Juicing

Juicing is one of the most beneficial things you could do for your health. Really, my mom and I both began juicing the day I read The Hallelujah Diet and experienced a lot of healing. We were both dealing with a lot of illness at the time. To this day we both continue to juice and have really grown to love it.

The Benefits
The amount of vitamins and minerals your body can readily absorb when you drink freshly extracted vegetables juices nourishes your body more than any solid foods. The process of digestion can be difficult for our bodies especially if you've chosen less nutritional foods as the main part of your diet for the last few years. But with juicing your body bypasses digestion and can simply absorb all of the nutrients at the cellular level. This is where diseases and illness reside so with juicing your providing your body with nutrients at the level needed most and when your body doesn't have to work to get those nutrients it can begin to heal and become stronger.
Juicing works wonders to build up your immune system and help your body defend itself against foreign invaders. Juicing provides your body with living enzymes and phytochemicals which are necessary to help fight off disease. The National Cancer Institute found that phytochemicals are one of the most powerful forces to help keep away and even cure cancer. Pretty impressive, huh? This juicing thing is for real guys!
Now, this is no way replaces the vegetables you need to be eating everyday because the fiber in those foods is also essential to your health. The National Cancer institute recommends 5 servings of vegetables a day and sadly Americans get only 1 and 1/2, please do your body right and eat your veggies!

What to Juice
Start with carrot juice and allow your taste buds to adjust, trust me they will begin to love carrot juice! You can also add some apple or orange if necessary at the beginning. But you want to be careful with fruit juices because they can spike your insulin levels. After awhile add in another vegetables to a carrot juice base such as celery, romaine lettuce, cilantro, beets, spinach, chard, broccoli. The list is endless really, get creative! Wheat grass shots are great as well, which is pictured here. It's harder to juice and takes longer but once in awhile it's a nice change to the usual vegetable juice.

Purchasing your Juicer
Investing in a juice may seem expensive but it's well worth it. My mom and I went cheap and bought the Jack O'Lane juicer. After about a week we returned it and bought the Champion juicer, which I recommend, it's easier to clean and can juice greens a lot better. It also grinds nuts to make nut butter, grains to make flours, and frozen fruits to make sorbet!

<3 Dani
p.s. My brother even drinks carrot juice now!