Benefits of Juicing and Juicing Recipes!

Juicing Recipes can be very helpful when you decide you need to detox. Possibly one of the most well known benefits from using freshly prepared juices is for detoxing.

Fruit and vegetables serve two different roles in the diet and this is particularly relevant with fresh juices. In a general sense vegetables are used to ‘build up’, ‘repair’ and ‘heal’, while fruits tend to ‘cleanse’ and ‘detox’.

These actions (while not exclusive), are heightened with the concentrated nutrients found in fresh Juices. In other words, both vegetable juice and fruit juice can do ‘cleanse’ and ‘heal’, but in the general sense, it can help to think of Fruit Juice as ‘cleansing’ and Vegetable Juice as ‘repairing’.

This is particularly the case when you isolate particular types of fruit and vegetables. As an example; Watermelon Juice is an excellent choice as a detox and cleanser (while Carrot and beet have wonderful healing properties).

If you have never undertaken a Juice fast or detox before then it is important to educate yourself as to the Dos and Don’ts. Below are some points to remember.

• Try with a short fast as an introduction to fasting.
• If you have any particular health problems or have any doubts then check with your Health Practitioner before you start.
• Organize a few days off from work, and create a relaxing atmosphere for yourself. Indulge yourself in some relaxation, as well as light exercise.
• Body brushing, detox baths and regular showers will help rid your body of toxins.
• When you are coming off your fast, break it with a light raw fruit meal. Then stick to raw salads, and only lightly cooked vegetables for a while. Preferably, only return to a healthy balanced diet, with a high percentage of raw foods, avoiding all those harmful and processed foods.

There can be a few unpleasant side effects, depending on your current diet and lifestyle habits. For example if you drink regular coffee or cola drinks, then you are likely to get headaches for the first few days. Some people experience flu-like symptoms. These are all ‘normal’ reactions to the body undergoing a cleansing or detoxing process.

Try to persist and work through these, as the rewards do come and remember to still apply the rules for ending your fast, no matter how long you manage to stay on your fast.

Watermelon Cleanser

Cut up your watermelon and leave a small portion of the white under the rind.

Process through your juicer and drink fresh.

For some variation you can add a small amount of ginger, depending on taste preferences.

Happy Juicing and Detoxing,

Lynne
Juicing Recipes and Raw Food

Enzymes! Not just any old enzyme will do…. But living enzymes and concentrated nutrients in an easily digestible form – that just about sums up the advantages of freshly made juices.

Most people are not aware just how important living enzymes are and the potential impact on our health.

Possibly the most common thing we think about when we hear the word enzyme, is digestive enzymes. Most of us would be aware that these are essential for the proper breakdown and absorption of the food we eat.

However, there is a whole ‘secret’ enzyme life that perhaps some people would rather you did not know about… That is the great benefit that can come from the living enzymes available in raw food and fresh juices.

Enzymes are catalysts which means they trigger biochemical reactions within our bodies; that is providing they are still active and not destroyed by cooking or oxidization.

It is the action of these living or active enzymes that are credited with some of the wonderful health benefits that come from consuming raw foods and raw juices.

We will look at some of the benefits next time, meanwhile here is another Juicing Recipe…

Keep Regular!

2-3 Red Apples, 1 Pear

Clean and cut the fruit into quarters (no need to peel or de-seed). Feed the quarters into your juicer and drink fresh!

Yours for better health,

Lynne
Raw Foods and Juices

In order to get the most benefits from juicing you have to look at what type of juicer you are using. The quality of the juice you end up with, really has a lot to do with the type of juicer that you use to extract it.

The most common kitchen juicer and the cheapest, is the ‘centrifugal juicer’ which is like a combination of a grater and spin dryer! You feed your vegetables through the top where a high speed, spinning, fine grater reduces your veggies to a pulp, which then goes into a spinning drum with a fine sieve around the outside of the drum. As it spins the juice passes through the sieve, and then goes down out of the spout into your collection vessel.

Using this type of juicer is definitely better than not juicing at all, but it is really not the best method. You lose a lot of the nutrients and living enzymes as well as some of the juice.

The better type of juicer, a cold press juicer, works like a mincer, and come as single or twin gear types. These juicers definitely cost more, but the end product is far superior. Not only do they extract more of the juice, they also end up with a higher concentration of nutrients as the juice does not heat up in the extraction process. Any type of friction ie. Grating causes temporary heating with nutrient and enzyme loss.

So that’s it for today guys.

Keeping it Raw…

Lynne

Raw Food and Juicing!

The quick answer – because it is raw food!

Juicing a combination of fresh fruit and vegetables provides a variety of power-packed nutritious drinks/foods which not only promote vitality and energy, but also can aid with healing as well.

Fresh raw food (home grown organically or biodynamically, in an ideal world), provide a concentrated source of nutrition, better than any vitamin pill! Living enzymes are largely still intact; the fresher the better, of course.

Living or active enzymes are critical to healthy biological function, and there are many different enzymes for different functions within our bodies. Chances are you have at least heard of digestive enzymes, which our bodies produce to assist with digesting our food.

What most of us don’t realize is the critical nature of enzymes in general and the contribution they play in maintaining our health.

Juicing fresh fruits and vegetables is one excellent source of concentrated living enzymes. So get juicing every day to bring about massive benefits for your health and well being.

Veggie Cleanser

2-3 Carrots (again depends on the size of the carrots, and the type of juicer – some types of juicers extract more juice), 1 small red beet with leaves still intact, Stick of green celery, 1 small green cucumber, add a small amount of ginger for taste if you wish.

Wash your fruit and vegetables (remember to wash really well). Cut into appropriate sizes to fit into your juicer. Juice and drink straight immediately (oxidation destroys enzymes too!).

Happy juicing and stay healthy,

Lynne
Raw Food and Juicing

Welcome to the wonderful world of Juicing and everything about Raw Food and the benefits to your health…

Juicing Recipes provide some of the tastiest, and easiest ways to get started on a Raw Food Diet! The health and vitality imparted just by regularly preparing and drinking fresh fruit and vegetable juices can be nothing short of startling…

On this blog we are planning on sharing some interesting facts and information about the benefits of juicing, raw foods, and of course Juicing Recipes….

Zingy Carrot

3-5 Carrots (depends on the size of the carrots, and the type of juicer), 1 Red Apple, Small chunk of Fresh Ginger Root to taste

Wash your fruit and vegetables (very well if not grown by yourself!). Cut into appropriate sizes to fit into your juicer. Juice and drink straight away (to avoid oxidation – when it will start to go brown). Enjoy…

And stay tuned for more tips, info and of course more tasty, health giving, Juicing Recipes!

Stay Healthy,

Lynne
Juicing and Raw Food