The Benefits of Juicing

You have undoubtedly seen photos of Harvest Moon staff members pouring a rich colorful blend of juiced fruits and veggies into a skinny glass or convenient to-go cup; you most likely know that their juicing machine is always available morning, noon, and night for their beloved customers, but do you know the benefits of juicing?

Consulting The Garden Herb Shop, they gave me these points to consider when pondering the question, does juicing really make a difference? The answer was a resounding yes, and here is some reasoning behind their answer:

1. Juicing helps you absorb all the nutrients from the vegetables, which is important because most of us have impaired digestion as a result of making less-than-optimal food choices over many years. This limits your bodies ability to absorb all the nutrients from the vegetables. Juicing will help to "pre-digest" them for you, so you will receive most of the nutrition, rather than having it go down the toilet.

Consider it like an organic IV that puts the nutrients directly into your bloodstream. If your body is in dire need of nutrients, drinking juiced veggies is the best option.

2. Juicing allows you to consume an optimal amount of vegetables in an efficient manner. If you are a carb type, you should eat one pound of raw vegetables per 50 pounds of body weight per day. Some people may find eating that many vegetables difficult, but it can be easily accomplished with a quick glass of vegetable juice.

Eating a plate of vegetables is much easier said than done, right? The way is made easy by juicing.

You can add a wider variety of vegetables in your diet. Many people eat the same vegetable salads every day. This violates the principle of regular food rotation and increases your chance of developing an allergy to a certain food. But with juicing, you can juice a wide variety of vegetables that you may not normally enjoy eating whole.

A person's approach to vegetables may be indicative of how health conscious they truly are. It is my opinion that the person who is truly health-conscious will, in part, gorge themselves on a broad variety of veggies. Peas, carrots, potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumbers, tomatoes, corn, all kinds of beans, eggplants, cabbages, olives, onions, asparagus, artichokes, garlic, peppers, spinach, squashes, turnips, and anything else I forgot to mention. There is a great list of veggies out there with numerous nutritional benefits (including protein) that unfortunately get overlooked.

Do some research for yourself and give it a try. I implore you to also come into Harvest Moon and try a juice or two before you spend the money on a juicer (You can watch them juice it yourself!), and be sure to talk to The Garden Herb Shop folk about juicing as well. 

ABC News on juicing
Livestrong on juicing
NaturalNews on juicing

Until next time.

~The Harvest Crier~