The way to get more vitamins & minerals into your diet is by
drinking freshly made fruit juices, vegetable juices, and smoothies on a daily basis.
Freshly made juices are a tremendous source of bio-available vitamins and
minerals which are the partners of enzymes and co-enzymes. Vitamins
activate enzymes and without vitamins, enzymes could not carry out their
work, and we could not live.
Enzymes act as catalysts in hundreds of thousands of chemical reactions
that take place throughout your body, and are essential for digesting,
absorbing and converting food into body tissue. Enzymes produce energy
at the cellular level and are critical for most of the metabolic activities taking
place in your body every second of every day.
Another benefit of drinking fresh juices and smoothies is that your body can
absorb MORE of the vitamins and minerals than if you were to eat the fruits
and vegetables whole! Many of the nutrients are TRAPPED in the fiber and
by blending fruits and vegetables, you break down the fiber and release the
vital nutrients.
Example:
When you eat a raw foods you are only able to assimilate a small
percentage of the available beta carotene. When they are juiced,
removing the fiber, a LARGE percentage of the vitamins and minerals can be
assimilated by your body.
Vitamins and minerals are only required in very small amounts, but a diet
insufficient in these can cause SEVERE deficiency diseases. It is necessary that you feed your body what it needs in order for it to perform accordingly, juicing will help you make strides in the right direction.
You can avoid many of the listed problems by adding fresh fruit and vegetable juices and smoothies to your lifestyle. Notice I did not say diet. I believe that healthy eating must be a daily ritual and not just for weight loss. If weight loss is your goal, if you eat properly that comes with the territory.
Here are a few recipes to try:
Fruit Punch
1 apple, cored and sliced
6 strawberries, fresh or thawed from frozen
1/2 orange, peeled and sectioned
Process the fruit in a juicer and serve.
Peach-Pear-Apple Juice
2 peaches, remove seed
1 pear, sliced
1 apple, cored and sliced
Process through a juicer and serve.
Apricot~Pineapple~Strawberry Smoothie
1/4 cup crushed pineapple, canned or fresh
1 fresh apricot, diced, seed removed
6 strawberries, frozen
1/2 banana, cut in chunks, frozen
1 1/2 cup water
1 tbsp. skim milk powder
1 heaping tbsp. high-quality protein powder (optional)
In a blender, process fruit with the rest of the ingredients. Blend until
thoroughly mixed and serve.
Banana~Strawberry Smoothie
1 banana, cut in chunks, frozen
6 strawberries, frozen
1 1/4 cup water
1 tbsp. skim milk powder
1 heaping tbsp. high-quality protein powder (optional)
In a blender, process all the ingredients until thoroughly mixed and serve.
Try one or more of these recipes and then create your own delicious drinks. You can drink your way to better health. Make sure you get a powerful blender or extractor like The Nutri Bullet, Ninja or The Health Master which is what I use to make my life giving potions.
Here's to A Juicy Life!
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