Vegetables are the pillar of good nutrition and one of the most important things you can do for your health is making sure that you get enough vegetables. They are low in sugar, full of vitamins, minerals, micro-nutrients and powerful anti-oxidants. For a lot of people it is a challenge to get a large enough quantity and a varied mix of vegetables into their diet on a daily basis. Juicing raw vegetables and fruits offers an easy way to get large quantities of the vitamins, minerals, live enzymes, and anti-oxidants that our bodies require to be in top form.
And who doesn’t want to be in the the best form they can be in?
Drinking juices from vegetables, low glycemic fruits, roots and herbs will offer your body the vitamins, minerals, and live enzymes that our bodies require to be in top form. When you juice, you separate the fibre from the vegetables and fruit and therefore you are able to get a lot more of these beneficial nutrients into your body than you would if you had to digest the fibre. Although the fibre in vegetables and fruit is beneficial, the main beneficial properties of vegetables and juice reside in the juice that you extract.
Supplying your body with these nutrients in juice form means they can be easily assimilated without the need for digestion.
Studies have shown the health benefits of anti-oxidants and their ability to prevent the development of many different diseases. Vegetables, fruit and herbs are loaded with antioxidants which fight free radicals, ageing, cellular damage and reduce susceptibility to cancer.
When we consume more toxins than we can release in one day toxins build up and put stress on our bodies. The average person is constantly ingesting toxins, whether its from air pollution, toxins in our food, or water etc. The truth is that in todays world it is hard to avoid them. When we juice we are introducing the beneficial properties of fruits and vegetables in a pre-digested form which means your body has to spend very little energy on digestion and therefore can focus this energy on cleaning out and eliminating the toxins that have built up over time.
Putting in all these concentrated nutrients from fresh juices into your body is like hiring 100 cleaning staff to clean your home. They go to work cleaning and detoxifying our bodies and releasing the built up toxins that have accumulated over time.
By eliminating these toxins your body can function at a higher level.
Juicing promotes an alkaline environment in your body. If your body is in an acidic state it is said that you will experience more disease and pain. Our bodies are constantly trying to achieve homeostasis and achieve a correct ph balance between alkalinity and acidity. Our bodies preform at peak level when there is a correct ph balance between alkalinity and acidity. Foods such as meat, processes foods and grains can cause over acidity in our body. Drinking juice from alkaline foods like green vegetables, and fruits can help your body correctly rebalance your ph levels.
Juicing is possibly the best way to consume chlorophyll rich foods.
Chlorophyll which is only found in plants is like liquified sun energy. It promotes healing and cleansing in our body and is an excellent detoxifier. Chlorophyll binds to heavy metals helping to eliminate them from the body. It augments your bodies ability to produce haemoglobin which strengthens its ability to deliver oxygen to your cells.
Plants contain more than 100,000 phytonutrients, one of the reasons nine servings of fruits and vegetables a day are recommended. Phytonutrients have been proven to be beneficial for human health, not only in preventing diseases, but also in reversing some disorders.
Completing a juice cleanse can offer a type of reset or reboot for our bodies. Juicing can rebalance our taste buds and leave our taste buds more sensitive to the natural flavours of fresh food. People who complete juice cleanses often find that the foods they usually ate before the cleanses now seem too salty or too sweet. Don’t be surprise that if after your juice cleanse your body begins to crave a lot more fruits and vegetables.