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Got
Juice?
By
Lisa S. Lawless. Ph.D., Holistic Wisdom C.E.O.
Juicing
is a great addition to any diet. It's an easy way to add more
vegetables to your diet, in a more concentrated form than if they
were cooked. And while vegetables, when cooked, lose some of their
vitamins and minerals, juicing allows you to ingest all of the
nutrients.
There
are a few simple rules for juicing, such as drinking a variety
of fruit and vegetable juices. To avoid consuming too much sugar,
you should drink at least as much vegetable juice as fruit juice.
It's still important to eat plenty of necessary fiber found in
legumes, whole grains, and whole fruits and vegetables. Juicing
releases the nutrients from the fiber of the juice, allowing you
to drink vitamins and minerals that would not otherwise be absorbed
by the body, and leaves the fiber behind.
It's
also important to start slowly when juicing as your body is not
accustomed to digesting such a concentrated forms of vegetable
nutrients and fruit sugars. It's also not generally recommended
that you drink juice with a meal; you should drink your juice
between meals or have juice as a meal, such as drinking fresh
juice for breakfast. If you do decide to do a juice fast (which
can be very healthy for you) it is best to see a physician first
to make sure there are not any health issues that would be complicated
by such a fast.
Many
juicing enthusiasts, like Jay Kordich (The Juiceman), have some
amazing stories to tell about how juicing saved their lives. The
movie Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead with Joe Cross
is another fantastic example of the health benefits.
You'll
find that juicing recipes often have specific purposes, such as
to give you more energy, improve your memory, or generally improve
your health.
Personally,
I can say that I love it and use various juice recipes 2 - 3 times
a day now. I feel a difference in my energy levels, and my skin,
hair and nails have never been in better shape! I am totally smitten
with my juicer, it is now a big part of my daily life. Should
you decide to try it, you will have to find the right juicer for
your needs, and I found that there are many helpful reviews on
Amazon.com. The Breville juicers that they use in the movie Fat,
Sick & Nearly Dead seem to be well rated.
Recommended
Juicing Books
The
Juiceman's Power of Juicing
Dr.
Jensen's Juicing Therapy
Power
Juices Super Drinks
Juice
Recipes
Twenty
Quick Juice Recipes
| Digestive
Cocktail |
Alkaline
Special- Acid Reducer |
¼
lemon with peel
½ grapefruit (peeled)
2 oranges |
¼
head cabbage (red or green)
3 stalks of celery |
| Passion
Cocktail |
Morning
Tonic |
4
strawberries
1 large chuck pineapple
1 bunch black grapes |
1
apple
1 grapefruit (peeled) |
| Potassium
Juice |
Power |
1
handful of spinach
1 handful of parsley
2 stalks of celery
4-6 carrots |
6
carrots
1 apple
2 stalks of celery
½ handful of wheatgrass
½ handful of parsley
½ beet |
| Energy
Shake |
Water
Retention Zapper |
handful
of parsley
6 carrots |
Watermelon
cut into
strips & juice
(rind and all) |
| Cantaloupe
Juice |
Sunshine
Cocktail |
Cantaloupe
cut into strips and juice
(rind and all) |
2
apples
4-6 strawberries |
| Rejuvenator
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The
Waldorf |
handful
of parsley
3 carrots
2 celery stalks
2 cloves of garlic |
1
stalk celery
2 apples |
| Holiday
Cocktail |
Body
Cleanser |
2
apples
1 large bunch of grapes
1 slice lemon with peel |
4
carrots
½ cucumber
1 beet |
| Evening
Regulator |
Digestive
Special |
2
apples
1 pear |
Handful
of spinach
6 carrots |
| Orange
or Grapefruit |
Bromeiain
Special |
3 oranges (peeled) or
1 grapefruit (peeled) |
Pineapple
(skin & all, except top greens) |
| Carrot/Apple
Juice |
Liver
Mover |
6
carrots
2 apples |
2-3
carrots
½ beet |
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