Juicer Recipes – Juicing Benefits for Health
Posted on 07. Oct, 2009 by Darren Haynes in Diet & Nutrition
Juicing is an easy way to provide yourself with a high level of quality nutrition. It is a practice taken up by many people who are health conscious, who claim how great it is. So what is it about juicing we all rave about?
The 3 main reasons juicing is so amazing is:
1) The juice does not require much digestion allowing for all the nutritional goodness to be processed rapidly by your system
2) When you use a juicer you create a drink that is packed full of vitamins and minerals. Juicing allows you to use more fruits and vegetables than you could ever eat in a day therefore providing a great benefit you are missing out on.
3) Detoxify your liver
Below are some health benefits you can expect from juicing:
Improving heart health and the cardiovascular system:
- Vitamins C and E are both antioxidants that prevent the damaging effects on artery walls by free radicals. They prevent blood from clotting and sticking and keeping it non-toxic. High levels of vitamin C is found in many fruits and veggies. Blackberries, kiwi, spinach and asparagus can be used in your juicer recipes for vitamin E.
- 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 100’s of essential functions. Cleaning blood and removing toxins and metabolic waste is one of its main functions. It is extremely important to keep our liver clean so it can do its job keeping us clean and the way to do this is to remove the toxins we deal with everyday.
- 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.
- Helps with hair, nails, skin, and eyes:
- 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 Vitamin B2 causes hair loss, cracked lips, dermatitis and other skin problems. Using spinach, kale, and asparagus in your juices will give you the vitamin B2 need to prevent such skin conditions.
- The most potent nutrient for healthy eyes is vitamin A, which is not found in plants. Its precursor, beta-carotene, is found in abundance in orange colored fruits and vegetables. Beta-carotene is turned into vitamin A by the body. This vitamin is essential for the retina to function properly and prevent night blindness. Both vitamins A and C reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and cataracts. Carrot juice is a very good source for both of these vitamins.
Rebuilding blood cells:
- Yep you read that right! Chlorophyll makes it possible to rebuild your blood cells and has many more health benefits, too many to list here!
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 also a pigment that gives plants their green color. So put the green stuff in your juicer recipes! The darker the green, the more chlorophyll it contains.
Improved immune system:
- Juicing on a regular basis with varied juices is the best way to give you a wider variety of antioxidants essential for a healthy immune system. Besides the antioxidants from fruits and vegetables (including vitamins A, C, E), they also provide a plant chemical called phytochemicals. There are amazing health benefits from phytochemicals including anti-cancer properties.
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