Why Harvesting Juice in Your Kitchen Can Improve Your Well Being
Lareece Long, MW, contributing editor
The quality of life begins with the quality of the foods that sustain us. Fresh juice provides a nutritional foundation for the cells in our bodies. When a fruit or vegetable is juiced the fibrous plant cell wall is cut open. This process exposes the juice of the plant cell’s substance, carbohydrates, essential fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and live enzymes needed to take care of our organs, tissues, and immune system. As the substance of the plant cells are released into our own cells, it provides our bodies with an abundant source of nutrients and benefits. Such as increased energy, strengthened immunity, healing, weight loss, detoxification, live enzymes, mental clarity, reduced risk of disease, strong bones, and a glowing complexion.
An extensive assortment of research has clearly established the link between the Standard American Diet (SAD) (high fat, sugar, low fiber) and chronic disease. Unfortunately too many of us are loaded with toxins, starch chemicals and sodium which is the primary cause of our country’s degenerative diseases. Man-kind has been known for centuries that plants, vegetables, fruits, and herbal extracts have been used for their healing and medicinal properties. Juicing offers a balanced and nutritional way to supplement the diet, as drinking fresh juice can cure your ails.
Our country is changing and shifting towards a better way of living. The Next Trillion by Paul Pilzer explains why consumers will turn away from consuming more material goods and instead seek to achieve internal self-improvement — healthier foods, vitamins, nutritional supplements and fitness programs — and why consumers will create a virtually limitless and sustained demand for wellness-based products.
We must begin to plant the seeds of good nutrition and healthy lifestyle choices for the harvest of the next generation. It has been predicted that this is the first generation that will not live longer than their parents, why, because of bad food choices. As a society we must begin to take responsibility and incorporate juicing in your everyday lifestyle as a positive influence of preventive health for our children.
Start with gradually eliminating your consumptions of animal products, junk foods, sweets, and refined foods. Trust the process, keep juicing and you will begin to feel healthier, experience more energy and most importantly have a greater resistance to disease. Hang in there even if you don’t get immediate results Remember, even a seed needs time before for the harvest. Let’s Choose Life!
Basic Beginner Juicing Tips
- Only use organically grown fruits and vegetables
- Wash all produce thoroughly
- All pits (peaches, plums, etc.) must be removed
- Stems and leaves can be used with the exception that those of carrots and rhubarb they are toxic
- Bananas and avocados cannot be placed in a juicer
- To maximize the benefits of enzymes drink your juice immediately
Suggestion: Begin your juicing experience with “The Champion Juicer” as it keeps the juice enzymes fresher longer when refrigerated.
