Powerful Health Weapon Can Increase Your Energy
by Patricia Wagner
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Want more pep and increased wellness? Fight tiredness and other
health problems too.
By the time you finish reading this article, you'll possess a powerful
weapon in your fight against chronic tiredness and other health problems.
This potent weapon is not new. It's well known by many health
experts.
So what is this key resource to help you enjoy better health?
It's making your own fresh fruit and vegetable juices. When you juice
fruits and vegetables, you make delicious drinks that will contribute to
increased energy and enhanced health.
Why is juicing so effective?
Here's how this wonderful health weapon works: juices are absorbed
almost immediately into your body, thus supplying needed vitamins and
minerals. Cooking vegetables removes a lot of their nutritional value, but
juicing saves these vitamins and minerals. So you get mega-doses of
vitamins and minerals.
Let's say you make a carrot-apple drink from one apple and four
carrots. Imagine sitting
down and eating all those at one time in
their original state! But you get the vitamins and minerals from the fruit
and vegetables in their juice and it's living! That's because the vitamins
and minerals have not been destroyed by the pasteurization process used to
make juice sold
in stores.
How do you get the maximum health return from juicing?
Start your day right by drinking freshly-made juice. It's wise to drink
it before you eat and then wait about ten minutes (before eating the rest
of your breakfast) to give your body a headstart as it absorbs the
life-giving fluid into your bloodstream.
Don't let the juice sit around, but drink it within minutes of making
it to retain those precious vitamins and minerals.
You can also add to your fiber intake by using the pulp in muffins and
bread. Just add the pulp of your favorite fruits and vegetables to your
recipe and you'll have a moist taste-bud pleasing treat!
How are fruits and vegetables prepared for juicing?
First wash them. Cut out any bad spots that you wouldn't want to eat.
You usually don't need to peel fruits and vegetables.
What are some popular juice recipes?
1. Carrot Juice
Carrots are a favorite for juicing purposes. Put them through your
juicer one at a time and don't peel them.
Carrot drinks taste great all by themselves, but you can also use them
as a base for other fruits and vegetables too. Carrots and apples taste
wonderful together. Children love this combination taste treat!
2. Celery Juice
Celery should be cut into 3-4 inch sections and fed into your machine
at a steady pace.
3. Fresh Apple Drink
Just cut the apples into pieces that will fit into the feeding chamber.
You don't need to core them, although you might want to do so.
4. Melon Thirst Quencher
You'll need to remove the rinds but not the seeds. Most varieties of
melons are great for juicing.
5. Combo Drink
Add all different kinds of vegetables together, including tomatoes.
It's fun to experiment!
But don't put in vegetables or fruit that you
don't like to eat because your beverage won't taste good to you.
What kinds of juicers are available?
1. Centrifugal-ejection machines
These are good for most uses.
2. Low-speed masticating juicers
These do a better job juicing spinach and wheatgrass.
3. Twin gear juicers
These machines work in two stages. First the fruits and vegetables are
crushed and then the juice is pressed out. You get a higher quality drink
because of this process, but twin gear machines are slower than the other
juicers.
4. Citrus juicers
If you're just squeezing lemons, oranges and grapefruit, this is the
one for you.
The better the machine, the longer the warranty. The inexpensive
juicers aren't made to withstand daily use. A powerful motor extracts
juice faster with less strain. Centrifugal juicers should have a motor
rating of at least 450-watts. Machines that use a slow, grinding motor
speed (masticating and double-auger models) don't need as much
wattage.
If making your own energy-packed juice isn't in your arsenal of health
weapons yet,
it should be.
Step up your energy to a much higher level by juicing your way to
vibrant health!
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