The Healing Wonders of Food
Remember when you were a kid and your mother kept harping at
you to eat all your fruits and vegetables? Well, she was right.
Fruits and vegetables are good for you. As a matter of fact,
they are fast becoming the best defense against cancer and
other diseases.
It seems everyday scientists are discovering more about the
healing wonders of food, finding new ailments
that fruits and vegetables attack. Broccoli may prevent breast
cancer. Citrus fruits make it easier for the body to remove
carcinogens. Cabbage is now considered the super-food in cancer
prevention.
Benefits of Fruit and Vegetable Juicing
The secret is in the phytochemicals contained within fruits
and vegetables, which are now known to prevent a wide range of
ailments, from cancer to heart disease, to arthritis. But,
here’s the rub: it takes about five servings of vegetables and
three servings of fruit a day to reap the disease-fighting
benefits. It seems most Americans are only getting about 1 ½
servings of vegetables a day. And fruits? Someday none.
The answer?
Juicing!
Juice can actually be considered a natural water source and
provides the body with protein, carbohydrates, essential fatty
acids, vitamins, and minerals that can be absorbed quickly and
efficiently. Fresh juice also contains necessary enzymes, and
pigments such as carotenes, chlorophyll, and flavonoids.
Juicing fresh fruits and vegetables provides numerous
nutritional advantages that are extremely important to weight
loss. In addition, diets containing a high percentage of
uncooked foods are significantly associated with weight loss,
improved blood sugar control, and lower blood pressure.
Your appetite finds a raw foods diet more
filling. Cooking can cause the loss of up to 97% of
water-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K. Since uncooked foods
such as juices contain more vitamins and other nutrients, they
are more satisfying to the body, so it does not feel starved
for nutrients. This means the metabolism will keep running
efficiently and keep your weight loss efforts headed in the
right direction.
Juicing kick-starts your body's digestive process and enables
quick absorption of high-quality nutrition, which can result in
increased energy. This is one of the great advantages of
achieving weight loss through improved nutrition. Fresh juices,
combined with a well-balanced diet will provide you with the
energy needed to burn more calories, fat, and provide you with
the fuel you need for physical activity.
However, juicing does remove the fiber from these
nutrient-dense foods. So be sure to include an appropriate
amount of fiber-rich foods in your daily diet. Juicing should
be a complement to a well-balanced healthy diet, not a
substitute.
Synonyms: Juising, jiucing, juicign, jjuicing,
juuicing, juiicing, juiccing, juiciing, juicinng, and juicingg
are all common typos for juicing. Juiser, juacer, juicre,
jiucer, jjuicer, juuicer, juiicer, juiccer, juiceer and juicerr
are all typos for centrifugal juicer. Jjuiser, juacer,
juicre, jiucer, jjuicer, juuicer, juiicer, juiccer, juiceer and
juicerr are all typos for juicer.
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