The Powerful Health Benefits of Juicing
Health experts agree that to protect ourselves from illness and disease and to enjoy optimum health, we should eat more fruits and vegetables and what better way to add them to our diets than juicing. The chemicals in plants, phytochemicals, protect the body from many forms of cancer, as well as heart disease and many age-related diseases like arthritis. Juicing with fresh fruits and veggies gives your body phytochemicals, nutrients and enzymes in an easily digestible form so your body can absorb them quickly and with maximum benefits.
Juicing provides a meal in a glass
How does juicing deliver the best nutrition? To make one glass of carrot juice, for instance, it takes a pound of carrots. What better way to consume that many carrots in a day than by juicing? It takes little or no digestive effort to assimilate juiced foods directly into the body so all those healing, healthful nutrients find their way right into your bloodstream.
Juicing Delivers Enzymes
There are 55,000 enzymes in the human body, divided into three different types. Digestive enzymes are made by the body, such as the enzymes in saliva, to help digest food. Food enzymes come from the raw food we eat, such as fresh fruits and vegetables. Heating food to a temperature of 114 degrees F destroys these enzymes. If you eat only cooked food, you aren?t getting the enzymes necessary to the proper functioning of the body at the cellular level. Metabolic enzymes enable the proper functioning of the body and provide regeneration and energy at the cellular level.
The use of fresh, raw fruits and vegetables through juicing makes this drink powerhouse of enzymes which then play an essential role in protecting cells from damage.
Juicing delivers nutrients
Fruits and vegetables are also excellent sources of other essential vitamins and minerals. Juicing breaks them down into a liquid form more easily absorbed by the body. The fiber in whole fruit and vegetables, removed through juicing, traps the nutrients so the body can?t absorb them as easily. Through juicing nearly 100% of nutrients are absorbed by the body.
Juicing also delivers the natural water available in fresh fruits and vegetables to your body. Fruits and vegetables, like the human bodies, are made up largely of water.
Purchasing fresh juice at your local supermarket or in a juice bar can be expensive. Why enjoy the benefits of juicing by making your own.
For tips on choosing a juicer that is right for you, go to http://Path2HealthyLiving.com/ChoosingaJuicer.html
For more tips on the basics of juicing, go to http://Path2HealthyLiving.com/BasicsofJuicing.html
? Copyright 2006 by Joan Jones
Joan Jones is an award winning freelance journalist who has written extensively on health, nutrition, gardening and healthy recpies. For more weight loss and healthy living tips, plus recipes, book reviews, info on wellness vacations, mindful living and more, go to http://Path2HealthyLiving.com/ | |
