Vegetable Juicing recipes and Benefits
Homemade vegetable juicing recipes are the pinnacle of health drinks. Commercial juice and other drinks simply cannot measure up to drinking juice fresh from the juicing machine. Nutrition dies off with time and some nutrients are more time sensitive than others. Vitamin C and living enzymes are examples of nutrients that can quickly die off once a fresh fruit is juiced. Here are some great vegetable juicing recipes you can make at home along with some of the health benefits they can provide.
Carrot Juice
8-10 large carrots
Wash and top carrots before juicing, carrot stems contain toxic substances so topping carrots is important. I recommend using organic carrots because the pesticides sprayed on non-organic produce are toxic to our cells and can cause cancer and degenerative diseases. If you are not using organic then it is better to peel the carrots. The peel is where the majority of pesticides congregate.
Carrots are the best source of beta-carotene known to date. Beta-carotene is an antioxidant of the carotenoid family and can help protect us from cancer and heart disease. One study found that elderly people who eat
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