Health & Medical Nutrition

The Nutritional Benefits of Juicing

Most Americans don't drink enough water these days and as a result they walk around in a state of partial dehydration.
Juice is a natural water source and along with that provides other nutrition like protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals.
These nutrients are in a form that can quickly be absorbed by the body.
Juice also supplies essential fatty acids, enzymes, carotenes, chlorophyll, and flavonoids.
You can also get more nutrition from foods you don't normally eat.
I don't like beets yet they can lower blood sugar and blood pressure and many other benefits.
I find that throwing a whole beet in with a couple of apples and carrots tastes great and gives me all the nutrition.
Juicing can aid in weight loss.
Fresh fruits and vegetables are important to weight loss and you can radically increase your consumption of them by juicing which in effect concentrates them.
It has been shown if your diet is high in raw foods that weight loss will increase and you will also improve blood sugar and lower blood pressure.
Juicing certainly fits the bill here.
Raw foods tend to satisfy the appetite better than cooked foods.
Cooking causes vitamin loss, up to 97% of A, D, E, and K.
These are the water soluble vitamins which are most susceptible to heat.
Uncooked foods like juice preserve these and other nutrients and so are more satisfying to the body.
Your metabolism will get jacked up by the extra nutrition and boost your weight loss.
It is a win all the way around.
Juicing allows quick use of high-quality nutrition since most of the work your body must do to separate the nutrients has been done by the juicer.
This kick starts you and results in increased energy and every one needs that.
You will boost your weight loss because of it because the juice when combined with a well balanced diet will give you energy to burn more calories and fat.
You will have everything you need for physical activity.
Having more energy will naturally cause you to move more.
Juicing does remove fiber from these foods so be sure to include other whole foods so you meet the fiber requirements in your diet.
Juicing is a complement to a well-balanced diet and not a replacement for it except during juice fasts.
Juicing is an excellent enhancer for your diet.
It gives you more energy by supplying concentrated nutrition in amounts that you would not otherwise get.
You can find all of the juice recipes and information that you want on the internet as well as in books and magazines.


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