Juicing, Juicer Recipes and what they can do for you!
One of the benefits of taking in the heat of the long summer days is to appreciate just how good even vegetable juice can be. The icy cold plethora of vegetables and fruits moulded in the form of a shiny, colorful, natural liquid is the topmost blessing of the summer. Besides providing victory on our thirst-quenching quests, juices come with the additional health benefits that the coca colas and the pepsi’s of this world lack.
This article will list down some great juicer recipes, their health benefits and the benefits of regular juice intake. Juicing is obviously not as complicated as cooking. All that is needed is to cut up a bunch of natural fruits and vegetables, put them in a juicer and press away on the “shake” button. However, there may, sometimes, be some tips and tricks involved. Below are summarized three excellent juicer recipes for open trial:
The Green in The Juice:
This recipe requires 4 carrots, 2 stalks of celery, 1 cup of broccoli heads and 1 slice of fresh ginger root. The juice that will come out will be quite alkaline. The carrots will provide great taste and the ginger will help in digestion. Spinach or apples may also be added and these ingredients mixed around with to explore tastes. This kind of juice is wonderfully effective in curing Heartburn.
Fruit Haven:
For this recipe, you’ll need 1 papaya, 1 guava and 2 mangoes. This juice will possibly taste quite great. The papaya is the key here. It has the enzyme papain that is great for assisting in digestion and heartburn.
Fruit Medley:
For this recipe, you’ll need 3 apples, 1 cup of green grapes (seedless) and 1 peeled lemon. This will be delicious. Using a juice extractor, press all three ingredients together and then whisk to combine them. Fruits have a lot of health benefit in them.
Ginger, apple and the Pine (Apple):
For this this recipe, you need a half inch fresh ginger, 1 cup fresh pineapple with the skin removed and 1 sliced. Just juice the apple and the gineger together. After that, juice the pineapple and then serve it away.
Filling in the Potassium:
This is a vegetable-centered recipe as you might have guessed. You’ll need the following ingredients for this:
1 Apple, a handful of fresh spinach, a handful of fresh parsley, 1 stalk of celery, 4 medium carrots with the greens removed, 1/2 lemon (peeled)
Just put all of these ingredients in the juicer and you’ll have a fresh, full cup of potassium juice! Drink away to your heart’s fulfillment.
Deliciously White:
This is a unique recipe and you’ll enjoy this quite a bit. Forllowing are the ingredients required:
1 small garlic, 1/2 to 1 tablespoon of honey, 1/2 to 1 cup of water, 1/2 to 1 cup of almonds or cashews, 1/2 teaspoon sea salt, Vinegar for taste, Cold Pressed Olive oil and 1/2 juiced lemon.
You’ll need to soak the almonds or the cashews in the night then rinse and drain them. Gather together all of the ingredients – except the olive oil – in a strong blender. When the blending is going on, dribble the olive oil slowly into the mix. After this is done, then store this in a glass jar in the refrigerator for up to one week.
These are some of the recipes that were chosen for this article. Next, in order to boost up your motivation to actually drink SOME juice that might not taste as good, here are 10 general benefits of juicing:
1. Juicing requires minimal digestive effort. Hence, it is light, easy and healthy for your stomach.
2.Juicing provides you with an amalgamation of different vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. Hence, it is beneficial in the sense that you get maximized nutrients from fruits and vegetables that would otherwise have been difficult to obtain (by eating fruits and vegetables directly)
3.Juicing helps in rebuilding red blood cells. This is mostly accomplished by using “green” juices e.g. grass juice – one brilliantly effective drink. The green plants contain chlorophyll which, when assimilated into the body, becomes like hemim. Essentially, cholorophyll almost looks exactly like hemin on a molecular level. Hence, the more cholorophyll intake there is, the more, well, blood transfusion you get! That is, indeed, quite brilliant!
4.Juicing helps to cleanse the liver. Vegetables such as cabbage, cauliflower and brussel sprouts have proven great in accomplishing this purpose. Nutrients such as Vitamin C, E and B as well as beta-carotene antioxidants are great for cleansing the liver. Milk supplements also help in this regard so “fruit milk shakes” are great for this purpose.
5.Juicing provides you with increased levels of energy. The accumulation of vitamins and minerals of several sorts prove vital in this regard.
6.Juicing alkalizes your system. This is especially useful for people who suffer from stomach acidity and generally tend to have painful mouth sores. Vegetables are key in this regard as they are mostly alkaline. Fruits, on the other hand, are generally more acidic in nature. Alkalization of the system provides several health benefits such as better digestion, better heart and brain function and improved joint function.
7.Juicing improves your heart health. And this is not some made-up story. Fruits such as the blackberry has pottassium and magnesium in it that provides proper heart function and regular heart beats. Both vitamin C and E prevent blood from becoming sticky, clotting or toxic. This is essential for a smooth cardiovascular system. Vitamins C and E are excessively found in kiwi, blackberries and spinach. An internet search might also prove useful in locating which vitamins are included where.
8.Juicing improves your immune system. Regular jucing provides you with a healthy amount of antioxidants that smoothen the working of the immune system. These antioxidants are basically the vitamins A, C and E and a wide array of plant chemicals known as phytochemicals. Phytochemicals provide amazing health benefits.
9.Juicing helps to prevent skin damage. Again, the Vitamins C and E prevent skin damage from sun exposure. Juice some berries together to get this benefit.
10.Jucing helps to reduce hair loss, greasy skin and dry lips. Vitamin B2, found in spinach, kale and asparagus, is vital in accomplishing this. Plus the Vitamin A, found in orange colored fruits and vegetables provide a source of health for the eyes.
It can be seen from the above that juicing is a vital component of a healthy lifestyle. Basically, juicing is for the whole family and many similar recipes can be found on the Internet apart from the few tasty and healthy ones mentioned above. The time is ripe to buy some fruits and vegetables and sip away the days of the summer in icily healthy oblivion! Mere words can describe this much =)
