Juicing: What is this all about?

We've all seen the infomercials with the old muscular guys with the particularly orange tans and bright white teeth ranting and raving over their juicer and how this magical green juice will fight cancer and help you live to be 120. Well, I have to say everything I am learning about in this new venture points to this juice as the cure all. I've read story after story, such as an orthopedic surgeon from San Francisco who developed breast cancer and was on her death bed when she began a juice fast and within 8 months her tumor which was the size of grapefruit completely dissolved and she is now 74 and living cancer free.  Jay Kordich, also known as "The Juice Man" came down with bladder cancer at age 25; he also began a juice fast and was healed of his cancer within 8 months. A woman with Fibromyalgia who couldn't get out of bed began juicing and within 3 months she was up and about. So what is it about this juice that makes it so powerful for the body?

A few explanations are phytochemicals, chlorophyll and enzymes all found in plants.   For example, citrus fruits have a substance that make it easier for your body to remove carcinogens, grapes contain a phytochemical that appears to protect each cell's DNA from damage and many green vegetables contain phytochemicals that appear to protect against cancer causing substances. Juicing also adds chlorophyll to your daily diet.  Chlorophyll enhances the body's ability to produce hemoglobins which is a substance in the blood that is responsible for transporting oxygen.  Fresh juice also delivers enzymes to your body which are your body's work force. Enzymes are essential for digestion and absorption of food. Enzymes are destroyed by heat so therefore every time you cook your food above 114 degrees you cook the enzymes right out of it. Another reason to pass on the containers of juice at the grocery store.  All juices that are placed in a container, think Ocean Spray, have to go through a sterilization process which cooks the juice at 180 degrees.  Also, a majority of the juices sit in a warehouse for up to two years before they land on your local market's shelves; even the organic juices. Yuck!

Overall, juicing fights disease, increases your metabolic rate, enhances your immune system and contains anti-aging benefits.

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