With the summer season, we often go for juices as a simple and healthy option. In Ayurveda it is considered preferable to consume the whole fruit or vegetable, but during the summer season and as part of a balanced diet, it could be useful for you to juice rather that eat fruit and vegetables whole.
Let me share with you 3 reasons why.
1.Each of us needs raw foods every day, and juicing is an excellent way to make certain you receive large quantities of such raw foods, probably more than you normally would otherwise.
2.Many of us have relatively compromised intestines as a result of poor food choices over many years. This limits our bodies’ ability to absorb all the nutrients from fruits and vegetables. Juicing tends to facilitate this absorption.
3.A few glasses of fresh juice each day is a great way to increase the nutrient density of our diets. There aren’t too many people who manage to eat a pound of raw carrots a day. But anyone can squeeze in an eight-ounce glass of juice.
Fruit juicing is certainly good for you, but it has one disadvantage over vegetable juicing: fruit juice tends to increase insulin levels when consumed. Carrot or beet juice function similarly to fruit juice.
So now you’re ready to have more juice, remember the following:
Avoid store-bought juices
Processed juices bear very little resemblance to fresh juice, either nutritionally or aesthetically. Store-bought juices tend to be pasteurized, a process that involves heating the juice at very high temperatures to maximize shelf life. While pasteurization is necessary to prevent spoiling, it destroys many of the juice’s fragile vitamins.
Drink juice as fresh as possible
Juice is best drunk freshly juiced. Vegetable juice is one of the most perishable foods there is and ideally it would be best to drink all of your juice immediately. Within a half-hour is best. Juices stored in the refrigerator lose their nutritional value rather quickly. As soon as a fruit or vegetable is processed in your juicer, the natural enzymes in the juice begin to break down the other nutrients.
Go for variety
It is very important to not have the same vegetables every day. The chances are quite high that if you keep juicing the same vegetables for any significant length of time you will become allergic to them. Variety is king.
Exercise:
1. Start the day with a freshly squeezed juice or a glass of fresh almond milk for the next 3 weeks.
2. Share your comments and experiences below.
