5 REASONS TO JUICES - 3 RECIPIES
Juicing is a great way to get more nutrients, support your immune system, support your bodies detoxification and generally get more veg in your diet. Now more than ever it is important we look after those bodies of ours, and ply them with an abundance of fruit and vegetables, in order to keep them healthy and vibrant.
Theres often an argument against juicing in favour of smoothies, but it doesn’t have to be one or the other. They are both very different and offer totally different benefits! Whilst keeping all the fibre in a smoothie, is useful, not having fibre in juices is also beneficial because it allows our digestion to take a break.
Drinking a juice is like taking a shot of instant nutrition goodness and enables the body to better absorb the vitamins, minerals and enzymes that juice has to offer.
5 REASONS TO JUICE
GETTING YOUR GREENS IN - Juicing is a quick easy way to make sure your getting your veggies in. The recommended 5 a day, shouldn’t be a limit, it should be a minimum, and we should be aiming for more than that to obtain peak health. So, even if you are good at eating your greens daily, a good veggie juice can load even more nutrients into your day, which is never a bad thing!
CONCENTRATED VITAMINS - The process of juicing vegetables actually releases nutrients in a way that blending doesn’t, so there is a higher concentration of vitamins and minerals in juice that you would get in blending or eating the same vegetables.
DIGESTION & DETOX - I know, I know, fibre is a great for us! But…the lack of fibre in juices is also useful. It gives your digestion a much needed break, which helps with the easier absorption of nutrients, but also allows more time and space for elimination and detox of toxic waste to take place.
BETTER ABSORPTION - Nutrients are more easily absorbed in juices. Without the need for your digestion to kick in juicing allows your body to fully absorb the nutrients from the juice more quickly and fully. Juicing has also been shown to have higher levels of beta-carotene, which is easier absorbed from juicing.
MORE VARIETY - Juicing gives you the opportunity to incorporate vegetables you wouldn’t normally have into your diet. So many vegetables are easily discussing with a bit of lemon or apple!
3 GREAT JUICE RECIPES
VITALITY
- Celery, Kale, Spinach, Cucumber, Lemon, Ginger, Apple
2 cups kale
6 Celery
1/2 Cucumber
1/2 Lemon
1 Apples
1 inch Ginger
1 bunch Parsley
IMMUNITY
- Carrots, Ginger, Apple, Orange, Turmeric
8-10 Carrots
2 Oranges
1 Apple
1 inch Ginger
1 inch Turmeric
DETOX
- Beets, Apple, Carrots, Lemon, Ginger
3 Beets
6 Carrots
2 Apples
1/2 Lemon
1-2 inch Ginger
SOME NOTES ON JUICING….
~ Juicing isn’t a meal replacement. Yes it can be used as part of a cleanse or if you are on a fasting protocol, but juicing is an addition to a healthy diet.
~ Fruit juices are really high in sugar, and cause a real sugar spike, especially store bought juices. So the aim is to have vegetable juices! Use fruit liberally to add flavour and some welcome antioxidants, vitamins and minerals, but don’t go overboard.
~ Invest in a good juicer, masticating, slow juicers are your friend. They retain the most nutrients as opposed to centrifugal juicers. This is the one I use.