw juicing are juicing improperly!

-- by juicing the wrong foods and/or by using the wrong type of juicer.
Juicing is a
very powerful nutritional therapy, but most people misapply this therapy by preparing mostly fruit juices. Vegetable juicing is more powerful than fruit juicing, especially for people fighting diabetes, obesity, heart disease, cancer, or any other degenerative disease.
If eating raw vegetables, salads and soups are not appealing enough to acquire the minimum 6 to 9 cups (5 to 7 servings) of vegetables and fruits each day, then, juicing may be an effective addition to your nutritional program. Even as a diabetic, juicing can be very nutritious as long as you drink mostly green vegetables/grasses and avoid drinking too many of the fruits.
Green juices (and green smoothies) have an alkaline reaction in the body and help protect against acid build-up as well as stimulate the body to manufacture hemoglobin. Green juices contain organic water, the purest most natural water available to us, and they cleanse the body of the waste within the cells and tissues.

Green juices (and green smoothies) contain an abundance of chlorophyll, which is a molecule whose structure is almost exactly the same as the hemoglobin molecule of the human blood. Chlorophyll helps to repair tissue and is very important in helping to remove toxins from the body.
Juices are a perfect medium in which to mix and dissolve nutritional powders that will enhance their healing powers. The nutrients and herbs in powders are better absorbed than tablet forms of the same ingredients, and mixing them in juices enhances their solubility, digestion and absorption.
The juices bring the healing nutrients to the cells in the surface of the mucous membrane of the gut in an easily absorbed form. This requires much less energy to assimilate than solid tablets, especially in people with inflamed mucous membranes in the intestines.
Juices can be combined in so many ways to make them palatable and delicious. Their diverse colors and taste enable huge variety so that you will not get bored. For those who feel they need an extra boost there is nothing better than drinking 2 cups of raw vegetable juice everyday. It will brighten up your day by providing extra energy and endurance.
Raw juices are packed with living enzymes to assist the digestive process, which means your gut, liver and pancreas do not have to work very hard to extract almost 99% of the nutrients within the raw vegetables and fruits.
This conserves vital body energy, which means that the body does not feel heavy or weighed down after drinking raw juices.
For example, two cups of carrot juice (16 ounces) is approximately equivalent to eating one pound of raw carrots. Eating so many carrots at one time would be hard on the jaws and teeth and would take a long time to eat and digest. Juices are unique because they allow the gut to receive very concentrated amounts of phytonutrients that could not be obtained by eating a normal amount of raw vegetables and fruits.
Raw juices contain natural medicinal nutrients that provide antioxidant, antibiotic, and hormonal balancing benefits. For example, Brussel sprouts and string beans are known to contain insulin-like substances that can be beneficial to Type 2 diabetics, and especially Type 1 diabetics. In addition, phytonutrients needed by the pancreas to produce insulin are present in cucumber and onion juices; and, the phytonutrient properties of broccoli, carrot, celery, lettuce and spinach are also beneficial to diabetics.
For example, broccoli is an excellent source of chromium, which helps to regulate insulin usage in the body. Fresh juices of garlic, onions, radish and tomatoes contain various antibiotic properties. Alfalfa, olives, asparagus, lettuce, mustard greens, radishes, cabbage and cucumbers contain silicon, which works to support the pancreas. Wheat/barley grass, celery, kelp, cucumber and cabbage juice are excellent to reduce acidity and blood pressure.
Green, leafy vegetables such as spinach help to cleanse and heal the gastrointestinal tract. The phytonutrient properties of carrot are also beneficial to diabetics once they have their blood glucose level under control.
In general, to help improve the health of your heart, nerves, kidneys, and eyes, drink daily 2-4 cups of raw
vegetable juices and smoothies. Drinking as little as 3 cups of fresh vegetable juice each day will help
the body detoxify and regenerate through the assimilation of the
earth’s life-giving nutrients.
Note: Although fruits and vegetables do not contain large quantities of
protein, their juice can be a convenient carrier for other sources of
protein. Simply add some freshly-ground flaxseed powder, Brewer's yeast, or wheat germ to
whatever you're juicing. These will provide quality protein that is quickly and
easily absorbed by the body without the fat that meat contains.
The raw juice is obtained using a device called a juicer. It works by feeding raw vegetables, grasses and fruits into a chute that pushes the food into a high-speed rotating blade that shreds the food, extracting the juice from the pulp.
This extraction process breaks down the cellulose barriers in the cells of the vegetables, grasses and fruits, allowing the release of powerful enzymes and other nutrients. Juicers are very powerful but are not as popular as blenders because they tend to be more difficult to use and to clean.
Consequently, it is important that you purchase a juicer with fewer parts, a powerful motor and a wide chute. This will prevent you from spending a lot of time cutting up the vegetables/fruits to fit down the chute of the juicer.
Depending on your needs and finances, purchase the appropriate juicer, e.g. twin gear press (vegetables and wheat grass), mastication, centrifugal ejection, single/dual auger (for wheat grass), or manual press (for fruits only).
Note: If you don't like to use a juicer, use your blender to make scrumptious "healthy milkshakes" known as smoothies.
But, make sure that you use a high-powered blender that can pulverize nuts and break down the cell walls of the vegetables without overheating the vegetables.
Note: To
learn how to juice properly for blood glucose stabilization, insulin
control, reduced insulin resistance, reduced inflammation, accelerated
cell repair, and increased weight loss, get the
Power of Juicing & Smoothies ebook. Also, get the
Raw Food Diet ebook to help you get started with your raw food diet.
Note: Benefits of raw juicing and green smoothies
include accelerated body repair and healing, reduced insulin resistance
and inflammation, better blood glucose and insulin control, lower blood
pressure, lower cholesterol, detox, healthier liver and kidneys,
weight loss, reduced cravings, stronger immune system, the need for less
medications, and the ability for diabetes reversal.
Drink raw juices (or smoothies) to reverse your diabetes.
Types of Juicers
In general, there are 4 major types of juicers: masticating, centrifugal, triturating, and citrus.
A masticating juicer
(single or double auger) will turn just about any kind of vegetable (or fruit) into a fresh glass
of juice, but even better is that they often extract the most amount of
juice from the same amount of produce. These types of juicers work by
slowly crushing and grinding the produce to obtain the juice from the pulp.
Centrifugal juicers
are also quite popular because of how affordable they are. These
juicers use knife-like blades to quickly chop up the vegetable/fruit and
the force of the blades turning extracts the juice from the pulp. While
these juicers are not as efficient as the masticating models, the
biggest selling point is how quickly they make a cup of juice.
Other types of juicers include
triturating juicers and
citrus juicers.
The triturating juicers can be used with fruits and vegetables, but
they are also great for juicing wheat grass. Citrus juicers are juicers
that can only be used with citrus fruits due to the ream being used to
extract the juice.
Once you have decided on what type of juicer you want the next thing you need to look at is the features.
Must-Have Features of the Best Juicers
Removable Parts – Having
removable parts with a juicer is important because it will aid in clean
up. Being able to take the parts off ensures that the pieces can all
easily be washed. Not to mention that being able to take them off to
clean them you can rest assured that no bacteria is growing inside the
juicer due to hidden pulp stuck somewhere.
Dishwasher Safe –
Many juicers have removable parts that are considered dishwasher safe.
This is important to look at even if you don’t plan to use it because it
allows you to sanitize the parts as needed.
Large Chute –
The larger the chute the better because that means you don’t have to
cut the fruits and vegetables up into small pieces. Some juicers have
chutes up to 3 inches wide, which is wide enough to juice small to
medium fruits and vegetables whole.
Pulp Regulator –
This is important because it allows you to choose how much or how
little pulp is placed into your drink. This is nice because it simply
allows you to have control over your drink choices. Not to mention you
can also make one glass with pulp and the rest without or even just add a
small amount of pulp.
Note:
The key point is to buy a juicer that is easy to use and clean so that
you will juicer more frequently. Juicing more frequently as part of an
overall nutritional program will help to prevent, fight, or reverse your diabetes, high blood pressure, or other disease and reduce or prevent the need for toxic drugs.
Note: Some of the top juicers include Champion, Greenstar,
Green Power, Omega, Breville, and Norwalk.
Juice Quality
The quality of raw juice is at the optimum level right after the juice has been produced by your juicer. However, due to our busy schedules, sometimes we would like to make some extra juice and store it in a container of some kind to drink later.
Unfortunately, the quality of the juice suffers and the juice loses its nutrient value over a period of 2-3 days.
The two main factors that effect juice quality are: Heat and
Oxidation.
Heat can affect the juice mainly by causing enzyme
deactivation. Enzyme deactivation only occurs when temperatures exceed 118
degrees Fahrenheit. In addition to the heat, there is a time component associated
with enzyme deactivation. For example you could probably heat juice to 130 degrees
for 1 nano-second with no enzyme deactivation. Passing your finger over a flame is a
similar example. (this is not advised).
Oxidation occurs when you break open cell walls of the produce and
expose it to oxygen. Oxidation occurs when you cut open an apple and it turns brown.
In general, oxidation does affect the quality of the juice. Many of the nutrients in the
juice are not affected by oxidation, but some are. Oxidation is a natural process.
Its best to minimize oxidation. One way to minimize oxidation is to consume the juice right after it's made.
Heating the juice (below 118°F) is not as serious a problem as the oxidation. All juicers heat the juice somewhat, including the Single Auger Juicer/Twin Gear Juicer.
However, oxidation dramatically reduces the quality of your juice. Oxidation occurs with all juicers. Some juicers create less oxidation in the process
of juicing, i.e. masticating vs. centrifugal. Oxidation increases the longer the juice is
sitting around. So to minimize oxidation, its more important to drink the juice right after it's made than to worry about, "oh, my centrifugal juicer produces more
initial oxidation". If you cut open an apple, oxidation is created (it turns
brown). You never see the browning occur if you eat the apple as soon as you cut it!
We
believe manufacturers talk about oxidation and heat to influence your
purchase decision. Heat should not be a
factor, since all juicers will raise the temperature of the produce
being juiced. Oxidation plays a role in the quality of juice, this is
true.
We would recommend
taking the oxidation factors "lightly". One could purchase the
best
juicer that produces the least oxidation, only to have it sit on the
counter, and it never
being used, since they didn't consider that its one of the hardest
juicers to clean. We have found that if a juicer is hard to clean, it
will not get used -- then, what is the
advantage of having "the best" juicer, if its never used?
Tip: Although we don't recommend storing the juice, if you store the juice properly, i.e.
filled the container up to the brim to prevent air that causes oxidation, in an
air-tight thermos/vacuum flask, and stored away in the refrigerator,
the juice quality can last from 1 to 3 days as follows:
- Using a centrifugal juicer - juice gets oxidized almost as soon as you're done juicing, so drink juice immediately.
- Using a single-gear juicer - possible to keep up to 24 hours from time of extraction.
- Using a twin-gear juicer - possible to keep up to 48 hours from time of extraction.
- Using a hydraulic press juicer - possible to keep up to 72 hours.
Here are some other tips if you want to increase the quality of the juice from your
juicer:
- Start off with the coldest possible produce - leave the produce in the refrigerator before juicing. Set your refrigerator a little colder.
- Do not overload the juicer! Feed in only a little produce at a
time. Let it work itself out of the juicer before adding more. Overloading will
cause the juicer to work harder, causing excess friction and generating heat.
- While juicing, occasionally juice an ice cube, which will help to
reduce the temperature of the blade/auger and the juice. It will also dilute the juice.
- Be sure to inspect the cutting blade (on centrifugal juicers) or
cutter (on the Champion juicer). Replace if they are dull. Dull blades do not
cut as well, and thus will cause excess friction, which generates heat.
- Juice in small batches, rather than "juice marathons".
The longer the juicer runs, the warmer things get.
- Start off by juicing the highest quality produce available. In
some studies, organic crops have been shown to be higher in some vitamins, essential
minerals and phytonutrients.
- If your juicing with a CHAMPION Juicer, chop produce into smaller
pieces. Produce with strings will get stuck around the cutting blade and cause more
friction and heat (especially Celery and leafy greens with long stems)
- Juice consistently and drink your juice as soon as you make it for highest quality. This is the most important factor.
FYI: A Green Star juice extractor as well as most other twin gear
juicers make juice with the least amount of oxidation to them. The
Norwalk press also does but it is a lot more expensive. It's physically
big and involves more of a commitment due to the different stages of
cutting, pressing and then cleaning in order to get a glass of juice. If
you are really concerned about these issues consider getting a Green
Star at a quarter of the price of a Norwalk juicer. You'll be very happy
because they are great machines. If you want to spend a little less, go
with an Omega 8003 juicer. This juicer delivers higher quality juice,
is easy to clean, comes with a 10 year warranty, and it will change your
life.
Smoothies
Author's Note: Most people (including myself) eventually get tired of juicing for one reason or another. Juicers can be a pain sometimes especially in operating them and cleaning the various parts.
Well, blenders don't have those problems -- they're easy to use and very easy to clean. So, I decided to expand the juicing book to add a smoothie section. Smoothies, if created the right way, provide similar benefits that juicing provides, plus a few other benefits.
What is a Smoothie?
A smoothie is a healthy version of a milkshake and is a nice alternative
for people who either don't like to juice or get tired of juicing and
cleaning the juicer everyday.
A
green smoothie is an even healthier version of a regular smoothie. These
green smoothies are scrumptious and easy to make with your blender. Smoothie recipes are included in the juicing book.
Although it seems simple (just throw some stuff into a blender and press
Start), most people don't know how to make a healthy, well--balanced
smoothie that will alkalize their body, fight their diabetes and optimize their health.
You don't need to use syrup and lots of fruit to make a smoothie taste good. If you use ripe fruits, tons of sugar shouldn’t be needed.
Also, always ensure that you use a high-powered blender and also ensure that your smoothie contains the following five (5) components: a base, a liquid, some fruit, a nutritive additive, and a flavoring additive.
Examples of a base, a liquid, a fruit, a nutritive additive, and a flavoring additive (in that order) are a banana, almond milk, blueberries, raw spinach, and cinnamon.
For more details about the 5 components of healthy smoothies, how to make them, and where to buy the right type of blender (and why) plus lots of great recipes, get
The Power of Juicing & Smoothies ebook.
Start drinking smoothies to reverse & cure your diabetes.