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(snip) V8 every morning (snip) Is there a brand of juicer that would be
preferable over
say, a blender?

The juicer that gets the most ticks amongst cancer survivors is the
Champion, but it's expensive. The enemy of good juice is air and
centrifugal juicers or blenders are considered inferior to ones that don't
allow excess contact with air.


I have owned a Champion for over 15 years and like it very much. I
haven't tried it, but here is the V-8 recipe from the Owner's Manual:

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Champion V-8

5 to 6 carrots
1 beet
3 large tomatoes
1 bunch spinach
1/8 cabbage head
several kale leaves
1 red bell pepper
1 stalk celery
1/4 sweet onion
1/2 clove garlic
chili pepper (optional)
salt (optional)

Juice everything.
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Notice there is no cooking to extract the juice. Everything is raw.

The Champion also excels in removing seeds from berries for making
seedless wild blackberry jam, for example.

The "Champion" juicer does seem very interesting. For juicing HARD
fruits, juicers are needed. However those other SPIN base juicers NEVER
did a good job on SOFT fruits for making tomato based or grape based
drinks.

When I look at the "Champion V8", tomatoes are not the main ingredient
by volume. So the one who owns the Champion juicer.

How does it perform for soft fruits only, like tomatoes?
Does it have to be followed by a hard fruit to help push it through?
How many apples can it juice in an hour?

If it can do soft fruits without the hard, I may want one myself

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Enjoy Life... Dan

Garden in Zone 5 South East Michigan.