I believe that your digestive
system can function more efficiently when drinking raw vegetables. Although you
lose the benefits of consuming fiber when drinking your produce, it takes less
energy to digest food in liquid form. Heating and cooking vegetables also
reduces or destroys some of their enzyme content, which some say can impede
digestion. With juicing the food enzymes
are not only preserved, but your digestive system also gets the time and energy
to “rest and revitalize”. If you juice for enzymes there are certain produce
combinations that can help with the digestive process. When we only eat one
type or consistency of food at a time digestion is speedier.
Despite what some avid juicers might say, it’s probably not best to live on juice alone. A juice fast,
in which one consumes only juice and no solid food for a day or more, can have
healthy benefits, but it’s not entirely necessary.
Drinking green juice can still have healing effects when combined with a
regular, healthy diet.
Not all juices are created equal.
You can get your green juice at a juice bar, health food store or through a
delivery service, but be wary of bottled and pasteurized juices. Make sure to
read the labels carefully: Too much
fruit or fruit concentrate can increase the sugar level, and heating and
processing can lessen nutritional value.
Buying a home juicer and doing it yourself can pay off in
the long run, although the juicer you buy might also make a difference.
Centrifugal juicers, which grind and strain produce at high speeds, are the
most affordable machines, but also less efficient. Some experts say the high
speed generates heat, and decreases the amount of enzymes in the resulting
juice. Masticating juicers “chew” produce and can make more
juice out of the same amount of vegetables. While juicers extract only juice from produce and remove
the fiber, blenders retain all of the content by simply mashing everything
together. Fiber aside, the blender versus juicer debate might come down to a
matter of taste: drinking celery juice mixed with carrot juice will probably
taste better than drinking a celery and carrot smoothie.
I believe that it is critical to use organic fruits and
veggies as much as possible. Unsprayed produce makes the purest juices possible.
If organic is not available, you may want to peel the produce before juicing.
Before juicing,
wash all produce well in lemon juice water or organic produce cleaner. The
skins of oranges and grapefruits are bitter and can be toxic as well as apple
seeds in large amounts. Obviously, all pits must be removed from plums, apricots
and peaches.
The
possibilities of recipes and combinations are endless. If you make your own juice,
experiment with combining different kinds of fruits and vegetables for taste
and nutrition. Popular combinations include mixing leafy vegetables like
spinach or kale with celery or cucumber, and adding beet, carrot or apple for
sweetness.
My 5 favorite juice
"Recipes for Vitality".
PEP IN YOUR STEP
Handful
of parsley.
4-6
carrots / greens removed
2 celery
stalks
Sour
Green apple
GO GREEN !
I large kale leaf
Handful
of spinach
2-3 green
apples
1
cucumber
Spritz with lime after juicing
8th DAY DeTOX
Handful
or parsley
1/4
" slice of ginger root
I beet
1/2 apple
4 carrots
Handful
of parsley
Handful
of wheatgrass
3 celery
stalks
3 carrots
½ slice of ginger root
1 teaspoon of brewer’s yeast
2 slices
of pineapple
Handful
of cilantro
6 carrots
I red
pepper
1/2
jalapeño
I clove
of garlic (optional )
Serves 2
people
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