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Juicearian
Many people
have heard of juice fasts as a means of detoxifying the body. Followers
of a raw foods regimen also include juices as part of their nutrition.
Nearly anything can be juiced – fruits and vegetables, primarily. It’s
a form of concentrated nutrition. Some raw foodists drink only fresh
fruit juices.
In addition, fruit and vegetable juices are good sources of the
traditional nutrients. Citrus fruits (grapefruit, oranges, etc.)
provide a healthy portion of vitamin C. Carrot juice contains large
quantities of vitamin A, in the form of beta carotene. A number of
green juices are a good source of vitamin E. Fruit juices are a good
source of essential minerals like iron, copper, potassium, sodium,
iodine, and magnesium, which are bound by the plant in a form that is
most easily assimilated during digestion.
While fruit and vegetable juices are the most common form of juice,
wheatgrass juice has been getting a lot of attention lately because of
the denseness of nutrients it contains.
The primary advantage of truly fresh wheatgrass juice - juice made from
raw, live, soil-grown wheat grass, is the apparent high level of life
force energy that it contains. It is one of the few truly fresh foods
available (sprouts are another). The grass is alive and growing right
up to the time it is juiced, and hopefully you are drinking it within a
few minutes or so of juicing. Most of us get our green veggies from
markets, and they were picked days ago and refrigerated - losing
vitality the whole time. (It is an even worse situation for fruit,
which may be picked weeks before you eat it, and in some cases, held in
cold storage for months - losing vitality the whole time.) In contrast,
one can grow wheatgrass indoors, and enjoy it when it is truly fresh.
In conclusion, drinking plenty of fresh fruit juices daily will cleanse
your system, make you feel completely energized and last but not least,
you will look beautiful. People will wonder what you are
doing differently!...
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