| know that 95% of the nutrient content of fruit and | | | | many that as we age, they become less available for |
| vegetables is found in the juice? A well balanced and | | | | the many jobs they are needed for in our bodies. If we |
| healthy diet includes many servings of fruits and | | | | supplement them we live healthier. Many of these |
| vegetables a day. Sometimes it is hard to just eat that | | | | enzymes are made up of trace minerals and other |
| much food. Fresh fruits and Vegetables made into | | | | elements that we can get from juiced raw produce. |
| juices are an easy source for getting those vital | | | | You have complete control over the ingredients when |
| nutrients. When fruits and vegetables are juiced, the | | | | you make your own juices. You select the ingredients |
| cell walls of the produce are broken down to let the | | | | and other flavorings to be added. You have the final |
| juice out. This juice is rapidly absorbed into the blood | | | | choice when you do it yourself. Because health and |
| stream. That is the quickest way to get nutrients into | | | | tastes are individual things, no two people will choose |
| the body through the digestive system. | | | | the same. What works for one may not work for |
| Phytochemicals found in fruits and vegetables have | | | | someone else. That is one very good reason for |
| been found to cure ailments such as asthma, diseases | | | | having your own juicer and using it in your home. As |
| of the heart, digestive system, and diabetes. | | | | you educate yourself about your health issues you are |
| Consumed regularly they prevent and help fight many | | | | better able to choose what will be right for you. |
| types of cancer. The best way to access these | | | | The benefit we get from our food is so much greater |
| phytochemicals is through juicing the fresh fruits and | | | | in most cases, if we eat it raw. Juicing raw fruits and |
| vegetables and consuming that juice fresh and raw. | | | | vegetables gives us more of the necessary nutrients |
| Chlorophyll, which is found in the green vegetables, | | | | to keep our bodies functioning at top efficiency than |
| particularly the leafy ones, has very similar makeup to | | | | chewing our food. Dietary experts tell us that the juice |
| the hemoglobin in the blood. Basically, it is the blood of | | | | of fruits and vegetables is absorbed more efficiently. |
| the plants. It is healthy to use the green leafy | | | | We have the choice of what foods to use, if and how |
| vegetables in juices because of this oxygen | | | | to add flavors, organic or inorganic, how fresh we |
| transporter that is in them. | | | | want the food, and what we ultimately juice when we |
| Raw fruits and vegetables contain many enzymes | | | | choose to juice our own food. Choose healthy, choose |
| that play an important part not only in the digestion of | | | | juicing for health and to enjoy the flavors of good |
| our food but also in the building and repairing of our | | | | food. |
| bodies. Our bodies produce enzymes, but we need so | | | | |