January 22 - Juice It!

Juicing is a great way to get your daily servings of fruits and vegetables. It is so healthy provides high quality nutrition.

Well, there are 3 main reasons why juicing is so beneficial :

1. The juice requires hardly any digestion, so all its nutritional goodness gets rapidly into your system.
2. When you juice, you use more fruits and vegetables than you could actually eat. As a result, you are drinking a densely packed amount of vitamins, minerals and other plant-based nutrients.
   
3. Liver detoxification

Below are some of the many health benefits of juicing :

Improving the cardiovascular system and heart health:

• Both antioxidant vitamins C and E prevent the damaging effect of free radicals on artery walls. They prevent blood from sticking, clotting, becoming toxic as well as helping to lower triglycerides levels (Here is more info about. Good to great levels of vitamin C can be found in most vegetables and fruits. For the health benefits of juicing vitamin E you can use blackberries, kiwi, asparagus and spinach in your juicer recipes.
  
• Potassium and magnesium are essential for proper heart function and a regular heart beat. Blackberries are a good source for both these minerals.
  
• Additionally, as we know, being overweight plays a fundamental role in developing heart disease, so its good to take some common sense and a realistic approach on how to lose weight and maintain a healthy weight.

For more info on the benefits of juicing, visit this website:
http://www.bestofjuicing.com/