There is a lot of history out there about juicing and it's important to know everything you can about the art of juicing and the history that comes form using juices to detox. So below you will find a nice time line of juicing and how it come to be in the first place. This information was found on http://members.optushome.com.au/juicers/juice_history.htm
Using something akin to an apothecary grinder and crude linen, the first juicer had been invented. Since then, herbal remedies have been ground up and applied both externally and internally for health benefits. The Koreans have also used green juice in ceremonial practice for more than two thousand years. However it was not until early this century that the importance of juicing and the technology to provide a way to readily extract a worthy juice become a reality.
1930's - The Norwalk Juicer, the worlds' first living juicer was invented by Dr Norman Walker. For more than seventy years Dr Walker studied living foods and developed a philosophy whereby the best way to nutritional health was with a diet of predominately raw food and juices which he termed Living Food. The Norwalk, which is still sold today, firstly grates and cuts the produce with the resulting mass then put into a linen bag and placed under a hydraulic press. Dr Walker lived to 118 years of age.
1954 - Champion Juicer, the worlds' first masticating juicer, was invented. The Champion juices almost every type of vegetable, even leafy ones. The juice from the Champion can be stored for a couple of hours in the refrigerator. The juicer is designed and operates as a masticating juicer but it works at 4,000 rpm. Siegfried Gursche, author of "Healing with Herbal Juices," describes as a 'tragedy' the extremely high speed of the juicer which causes lots of friction which heats and sometimes even steams the juice. Some nutrients, especially all live enzymes, are destroyed by heat.
1993 - The Greenpower juicer was invented, the worlds' first twin gear juice extractor. The inventor was Korean Mr Kim whose goal was to provide a living juicer to the world. The twin gear extraction process was based on the mortar
and pestle idea of pressing out the maximum goodness from fruit and vegetables without losing nutrients or enzymes due to high speed blades or centrifugal action. With the Greenpower machine, Mr Kim was the Grand Prize winner of the 9th International Invention/ New Products Exposition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in May 1993 and numerous other international invention awards.
1995 - Original Green power gold released
1997 - Greenlife now called Greenstar model released
1998 - Green Power Kempo released for the Korean market, now being sold internationally as the Samson Ultra.
2002 - Hippocrates by Green Power is released and available internationally. This is the first living food processor specifically designed to facilitate a raw food lifestyle. Received full endorsement from the Hippocrates Health Institute in Florida.
