Foods To Be Juiced

Juices offer us essential concentration of nutrients in the best proportion to nourish and synergise our body. The juices of fresh fruits and vegetables are the richest source of minerals, vitamins and enzymes. The less the food is processed, the more it retains its nutrients. Avoid  bottled, canned or frozen juices because they are usually preserved with chemicals which destroy the healthy nutrients.
Several glasses of juice per day are recommended : ideally, two to four glasses in addition to meals, provides good balance. An equal proportion of vegetable and fruit juice is advisable. Juicing or blending variety of raw vegetables together is a way to get maximum nutrient. You get 30% nutrient when vegetables are cooked end about 80% nutrient when juiced. Before extracting juice, remove the skin of oranges and grape fruit, as they contain toxic substance. We must remove apple seed as they also contain cyanide (acid) :carrot leaves are also believed to contain toxins.
Before extracting juice, wash the product well, remove damaged or unwanted portions. If you are fasting, always break the fast with a glass of fresh raw vegetable and fruit juice.

Juices of green and yellow vegetable, such as spinach, carrot, yellow pumpkins, contains Vitamin A riboflavin (vitamin B2) and Iron. Citrus fruits, tomato, and raw cabbage, provide ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) and Iron, if taken in form of juice or eaten raw . Tender leaf and stem of vegetables contain alkalis. Fresh fruit and vegetable juice cleanse and rejuvenate the human body. Research shows that people living on natural foods, like raw fruits and vegetables, thrive best without an ailment in the body.

Fruits and vegetable juices are very effective as they help remove the flaws from the body from their roots.

They help in detoxifying the body. Juice can be taken at any hour of the day, as they help to enhance energy level and relieve fatigue.
Juices from fruits and vegetables are health giving, life giving and strength renewing. One of the secrets of maintaining a youthful look is the continuous and persistent practice of the liquid extract of fruits and vegetables. Since juices are rich in nutrients, they make the best diet supplement. Water, mineral, vitamins, enzymes, work harmoniously to enable our body to heal, maintain good health, and stay free from diseases.

EQUIPMENTS FOR JUICING

1) Juice extractor (juicer)
2) Blender
3) Food processor
4) Mortal and pestle
5) Sieve

Foods that can be juiced :
1)VEGETABLES :
Spinach
Tete
Soko
Igbo
Worowo
Yanrin
Tomatoes
Carrot
Cucumber
Lettuce
Celery
Ugwu
Waterleaf
Cabbage
Beetroot
Brocolli
Palsy
Califlower
2)FRUIT :
Orange
Watermelon
Apple
Grapes
Mangoes
Banana
Pineapple

 

3)HERBS:
Garlic
Ginger
Tumeric

4)NUTS

Almond

Coconut

Let’s juice some fruits/vegetables and get a toast, Yum! ! !

 

 

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