We’ve all been told that an apple a day keeps the doctor away since throughout our childhood – and rightfully so.  Apples are packed with antioxidants that are vital to maintaining a healthy heart.  In addition, there is an abundance of flavanoids that lower the risk of cardiovascular disease and boost the body’s immune system.  Also important is the small amount of vitamin C present.  All these health benefits make apples an amazing fruit, and have even been linked to reducing the risk of cancer.

The great thing about apples is that there are many different kinds of apples and allows for much experimenting.  The appealing taste allows apples to blend well with many different fruits and vegetables in many juicer recipes.  Their sweetness mixes well with all fruits, while it can be used to sweeten vegetable juice that would be bitter on its own.  You can then tweak those easy juicer recipes by trying out the different apples.

Compared to apple juice found in grocery stores, apples run through a juicer is a lot healthier.  Clear apple juice lacks many of the nutrients and enzymes originally found in apples, and may contain extra unwanted ingredients.  Cloudy apple juice refers to apple juice that does not have its pulp filtered out, which has a lot more nutrients.  Regardless, it is still processed and will not have the nutritional value of apples run through a juicer.  Apples are inexpensive, so juicing your own produce will not hurt your wallet at all.

To juice an apple, first you need to core it and remove the seeds.  You should not peel the apple because the peel contains many of the important phytonutrients.  However, apples are exposed to many pesticides that linger in the skin, which is why you may want to consider organic apples.

Here are a few great apple juicer recipes:

Simple Apple Juice

• 3-4 apples
• 2 tsp. lemon juice (optional)

Apple Carrot Juice

• 2 apples
• 3 carrots
• 1 cucumber (can be replaced with another carrot)

Apple Pear Juice

• 2 apples
• 2 pears
• 1 plum

Apple Blend Juicer Recipe

• 2 apples
• 1/2 pineapple (or 1 can of diced pineapple)
• 1 kiwi
• 1 mango