Re: Pasteurized Juice
Feeling better??Than what? drinking fresh made carrot juice?? Outside of the obvious that nutritionally and enzymatically fresh unpasteurized is waaayyy superior, on taste alone I have tried several brands of bottled (pasteurized) carrot juice over the years and personally for me there's just no comparison at all. Some of the bottled stuff is down right nasty and barely resembles fresh carrot juice. I am surprised that if you are getting a sugar buzz from apple juice that you're also not getting one from carrot juice as it contains a good bit of sugar also.
I am currently on my 40th day of juice feasting which means I make a minimum of 3 qts of juice daily so I am well familiar with the making and clean up of juicing. For >me< it's not even a consideration to do bottled pasteurized juices if I am fasting. My personal take is why bother fasting.
The secret for me is to make it very efficient by getting clear plastic containers the size of shoe boxes and keep my vegs sorted/organized otherwise it would be very time consuming and one big old PITA just to find and gather the vegs for juicing. Specifically since my green juices generally have a minimum of 4 ingredients and as much as 7. Straight carrot juice is a walk in the park and it's what I make if I'm in a hurry and pressed for time.
For clean up I have the large bowl that fits all my juicer parts and I fill it with hot water and keep it running and dump all the parts in to get the bulk of the fiber off then rinse everything under very fast hot running water. The screen is the only thing that takes more work but for that I have a round stiff bristle bottle brush for the inside and another for the outside of the screen cone. If I just get down to business and not dilly dally I can make one quart of 7 part juice and clean my juicer in approx 1/2 hour. If I'm just making straight carrot I can proly cut it down to 15 +/- mins
If I am really in a hurry or plain just lazy I just leave the parts soaking in the big bowl and add a coupla drops of soap till the next juicing session.