| Fruits and vegetables are being studied in the medical | | | | National Cancer Institute recommends eating five |
| community, because of compounds known as | | | | servings of vegetables and three of fruits each day. |
| phytochemicals, which have a wide range of | | | | However, the average American eats only 1 1/2 |
| disease-fighting properties. Coincidentally, many of the | | | | servings of vegetables and less than one serving of |
| phytochemicals that nutritional researchers are | | | | fruit per day. Juicing is an excellent way to |
| focusing their attention on are the enzymes that play | | | | incorporate more raw fruit and vegetables into the |
| essential roles in protecting cells from damage. The | | | | diet easily and quickly. This is not meant as a |
| problem lies in the medical community's propensity to | | | | substitute for eating raw fruits and vegetables, but it |
| attempt to isolate which compounds actually aid in | | | | is helpful as a way to incorporate more of these |
| disease control. For example: A tomato, along with | | | | incredible foods into your diet. |
| vitamins C and A, also has 10,000 other chemicals in | | | | In addition to it's many other benefits, fresh raw |
| it, most which researchers are trying to isolate, | | | | juice is a tremendous source of enzymes. Enzymes |
| identify and study. Science has begun to find that | | | | are important because they are the main catalyst for |
| using an isolated nutrient has a much lower ability to | | | | chemical reactions which run your body. Raw juice by |
| heal and protect the body than the whole symphony | | | | definition has not been processed in any way, nor |
| of nutrients found naturally in the whole food. | | | | has it been heated or pasteurized. Pasteurization is |
| Therefore, we strongly recommend eating the fruits | | | | the process of heating the juice to kill bacteria, but it |
| or vegetables instead of a pill that isolates out a few | | | | also kills all of the beneficial enzymes in the juice. A |
| nutrients. And one of the best ways to distill out | | | | strong push for the pasteurization of fruit and |
| these nutrients is by juicing. | | | | vegetable juices comes from the fact that once the |
| Juicing is also a tremendous aid in detoxifying and | | | | juices are pasteurized they retain a much longer shelf |
| cleansing the body. Fresh juice naturally detoxifies and | | | | life. A juice that is 100% juice that can sit on the |
| heals the body by stimulating and healing the | | | | shelf for an extended period of time means one |
| elimination and detoxification organs such as the gall | | | | thing- that juice is now dead! All the beneficial living |
| bladder, liver, intestines and kidneys. It is also one of | | | | components of the juice have been destroyed. |
| the best ways to build healthy and powerful blood. | | | | In my opinion, the best way to consume fresh, raw |
| Fresh juice helps to concentrate large quantities of | | | | juice is go to a restaurant or shop that juices the |
| vitamins, minerals, enzymes and other life giving | | | | vegetables and fruit in front of you or better yet, do |
| nutrients that can be easily assimilated. Fresh fruit and | | | | it yourself! Consuming raw juice is one of the |
| vegetable juice is also highly alkalinizing which | | | | healthiest things that any person can do. Try to buy |
| facilitates the white blood cells to clean the blood and | | | | organic fruits and vegetables at local farmers |
| tissue of harmful bacteria, virus, and cancer cells. | | | | markets and wash them well. Then, include a diet of |
| Most people don't eat enough fruits and vegetables | | | | eating them whole as well as juicing them for |
| to reap the benefits they offer. For example, The | | | | maximum health benefits. You will love the results! |