Don’t juice fruits (too much acid and sugar), juice veggies. [1]
A juicer is your secret weapon for good health and longevity. By juicing a selection of vegetables each day, you can dramatically increase your intake of natural enzymes and antioxidants, which arrest the ageing process and prevent against disease. Author Maria Costantino says:
‘We know we should eat five portions of fruits and vegetables a day but most of us don’t. Instead, we undermine the value of our food by eating too much of the wrong kinds and too little of the right kinds. In the USA, for example, the average adult manages just one and a half portions of fruits and vegetables a day, while in Britain, a remarkable 65% of the population eat only one portion. No wonder we moan about being tired, run down, sick and lacking in ‘joie de vivre’.’ [2]
Vegetable juices assist in alkalising the body, which in turn floods the body with oxygen.[3] Organic green veggies, in particular, are loaded with chlorophyll, iron, the correct (fine) calcium and numerous vitamins, minerals and amino acids. Remember, greens are what turn baby gorillas into big ones. They also turn big gorillas in the classroom into meeker, more subservient versions of their knuckle-dragging predecessors without the need for chemical strait-jackets like Ritalin.[4]
While juicing is no substitute for eating the organic
whole-foods themselves, it’s a great way to pack nutrient-dense structures into
the body free of pesticides, nitrates, preservatives and other junk. Juices
taste great! One glass a day – perhaps two, but no more. Ideal if you are doing
the no-breakfast, juice-before-noon routine (see Free up Your Digestive
Cycles)
I heartily recommend Maria Costantino’s excellent juicing ‘bible’, The Handbook of Energy Drinks.[5] In it, the author lays out dozens of easy-to-prepare juices that run the gamut from the fibrous righteous to the flat-out illegal. With the righteous ones, she catalogues the nutritional benefits and makes recommendations for particular ailments. Also covered are little snippets on each vegetable itself, along with a thumbnail sketch of their history. Nice.
In Summary: Juicing is an invaluable way to
supplement your diet. Don’t completely shy away from fruit juices, just be
diligent in the amount you consume and when you consume them. Use veggies as
your chief bulwark. Give peas a chance!
Resources:
Easy Health Cyclone Juicer (electric)
Books:
(click here if outside the
UK)
Simple
Changes – Your 100 Ways to a Happier, Healthier Life by Phillip Day
The Handbook of Energy Drinks by Maria Costantino
Sprouts, the Miracle Food by Steve Meyerowitz
[1] Fruit, consumed sparingly in its whole-food form, assists the body towards an alkaline state. Concentrated fruit juice is acidic. Rule of thumb: Don’t drink more of the juice than you would eat of the fruit.
[2] Costantino, Maria The Handbook of Energy Drinks, Silverdale Books, 2004
[3] Day, Phillip, Cancer: Why We’re
Still Dying to Know the Truth, op. cit.
[4] Day, Phillip The Mind Game, op. cit.
[5] Available through www.credence.org