Friday, February 3, 2012

JUICING: LEARN HOW TO START JUICING

Juicing lets you get a lot of nutrition into your diet without eating tons of fruits and veggies. There are many health benefits to juicing. You can make juices in many ways, and using a wide variety of ingredients. Read the article below for some tips on juicing.
When you're trying to drop some excess weight, a fresh pineapple juice is a great thing to make with your juicer. Try adding apples and berries with the pineapple to create some excellent mixes. Putting in equal amounts of water and juice will reduce calories and give you more servings. Putting ice in your pineapple juice is a good option.
If you're going to be juicing with dark, leafy greens, throw some cucumber into the mix. While leafy greens are rich in nutrients, they don't make for the tastiest of juices. A bit of cucumber can add a light refreshing taste that will improve the flavor of the leafy greens. It also has a ton of nutrients in it, especially if you include the skin.
You should store your green leafy vegetables in air tight bags to keep them fresh prior to making juice. Wash and dry them thoroughly prior to putting them in the bags.
It's fine to prepare juice to store in the fridge, but you must take care to prevent it from turning a different color. No one wants to drink juice that has gone from a bright color to grey or brown. To prevent color change, simply add a few teaspoons of lemon juice into the juices you plan on storing in the fridge. The flavor will not be overwhelmed from the lemon and the juice will maintain that bright fresh look.
Keep the juicer out on your kitchen counter so that you see it every day. This will keep you more aware of it and the fact that you need to use it regularly. When your juicer is out where you can see it, you'll be more likely to use it regularly.
Add some freshly grated ginger to your juice for an amazing boost of flavor and health benefits. Ginger has a nice, unusual flavor and can help to cover up some of the more unpleasant juice tastes. Also, research has shown that ginger can help to reduce blood pressure, prevent atherosclerosis and have other cardiovascular benefits.
Savor the juice, and drink it slowly. Pay attention to all the different flavors by drinking juices slowly. Leave the juice in your mouth so that it can blend with your saliva, beginning the digestion process.
To get the most nutrients out of your juicing efforts, use greens like chard, parsley, kale, spinach and broccoli. The idea here is to use leafy greens not for their flavor, but for their health benefits. So use at least 50% leafy greens and then supplement other items for flavor. When you make juices primarily of fruit, they tend to be less healthy as they have much more sugar than those juices made with mostly greens.
Juicing from leafy greens are loaded with good nutrients, but unfortunately they often have an unpalatable taste. This is actually not true. Juice can be made tasty with the addition of many varieties of nutritious ingredients. Limes can make the juice sour; apples can make it sweeter.
Not only is juicing a fun activity, it is highly beneficial as well. The techniques you have read here will help you get the most from your juicing. Use the ideas in this article. As you begin experimenting with juicing, you'll be amazed at how much more healthy you feel.

NOTE: Please visit our juicing for health website for more tips and information

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