For the past 6 months or so, I have been on an apple cider vinegar adventure and it has taken me quite some time to get my body trained to drink it. It really hurt my tummy at first! However, now I can drink it with no problems and I would owe it to this easy, simple little recipe. All you need to do is mix a cup or two of organic unfiltered apple juice, 2 tablespoons of Bragg's apple cider vinegar and a dash of cinnamon. You can also soak the mix overnight with cinnamon sticks which is yummy as well. Either way I would highly recommend this recipe.
Juice Ranch SB
Last Christmas I requested a juicer and Santa fulfilled my wishes. Since then, I have been going in and out of my juicing and I am happy to say that I am back on the juice program.With the help and motivation of a new juice bar in town, I am on my way into a healthy 2013. Couple Erin Gomez and Scott Walker have collaborated together to open Santa Barbara's first organically pressed juicery the Juice Ranch. I can't stop drinking their Almond Milk... from someone who drinks Whole Milk everyday, I just found a new love. The thing I love about juicing is that I just keep adding it to my diet, so I am not substituting or going on a cleanse, yet. I am just getting more vitamins per day by having a couple cups of fresh juice! Stoked on the Juice Ranch's creative recipes! Make sure to stop by their spot in the Funk Zone right across the street from Yoga Soup and say hello!
Juice Ranch Owners Scott Walker and Erin Gomez
Each bottle is $2 which is part of the recycle program at the Juice Ranch. So you can either return your bottles and receive $2 off your purchase or get charged the $2, juice is $10 with the bottle. There is something about the juice that tastes so yummy from the glass and I have also found that you can use these bottles for your own juicing and they work great.
Juice Ranch feature in The Independent
Owner Erin Gomez and juice specialist & nutritionalist Megan Santana
The great thing about the Juice Ranch is that they use a Cold Press to make their juice. I didn't know there was different ways to make juice before I got into it so I wanted to make sure you knew the difference.
Centrifugal Juicers Vs Cold Pressed Juicers
Cold-press juicers (sometimes referred to as masticating juicers) also produce juice from whole fruit. Instead of cutting fruit like centrifugal juicers, cold-press juicers chew or mash fruit to extract juice. Gears inside cold-press juicers compress fruits, vegetables and greens to squeeze out the juices. These juicers keep the juice intact, meaning naturally-occurring nutrients are retained in the extraction process.
Juice from a Cold-Press Appliance- Many health-conscious people prefer cold-press juicers to centrifugal juicers because they operate with lower heat. This lower heat setting keeps fruit enzymes intact. Since cold-press juicers mash fruit, they do not oxidize nutrients found in the fruit. They are believed to produce a more pure juice, as the finished product does not differ greatly from the juice inside the fruit.
I personally do not have a Cold Press Juicer, they range from $400+ but totally worth the investment in the end.
I personally think these two drinks are my favorites so far from the Juice Ranch, the Almond Joy and the Pink Panther.
Hope you can make it down there to try it out for yourself.
Hope you can make it down there to try it out for yourself.
33 Parker Way Santa Barbara, Ca 93101
Follow up on Apple Cider Vinegar cleanse ...
Hello there peeps! So I just wanted to follow up on my post a bit back regarding the apple cider vinegar cleanse. I had to switch things up because the vinegar was making my tummy hurt so I am taking a break off that and switched to unfiltered apple juice. I am working on my tolerance for the vinegar and will resume the cleanse once I feel like I can drink it every day:) For now, this is a great substitute.
From the nets "According to the leader of a study, Dr. Jan Oszmianski, "Cloudy apple juices contain much more antioxidant than clear." Dr. Oszmianski is a researcher in the Agricultural University of Wroclaw. Researchers reported that Oszmianski's team found that cloudy apple juice contained up to four times the level of poly-phenols, a group of antioxidant plant compounds. In experiments, cloudy juice was more effective as a free radical "scavenger" than clear apple juice. There are researchers at the University of California-Davis that fairly recently reported that apples and apple juice may help protect arteries from harmful plaque build-up. In the first study conducted in humans, adults who added two apples, or 12 ounces of 100% apple juice, to their daily diet demonstrated a significant slowing of the cholesterol oxidation process that leads to plaque build-up. This gives the body more time to rid itself of cholesterol before it can cause harm."
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