How And Why To Eat More Raw Fruits And Vegetables When You’re Short On Time
I have always been one of those people who likes to make sacrifices to be “healthy.” You figure an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Although I haven’t ever had any major health problems, I believe that diet and exercise play a critical role in helping us maintain our well being and increase our longevity. In truth, I started working out in 6th grade, after my father thought it would be good for us all to get in better shape.
Since then, I have played sports in school and have always been active, kept my weight in line, and received a good health check from the doctor. In fact, I thought I was doing pretty darn well.
But I have just been reading a book called “The China Study” which is actually making me reconsider the “diet” portion of the equation and ponder whether I am on the right track.
According to “The China Study,” which is a wonderful, comprehensible, research-based book citing over seven hundred systematic studies, there is ample evidence to support the hypothesis that animal protein, including eggs, milk and meat, isn’t the solution to good health and muscle-growth that we have all been led to believe. I was fully stunned to find out that skim milk is not a super-food when it comes to strong bones, teeth and muscles. In fact, the author points out that in the face of all his own research studies (and much to his dissatisfaction since he grew up on a dairy farm) he has switched to a vegan diet. He now believes a diet free from animal protein is actually perfect for boosting our health and reducing the symptoms of aging.
The China Study book endorses a vegan diet based on unprocessed plant-based foods. You can’t be a “junk food vegan” filling up on oil and white flour and other processed foods. Plant based foods means things you can recognize, like fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
Many adherents to this philosophy take this approach one step further and target eating raw plant foods, forgoing things like rice, barley, pasta, etc.
One of the hardest issues to deal with when preparing and eating lots of plants is that it can just plain take a particularly long time. Cutting, washing, for example is definitely a laborious process. Especially after you begin to have a look at incorporating plants like lettuce, spinach, kale, and celery – which seem especially tedious to wash and dry. We need them, though: greens that are important to our growth.
That’s where a powerful juicer can solve your issues. Making juice out of your vegetables and fruit with the Breville Juice Fountain Elite is an excellent way to combine your fruits and fruit into a fresh, nutritious and mouth watering drink which may guarantee you get all the nutrition you need, even if you are on the go.
Consider tasty juice recipes like apple-cinnamon cider, carrot juice, or even your own version of V-8. Green smoothies made with bananas and spinach are a fave raw-food vegan classic – the fruit is inexpensive, the taste is great and it’s vitamin-packed!
If you have a regular blender (for making margaritas!), or perhaps a name-brand juicer like Jack LaLanne’s from TV, you can find that they do not hold up to regular juicing, they’re tough juicing, they are tough to use because they are under powered, or they just don’t clean-up well.
The Breville Juice Fountain Elite solves all these problems. It is German-engineered to be a top-of the line juicer for folks who make juice each day and need a quick-and-simple way to make their juice. Essentially, you can produce an 8-oz tumbler of juice in under five seconds and because the juicer takes BIG chunks of apple, carrot and other hard fruits – you do not have to do much slicing. THe juicer even does a pleasant job with leafy or stringy products like lettuce and celery. Including veggies like this in your juice will actually increase their nutritional value.
If you’re ready to make some changes in your diet – begin with including more fruits and veg. Like the Omnivore’s Dilemma recommends – Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants.
Start your program for better health and nutrition with juicy juice from local organic produce made with the Breville Juice Fountain Elite.