The Benefits of Juicing
Thanks to shows like Dr. Oz, juicing has really soared in our country and is becoming widely popular in mainstream America
By far the best way to get your suggested minimum 5 daily servings of fruits and veggies is to drink fresh juice. Let’s get clear on something first, fresh juice is not purchased in cartons at the store. It is not canned, cooked, flash-pasteurized, colored, sweetened, filtered or preserved. Fresh juice comes directly from fresh fruits and vegetables and is best when consumed immediately (within minutes of juicing) to get the maximum nutritional value as it loses its potency rapidly once removed from its parent source.
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Juicing extracts the majority of the nutrients and living enzymes from the fruit or veggie while leaving the pulp out. Basically this translates into an easily digestible drink that is packed full of the good nutrition your body needs. Drinking your food eases the burden on the digestive system by eliminating all of the solid matter that requires additional digestion and elimination. By drinking fresh juice you go straight to the source and bypass the carrier.
When you consistently drink fresh raw juice, especially vegetable juice that includes plenty of dark leafy greens, along with eating lots of vegetables and fruit and a very healthy diet, your whole internal environment changes. Juice, which is rich in antioxidants, cleanses the body of stored wastes and toxins that interfere with the proper functioning of cells and organs. This means our cells, organs, and systems are able to do the jobs they are designed to do. Furthermore, vegetables and fruit are very alkaline, which helps to balance a diet that is often quite acidic for most Americans.
Juicing does requires work – shopping regularly for fresh produce, cleaning, cutting and preparing the produce and then cleaning and maintaining the juice machine. Juicing is well worth the work involved because the benefits pay high dividends in your health. For example: Drinking a 16 ounce glass of carrot juice is the equivalent of eating about 6 to 8 large carrots. That’s a lot of chewing that you don’t have to do and a lot of solid waste (pulp) that your body doesn’t have to process.
Some personal benefits I can directly attribute to the effects of juicing over the last 15 years include:
- My eyesight has naturally improved and I no longer have to wear glasses when I read or work on the computer.
- My seasonal allergies are almost non-existent now.
- My genetic hair loss and receding hair line has slowed down significantly.
- My fingernails grow super strong at an incredible speed.
- I have never had a tooth cavity in my life.
- My skin stays healthy and more resistant to sunburn, acne and wrinkles
- I have a high energy level, but operate on less sleep.
- My focus, concentration and motivation get better every year.
- I get sick less often, and when I do, I recover in a day or so when friends stay sick with the same illness for days or weeks.
These benefits began to become evident within the first year or two of implementing juicing and a vegetarian diet. The effects of juicing continue to improve and maintain my health due to the cumulative effects of ingesting vital nutrition on a daily basis.
To discuss other benefits of juicing or to receive a Hurom Juicer shipped to your door at an excellent price, contact Sean Donovan at 804.909.5550 or email sean@seandon.com
