| Why drink freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices or fruit smoothies? Freshly squeezed, unpasteurised, additive free fruit and vegetable juice is probably the most efficient provider of energy giving, health enhancing crucial nutrients available. Raw juice contains the vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes and natural sugars in a natural form that your body recognises and can easily assimilate. It is these nutrients and trace elements which are the ‘fuel of renewal’ for our hugely complicated bodies from which we demand more and more. A hectic working and social life can leave us looking drawn and feeling flat. Modern processed food, and pollution in the air only make things worse. Traditional stimulants, while effective in the short term, are now more often blamed for adding to stress and fatigue. Doctors and nutritionists are increasingly recommending people reduce their intake of caffeine and sugar to reduce the tiring side effects. At the same time, those researching the causes of serious illness are pointing the finger at poor diet as being a major contributing factor. Fresh raw fruit and vegetables are the richest source of rejuvenating antioxidants which neutralise damaging reactive molecules known as Free Radicals. Free Radicals are unstable compounds formed by the body which react with other chemicals and damage cells. They are believed to contribute to aging, cancer and heart desease. Vitamin pills only contain those nutrients scientists have been able to identify, in artificial form and in doses which do not reflect the incredibly subtle combinations found in raw food. The powerful nutrients that give you that feeling of renewed energy and well-being have long gone from processed, preserved and pasteurised drinks available in bottles at shops and supermarkets. Even though we try to follow new Health Department recommendations to eat more fresh vegetables, these are usually cooked and greatly depleted in efficacy. Eat five raw carrots and two apples in one exciting, thirst quenching, cooling and exhilarating drink. Then think about the shiny hair, bright eyes, strong nails and glowing skin that result from a healthy diet. A glass of fresh fruit or vegetable juice, or whole fruit blended into a smoothie, is not only the best thing for your body, but also the most enjoyable. Don’t gulp your juice down, take pleasure in it and savour each drop. Sip it slowly and allow your body to digest its goodness. Discover a new and juicier you. |   |