How to Make a Delicious Juice or Smoothie

How To Make Fresh Juices & Smoothies Are Easier Than You Think!

Juicing and blending are the simple processes of transforming fresh fruits and vegetables as well as herbs and spices into a delicious drink. The best part is that special juice and smoothie recipes can directly target your nutritional concerns whether it’s weight loss, more energy, healthier skin, a better night’s sleep, more satisfying sex, anti-aging, or a host of illnesses including diabetes, heart disease, cancer, asthma and many many more!

Why A Fresh Juice or Smoothie?

More and more people are turning to juicing and smothies to improve their health. Studies show that drinking fresh juice increases energy and reduces the risk of developing many of the common health problems we face today. And it’s the most convenient way to get all of your daily requirements of fruits and vegetables. I even save money because a glass of fresh juice each day gives me more nutrients than the best vitamin and mineral supplements.

Why Not Just Eat Raw Fruits & Veggies?

There are benefits to drinking your daily recommended serving of veggies and fruits instead of eating them as solid raw foods. Liquids are absorbed by the body more quickly and completely, because absorption of the many vitamins, minerals and other nutrients starts right away as soon as the liquid enters the mouth. Whereas, the same nutrients in the form of solid food take a slower path of absorption through the stomach and intestines.

I Cook Using Fresh Foods – Why Isn’t That Enough?

Cooked food is simply not as nutritious as its raw form. For instance, enzymes play a key role in metabolism and are chiefly found in raw foods, but most are lost when cooked, processed or preserved. This is particularly true for bottled juice which must by law be pasteurized in order to be commercially sold. So many nutrients are destroyed by pasteurization including most enzymes. These are essential for converting food into body tissue and energy. Enzymes are particularly important for those trying to lose weight: they help the body to burn more calories which assists in weight loss.

Amazing Benefits

Increased energy and weight loss are not the only benefits of fresh juices and smoothies. Recent research suggests that drinking fresh juice and smoothies can also delay the effects of aging. Specifically, fresh fruits and vegetables contain compounds known as antioxidants which neutralize free radicals in your body. Free radicals are chiefly responsible not only for aging, but also for many degenerative diseases such as cataracts, high blood pressure and even cancer.

Fight Disease

Let’s explore how juicing and smoothies fight one of our most common and chronic diseases: diabetes. Recent research indicates that raw fruits and vegetables are super foods for diabetics because they nourish the body while stabilizing blood sugar levels in ways that cooked food cannot. In the past, doctors cautioned people with diabetes to stay away from sugar of any kind, even those found in fresh fruits and vegetables. That recommendation has been proven wrong.

Researchers have found that specific nutrients such as vitamins A, B, E and the minerals iron and potassium which are abundant in fresh fruits and vegetables aid in naturally managing this disease. Specifically, vitamin B7 which is found in mangoes, nectarines and peaches aids in digestion and activates enzymes, a key process for diabetics. Additionally, manganese which is found in celery, garlic, carrots, cruciferous vegetables, parsley, spinach and beet greens helps reduce insulin resistance overall and improve the metabolism of sugar.

Delicious Juice & Smoothie Recipes

A great resource for recipes that help you lose weight, boost energy, fight the effects of aging and even target diseases is a new recipe book based on the latest research Juice & Smoothie Recipes That Heal! You can find it in the box on the right.

Juicing and smoothies are a simple way to optimize your health and energy. Plus you can make your own recipes and tweek them to satisfy your specific taste or health needs. What a wonderful way to combat your health challenges by drinking a fresh and all-natural juice or smoothie that you easily made yourself! I also found that the first time I started juicing I discovered entirely new sections of my local supermarket, and produce I had never seen before! So start your juice and smoothie adventure today!

You can easily begin with an inexpensive juicier or blender sold online or at your local kitchen supply store. Any juicier or blender will do, but if you’re interested in what’s best among the hundreds of models available I have some recommendations for you in juicer reviews.