Acai Drink Report

Juicing is an easy way to provide yourself with a high level of quality nutrition. It is a practice taken up by many people who are health conscious, who claim how great it is. So what is it about juicing we all rave about?

Three reasons that juicing is so beneficial are:

1) The juice does not require much digestion allowing for all the nutritional goodness to be processed rapidly by your system

2) When you juice, you use more fruits and vegetables than you could actually eat. As a result, you are drinking a densely packed amount of vitamins, minerals and other plant-based nutrients.

3) Juicing helps to detoxify your liver

Below are some health benefits you can expect from juicing:

Improving heart health and the cardiovascular system:

- Both antioxidant vitamins C and E prevent the damaging effect of free radicals on artery walls, they prevent blood from sticking and clotting as well as keeping the blood non-toxic. Good to great levels of vitamin C can be found in most vegetables and fruits. For vitamin E you can use blackberries, kiwi, asparagus and spinach in your juicer recipes.

- Potassium and magnesium are essential for proper heart function and a regular heart beat. Blackberries are a good source for both these minerals.

Detoxifying the liver ” this is fundamental for good health:

- The liver performs many important functions. To clean the blood, remove toxins, and remove metabolic waste is one of the livers main functions. We are exposed to so many toxins in our everyday life that we need to be very diligent in keeping our liver clean so it can help do the same for us!

- Liver cleansing is achieved through certain nutrients. Vitamin C and E, beta-carotene, and N-acetyl cysteine are antioxidants that are powerful liver cleansers. B-vitamins riboflavin and niacin also help with liver cleansing. Cauliflower, cabbage and brussel sprouts have also been found to be good for the liver.

- Helping with healthy skin, hair, nails and eyes:

- Vitamins C and E are great antioxidants that help to prevent damage to skin from sun exposure because they neutralize free radicals. Using both blackberries and blueberries together in juicing will provide you with an amazing source of both vitamins.

- Greasy hair, cracked lips, hair loss and other skin conditions may be from a deficiency in riboflavin or vitamin B2. Some vegetables such as kale, asparagus, and spinach in your juice will provide you with riboflavin or vitamin B2.

- The most important nutrient for keeping your eyes healthy is Vitamin A. In order to get Vitamin A in your diet you must first consume beta-carotene found in orange fruits and veggies. Beta-carotene is broken down and processed by our body and turned into vitamin A which is essential for the eye to properly function and to discourage night blindness. Both A and C vitamins help to reduce the chance of cataracts and age-related macular degeneration. Carrot juice is an awesome way to ingest both Vitamins A and C.

Blood cell rebuilding:

- Yep you read that right! Chlorophyll makes it possible to rebuild your blood cells and has many more health benefits, too many to list here!

Chlorophyll looks like similar to a part of the red blood cell hemin on the molecular level. Scientists have also found out that when chlorophyll is assimilated in the body it actually becomes hemin by the course of a chemical reaction. In other words, ingesting chlorophyll is like receiving a blood transfusion!

Chlorophyll is also a pigment that gives plants their green color. So put the green stuff in your juicer recipes! The darker the green, the more chlorophyll it contains.

Improving your immune system:

- Regular and varied juicing is the most beneficial way to give you adequate amounts of antioxidants important for healthy immune systems. The antioxidants from vegetables and fruits include vitamins plus a large range of chemicals called phytochemicals that are derived from plants. Phytochemicals have a variety of health benefits, the most notable being anti-cancer properties.