An easy way to give your body a high level of great nutrition is by juicing. Many health conscious people have already taken up juicing and praise how wonderful it is. You might now be asking, what is this juicing and what is so great about it?
Three reasons that juicing is so beneficial are:
1) Juice requires little digestion so all the nutrition is quickly absorbed into your body
2) Juicing requires you to use more fruits and/or vegetables that you could eat in a day resulting in a drink that is densely packed with vitamins, minerals and other plant nutrients.
3) Detoxify your liver
Below are some health benefits you can expect from juicing:
Improving heart health and the cardiovascular system:
- Vitamins C and E are both antioxidants that prevent the damaging effects on artery walls by free radicals. They prevent blood from clotting and sticking and keeping it non-toxic. High levels of vitamin C is found in many fruits and veggies. Blackberries, kiwi, spinach and asparagus can be used in your juicer recipes for vitamin E.
- Potassium and magnesium are essential for proper heart function and a regular heart beat. Blackberries are a good source for both these minerals.
Detoxify the liver for fundamental good health:
- The liver has 100s of important functions. One of its main functions is to clean the blood and remove toxins and metabolic waste. With the amount of toxins we are dealing with everyday in modern life we need to be real diligent in helping to keep it clean so it can keep us clean!
- Liver cleansing is achieved through certain nutrients. Vitamin C and E, beta-carotene, and N-acetyl cysteine are antioxidants that are powerful liver cleansers. B-vitamins riboflavin and niacin also help with liver cleansing. Cauliflower, cabbage and brussel sprouts have also been found to be good for the liver.
- Helps with hair, nails, skin, and eyes:
- The antioxidants vitamins E and C prevent damage to the skin from the sun because of their ability to neutralize free radicals. Juicing blueberries and blackberries will give you a great source of both vitamins C and E if used together.
- A deficiency in riboflavin (vitamin B2) can cause cracked lips, hair loss, dermatitis, greasy looking skin and other skin problems. Putting kale, spinach, and asparagus in your juices will provide you with vitamin B2.
- The most potent nutrient for healthy eyes is vitamin A, which is not found in plants. Its precursor, beta-carotene, is found in abundance in orange colored fruits and vegetables. Beta-carotene is turned into vitamin A by the body. This vitamin is essential for the retina to function properly and prevent night blindness. Both vitamins A and C reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and cataracts. Carrot juice is a very good source for both of these vitamins.
Rebuilding blood cells:
- Yes thats right! This is made possible by the incredibly healthy chlorophyll, which would need an article of its own to give justice to its health benefits!
Under a microscope, chlorophyll looks almost identical a component of the red blood cell called hemin. When you assimilate chlorophyll, scientists have discovered that by way of a chemical shift, the chlorophyll actually becomes hemin. Broken down in layman’s terms, this basically means you are getting a blood transfusion when you take chlorophyll.
The reason plants are green is because of chlorophyll. This is why it is so important to put green vegetables in your juicer recipes! It is important to note that the darker the green, the more chlorophyll that vegetable contains.
Improving your immune system:
- Varied and regular juicing is going to give you a wide variety and more than adequate amount of antioxidants which are essential for a healthy immune system. The antioxidants from fruits and vegetables include vitamins A, C, E, plus a wide range of plant chemicals called phytochemicals. Phytochemicals have amazing and varied health benefits, most notably anti-cancer properties.
