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Juicing

Juicing vegetables is easy, tasty and a wonderful way to enhance your health. 

I have been juicing vegetables for breakfast for years and get many questions on what type of juicer is best and what should you juice.  I have done educational talks on this topic and would be happy to do one for your organization or any group of 8 or more.

Some Health Benefits of Juicing

Source: http://www.Mercola.com

1. Helps you absorb all the nutrients from the vegetables
2. Allows you to consume an optimum amount of vegetables in an efficient manor
3. Allows you to add a wider variety of vegetables into your diet

Note: I am not a fan of juicing fruit.  It tastes great and is okay once in a while but as related to your health, fruit juice, even freshly juiced, tends to be more sugar then you need and better health benefits could be gained by just eating the fruit.

Types of Juicers

I started my juicing using a Jack LaLanne juicer which is a centrifugal juicer.  It was very good but I burned it out when trying to primarily juice greens and wheat grass (learned through experience that it was the wrong style for what I wanted to do).  I now use an Omega 8003.  I chose this juicer because my research showed it to be high quality, able to juice wheat grass (which I very much enjoy and is very healthy) and was an exceptionally good value.

I encourage you to look around, explore, do your research and choose the best juicer for you.

There are 2 main types of juicers:

1. Centrifugal

• Tend to be the less expensive than auger based
• Juice quickly – large areas to put more veggies in at one time
• Run at high speeds – creates heat and can denature important enzymes in the food
• Not good for green leafy vegetables or wheat grass

2. Auger Based or Masticating

• Operates at lower speeds preserving all nutrients and enzymes
• Better for leafy green vegetables and wheat grass
• Works for all juicable fruits and vegetables very well but slower than the centrifugal juicers.
• Tend to be more expensive than centrifugal juicers.

NOTE: Many people think juicing sounds awesome, enjoy the juice and health benefits but end up not continuing for 1 reason or another.  I encourage you to start with a less expensive juicer to see if you like it and if you will continue to use it or even better, find a friend who is no longer using theirs and borrow it.  You may be surprised how many people have tried it.

What Should You Juice?

What you juice is up to you and should be determined by what you like and why you are juicing but certainly start with vegetables that you like.

Green Leafy Vegetables are a great source of B vitamins (vital for your body), calcium, magnesium and many other vitamins and nutrients.

Colorful Vegetables offer many vitamins and lots of antioxidants

Ginger, Garlic and Onions offer many health benefits for heart health, digestion and anti-inflammatory, just to name a few.

As mentioned above, regular consumption of fruit juice tends not to be the healthiest of choices but certainly can be tasty and enjoyable.  Commonly, people will mix fruits and vegetables to sweeten the juice and this is an excellent alternative.

Juicing all vegetables is what I choose to do and can be done in a way that creates a very tasty and very healthy juice.  I have selected my favorite recipe based on the nutrients I feel I need and then played with it until it tasted good.

My Breakfast Includes the Following:

Spinach

Green Kale

Lacinato Kale (a wonderful deep green veggie with lots of B vitamins)

Romain Lettuce

Cilantro

Parsley

Celery

Carrot

Tomato

Red Pepper

NOTE: Make sure to drink your juice right away, the nutrients and enzymes start to degrade when stored for later if exposed to light and oxygen.

There are many resources on the net for recipes and nutritional content of the juice just make sure to have fun with it and ENJOY!

NOTE: If you are not buying organic, make sure to download and use this GREAT Fruit and Vegetable Wash to easily remove the Toxic chemicals that were sprayed onto your produce.

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