The Health Benefits Of Juicing
Posted by Tracey Lamond | Under Health & Fitness Friday Feb 12, 2010The health benefits of juicing is not something we have learned recently. Through the ages, civilisation have been making their own fruit juices and have realized their health benefits. With increasing health issues in society such as obesity, cancer and heart disease the need to increase our fruit and vegetable intake has never been greater.
Benefits from Juicing:
The Centre for Disease Control recommends consuming around five to nine servings of fruit and vegetables per day. By drinking juices you can achieve these recommendations quite easily. it is also a fun and refreshing way of getting your quota and kids love them also.
Juicing allows the nutrients to be absorbed. Normally, most of the important nutrients such as vitamins, phytochemicals and vitamins are trapped in the fibrous tissues and cannot be broken down and released in the gut. Juicing breaks down these fibrous elements and allows these nutrients to be released and quickly absorbed into the body.
Energy conservation: All the nutrients in juices are readily absorbed without the body using up energy to first digest the food. This conservation of energy allows it to be used in more beneficial roles such as fighting infections, healing and detoxification. As juices are a great source of water they are also perfect for keeping you hydrated and also for maintaining the bodies alkalinity.
Detoxification and cleansing: You will find many fruit juices have a laxative effect which is good for helping the transit of toxins through and out of the body. In turn this cleansing and subsequent detoxification allows the body work better and also maintains a more stable metabolism.
Antioxidant properties. Many vegetables are high in antioxidants which are often lost if the vegetables are processed. Juicing maintains these chemicals and their properties. Antioxidants are important for destroying free radicals which are responsible for cell damage and chronic diseases.
Chlorophyll: This chemical is beneficial to the body and is only found in plants. It encourages the synthesis of hemoglobin and subsequently improves the transport of oxygen to the cells in the body.
Drinking fruit juices regularly provides many benefits. They can help with reducing the risk of developing chronic diseases and also increase the efficiency and functioning of the body.
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