Better Raw Food Health Through Juicing
I have always been one of those folks that likes to make sacrifices in order 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.
I always played sports and been active, kept my weight in line, and have always gotten a good health check from the doctor.
But, then I found out about something that changed all that. I have just been reading a book called, “The China Study” which is basically making me rethink the “diet” portion of the equation for better health and I am now seriously pondering whether I am really on the right path to optimal health.
According to “The China Study,” which is a superb, understandable research-based book quoting over 700 scientific studies, animal protein, including eggs, milk and beef, isn’t the cure for good health and muscle-growth that we’ve all been led to believe. I was totally surprised to learn that skim milk isn’t a super-food when it comes to robust bones, teeth and muscles. In fact, the writer is forced to decide that - much to his disappointment since he grew up on a dairy farm - a diet free from animal protein is truly optimal for boosting our health and reducing the signs of aging.
The China Study book recommends a vegan diet loaded in unprocessed plant-based foods.
Many advocates to this philosophy take this approach one step further and focus on 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 is where a robust juicer can solve your issues. Making juice out of your fruits, veggies and greens with the Breville Juice Fountain Elite is a good way to mix your fruits and vegetables into a fresh, tasty and mouth-watering drink that might guarantee you get all the nourishment you would like, even if you don’t have time to sit down to “a healthy breakfast” of bacon and eggs.
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’ve got 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 daily juicing, they are hard to use because they are under powered, or they just don’t clean-up well.
The Breville Juice Fountain Elite solves all of these issues. It is made to be a top-of-the-line juicer for folks who make juice every day and need a quick-and-simple way to make their juice. In reality, you can produce an 8-oz cup of juice in under 5 seconds. And since the juicer takes big pieces of apple, carrot and other hard fruits down the fruit-chute - you don’t have to do much cutting to prepare to make your juice. The juicer even does a nice job with leafy or stringy products like lettuce and celery. Including vegetables like this in your juice recipes will definitely enhance their nutritive value.
If you are prepared to make some changes in your diet to become healthier, more energetic, and perhaps increase your longevity - commence with including more fruits and veg. Like the Omnivore’s Dilemma advocates - Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants.
Start with tasty juice from local organic produce made with the Breville Juice Fountain Elite.