What is juicing?
Hippocrates said, “Let your medicine be your food and let your food be your medicine,”
The father of medicine gives an intriguing advice here. Think about it. Isn’t he advocating eating food that will protect and promote health rather than the junk that is popular these days? Do we really need man made concoctions to cleanse our bodies when we are blessed with wholesome organic fresh vegetables and fruits? Some call juice fasting “Nature’s operating table without a drop of blood.”
We have chosen to use juice fasting for our cleansing program mainly because we have tried various types of programs and found that those involving fresh fruits and fresh vegetables tend to give the best and safest benefits. Therefore the cleansing programs we generally use are based on fasting solid food at particular times and using certain fruits and vegetables and a few raw items at various stages of the program.
What is juicing?
Juicing generally refers to extracting juices from fresh vegetables, grass and fruits, either individually or in various combinations to make delicious juices that are bursting with micronutrients and phytochemicals. The health benefits of juicing for cleansing far exceed those of eating solid fruits and vegetables since these juices are more easily absorbed and assimilated by the body.
What are the benefits of juicing?
Juice fasting is one of the best ways to a cleansed body. It offers the benefits of fasting already discussed above, and much more. It supplies the body with super quality nutrients which are usually lacking in our daily diets. The right juices create an alkaline environment for your body’s cells and tissues so that they can start releasing waste products through the body’s various channels of elimination.
o Compared to eating whole vegetables and fruits, when cleansing you benefit more with juices since the body absorbs larger amounts of nutrients from juices. The only disadvantage is that you lose the fiber unless you incorporate it either in your juices or in sauces and soups.
Our juice fast uses most of the fiber from the fresh produce.
o As for processed and preserved foods, there is no comparison: I am sure by now you are aware that processed foods are dead foods. Processed food mainly gives you empty calories, lots of toxins and eventually free radicals. Raw fruits and vegetables contain many substances that enhance health, and juicing benefits the body by providing the most concentrated and readily absorbed source of these substances such as vitamins, minerals, enzymes and phytonutrients.
o Juices will also give you the carbohydrates you need in the simplest, beneficial form, provided you space them wisely (if you are juice fasting or cleansing).
o Juicing provides lots of water needed both for hydration and cleansing
o The bountiful supply of enzymes from your juices helps in converting food into energy. Enzymes therefore play an important role in increasing your metabolic rate.
o Antioxidants and other phytonutrients rid you of toxins and also ensure that your immune system is renewed. They protect you from disease and promote your health.
o Juicing will contribute to better skin as the antioxidants will help to slow down wrinkles and other skin blemishes by combating the damaging effects that free radicals have on skin and muscle.
o Juicing also has other anti-aging effects and also slows down degenerative diseases
Juicing reduces the stress which processed foods put on your digestive and elimination organs. It gives them (e.g. the stomach, pancreas, intestines and gallbladder) their the much deserved rest while allowing your liver and the other elimination organs (the colon and kidneys) to catch up on their internal cleansing and detoxification.
o In the long run, juicing will save money, time and pain, common denominators in today’s medical and drug oriented society!
o As juicing helps to detoxify and rid of stored waste and toxins, it increases vitality, longevity and well being.
Our program combines the benefits of juicing and the benefits of fasting to make a juice fast. This forms the foundation of our cleansing program. But you are free to choose any other fast. Only remember to follow the same steps for a successful cleanse
