Juicer Recipes – Juicing Benefits for Health
An easy way to give your body a high level of great nutrition is by juicing. Many health conscious people have already taken up juicing and praise how wonderful it is. You might now be asking, what is this juicing and what is so great about it?
The 3 main reasons juicing is so amazing is:
1) The juice requires hardly any digestion, so all its nutritional goodness gets rapidly into your system.
2) Juicing requires you to use more fruits and/or vegetables that you could eat in a day resulting in a drink that is densely packed with vitamins, minerals and other plant nutrients.
3)Liver detoxification
Below are some health benefits you can expect from juicing:
Improves the heart and cardiovascular systems:
- Both antioxidant vitamins C and E prevent the damaging effect of free radicals on artery walls, they prevent blood from sticking and clotting as well as keeping the blood non-toxic. Good to great levels of vitamin C can be found in most vegetables and fruits. For vitamin E you can use blackberries, kiwi, asparagus and spinach in your juicer recipes.
- Blackberries are also a good source for potassium and magnesium which are essential for proper heart function and regularizing the heart beat.
Detoxify the liver for fundamental good health:
- The liver performs many important functions. To clean the blood, remove toxins, and remove metabolic waste is one of the livers main functions. We are exposed to so many toxins in our everyday life that we need to be very diligent in keeping our liver clean so it can help do the same for us!
- Certain nutrients are needed for liver cleansing. Antioxidants beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, and N-acetyl cysteine are potent liver cleansers. In addition, B-vitamins riboflavin and niacin also aid liver cleansing. Cabbage, brussel sprouts and cauliflower have been found to be great for the liver.
- For help with healthy skin, nails, eyes, and hair:
- Vitamins C and E are great antioxidants that help to prevent damage to skin from sun exposure because they neutralize free radicals. Using both blackberries and blueberries together in juicing will provide you with an amazing source of both vitamins.
- A deficiency in riboflavin (vitamin B2) can cause cracked lips, hair loss, dermatitis, greasy looking skin and other skin problems. Putting kale, spinach, and asparagus in your juices will provide you with vitamin B2.
- Vitamin A is the most important nutrient for healthy eyes, but it is not found in plants. Orange colored vegetables and fruits carry beta-carotene. Beta-carotene is processed by the body and turned into vitamin A. Vitamin A is important for the retina and to help prevent night blindness. Vitamins A and C both reduce the risk for AMD or age-related macular degeneration and cataracts. The best source for both of these vitamins is carrot juice.
Rebuild blood cells:
- Yes that is correct! It is possible to rebuild blood cells by the amazingly healthy chlorophyll which has so many health benefits that it deserves its own article!
Chlorophyll looks like similar to a part of the red blood cell hemin on the molecular level. Scientists have also found out that when chlorophyll is assimilated in the body it actually becomes hemin by the course of a chemical reaction. In other words, ingesting chlorophyll is like receiving a blood transfusion!
Chlorophyll is what gives plants their green pigment. This is why it is important to put green stuff in your juicing recipes! Remember, the darker green the veggie, the more chlorophyll it has.
Improving your immune system:
- Varied and regular juicing is going to give you a wide variety and more than adequate amount of antioxidants which are essential for a healthy immune system. The antioxidants from fruits and vegetables include vitamins A, C, E, plus a wide range of plant chemicals called phytochemicals. Phytochemicals have amazing and varied health benefits, most notably anti-cancer properties.
