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An easy way to give your body a high level of great nutrition is by juicing. Many health conscious people have already taken up juicing and praise how wonderful it is. You might now be asking, what is this juicing and what is so great about it?

Three reasons that juicing is so beneficial are:

1) The juice does not require much digestion allowing for all the nutritional goodness to be processed rapidly by your system

2) When you use a juicer you create a drink that is packed full of vitamins and minerals. Juicing allows you to use more fruits and vegetables than you could ever eat in a day therefore providing a great benefit you are missing out on.

3) Detoxify your liver

Below are some health benefits you can expect from juicing:

Improving heart health and the cardiovascular system:

- Antioxidants vitamins E and C help to prevent damage from free radicals on arteries by preventing your blood from sticking and clotting. They also keep the blood non-toxic. Vitamin C is found in most vegetables and fruit and vitamin E is found in blackberries, asparagus, kiwi and spinach used in juicer recipes.

- Magnesium and Potassium are essential minerals needed for a regular heart beat and proper heart function. A great source for both minerals are blackberries.

Liver detoxification is essential for good health:

- The liver has 100s of important functions. One of its main functions is to clean the blood and remove toxins and metabolic waste. With the amount of toxins we are dealing with everyday in modern life we need to be real diligent in helping to keep it clean so it can keep us clean!

- Specific nutrients are required for cleansing the liver. Antioxidants such as beta-carotene, vitamins C and E, and N-acetyl cysteine are amazing liver cleansers. Also aiding in liver cleansing are niacin and B-vitamins riboflavin. Vegetables such as cabbage, cauliflower and brussel sprouts are known to be great cleansers for the liver.

- For help with healthy skin, nails, eyes, and hair:

- The antioxidants vitamins E and C prevent damage to the skin from the sun because of their ability to neutralize free radicals. Juicing blueberries and blackberries will give you a great source of both vitamins C and E if used together.

- Greasy hair, cracked lips, hair loss and other skin conditions may be from a deficiency in riboflavin or vitamin B2. Some vegetables such as kale, asparagus, and spinach in your juice will provide you with riboflavin or vitamin B2.

- The most important nutrient for keeping your eyes healthy is Vitamin A. In order to get Vitamin A in your diet you must first consume beta-carotene found in orange fruits and veggies. Beta-carotene is broken down and processed by our body and turned into vitamin A which is essential for the eye to properly function and to discourage night blindness. Both A and C vitamins help to reduce the chance of cataracts and age-related macular degeneration. Carrot juice is an awesome way to ingest both Vitamins A and C.

Blood cell rebuilding:

- Yes thats right! This is made possible by the incredibly healthy chlorophyll, which would need an article of its own to give justice to its health benefits!

Under a microscope, chlorophyll looks almost identical a component of the red blood cell called hemin. When you assimilate chlorophyll, scientists have discovered that by way of a chemical shift, the chlorophyll actually becomes hemin. Broken down in layman’s terms, this basically means you are getting a blood transfusion when you take chlorophyll.

The reason plants are green is because of chlorophyll. This is why it is so important to put green vegetables in your juicer recipes! It is important to note that the darker the green, the more chlorophyll that vegetable contains.

Improving your immune system:

- Regular and varied juicing is the most beneficial way to give you adequate amounts of antioxidants important for healthy immune systems. The antioxidants from vegetables and fruits include vitamins plus a large range of chemicals called phytochemicals that are derived from plants. Phytochemicals have a variety of health benefits, the most notable being anti-cancer properties.

An easy way to give your body a high level of great nutrition is by juicing. Many health conscious people have already taken up juicing and praise how wonderful it is. You might now be asking, what is this juicing and what is so great about it?

Well, there are 3 main reasons why juicing is so beneficial :

1) The juice requires hardly any digestion, so all its nutritional goodness gets rapidly into your system.

2) Juicing requires you to use more fruits and/or vegetables that you could eat in a day resulting in a drink that is densely packed with vitamins, minerals and other plant nutrients.

3) Detoxify your liver

The following points are some of the health benefits received from juicing:

Improving heart health and the cardiovascular system:

- Antioxidants vitamins E and C help to prevent damage from free radicals on arteries by preventing your blood from sticking and clotting. They also keep the blood non-toxic. Vitamin C is found in most vegetables and fruit and vitamin E is found in blackberries, asparagus, kiwi and spinach used in juicer recipes.

- Magnesium and Potassium are essential minerals needed for a regular heart beat and proper heart function. A great source for both minerals are blackberries.

Detoxify the liver for fundamental good health:

- The liver has 100s of important functions. One of its main functions is to clean the blood and remove toxins and metabolic waste. With the amount of toxins we are dealing with everyday in modern life we need to be real diligent in helping to keep it clean so it can keep us clean!

- Certain nutrients are needed for liver cleansing. Antioxidants beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, and N-acetyl cysteine are potent liver cleansers. In addition, B-vitamins riboflavin and niacin also aid liver cleansing. Cabbage, brussel sprouts and cauliflower have been found to be great for the liver.

- For help with healthy skin, nails, eyes, and hair:

- The antioxidants vitamins C and E help to prevent skin damage from sun exposure, due to their free radical neutralizing abilities. Juicing blackberries and blueberries together will provide you with a good source of vitamins C and E.

- A deficiency in riboflavin (vitamin B2) can cause cracked lips, hair loss, dermatitis, greasy looking skin and other skin problems. Putting kale, spinach, and asparagus in your juices will provide you with vitamin B2.

- The most important nutrient for keeping your eyes healthy is Vitamin A. In order to get Vitamin A in your diet you must first consume beta-carotene found in orange fruits and veggies. Beta-carotene is broken down and processed by our body and turned into vitamin A which is essential for the eye to properly function and to discourage night blindness. Both A and C vitamins help to reduce the chance of cataracts and age-related macular degeneration. Carrot juice is an awesome way to ingest both Vitamins A and C.

Rebuild blood cells:

- Yep you read that right! Chlorophyll makes it possible to rebuild your blood cells and has many more health benefits, too many to list here!

On a molecular level chlorophyll looks almost exactly like a component of the red blood cell hemin. More amazingly scientists have found that when you assimilate chlorophyll into the body, it makes the chemical shift and actually becomes hemin. Essentially, taking chlorophyll is almost like getting a blood transfusion!

Chlorophyll is what gives plants their green pigment. This is why it is important to put green stuff in your juicing recipes! Remember, the darker green the veggie, the more chlorophyll it has.

Improving your immune system:

- Juicing on a regular basis with varied juices is the best way to give you a wider variety of antioxidants essential for a healthy immune system. Besides the antioxidants from fruits and vegetables (including vitamins A, C, E), they also provide a plant chemical called phytochemicals. There are amazing health benefits from phytochemicals including anti-cancer properties.

Juicing is a great way to provide your body with a high level of superb nutrition. A great many health conscious folks agree how amazing it is. Now you might be asking yourself, what is it about juicing that is so great?

Three reasons that juicing is so beneficial are:

1) The juice requires hardly any digestion, so all its nutritional goodness gets rapidly into your system.

2) When you use a juicer you create a drink that is packed full of vitamins and minerals. Juicing allows you to use more fruits and vegetables than you could ever eat in a day therefore providing a great benefit you are missing out on.

3) Detoxify your liver

Below are some health benefits you can expect from juicing:

Improves the heart and cardiovascular systems:

- Vitamins C and E are both antioxidants that prevent the damaging effects on artery walls by free radicals. They prevent blood from clotting and sticking and keeping it non-toxic. High levels of vitamin C is found in many fruits and veggies. Blackberries, kiwi, spinach and asparagus can be used in your juicer recipes for vitamin E.

- Magnesium and Potassium are essential minerals needed for a regular heart beat and proper heart function. A great source for both minerals are blackberries.

Liver detoxification is essential for good health:

- The liver has 100s of important functions. One of its main functions is to clean the blood and remove toxins and metabolic waste. With the amount of toxins we are dealing with everyday in modern life we need to be real diligent in helping to keep it clean so it can keep us clean!

- Specific nutrients are required for cleansing the liver. Antioxidants such as beta-carotene, vitamins C and E, and N-acetyl cysteine are amazing liver cleansers. Also aiding in liver cleansing are niacin and B-vitamins riboflavin. Vegetables such as cabbage, cauliflower and brussel sprouts are known to be great cleansers for the liver.

- Helps with hair, nails, skin, and eyes:

- Vitamins C and E are great antioxidants that help to prevent damage to skin from sun exposure because they neutralize free radicals. Using both blackberries and blueberries together in juicing will provide you with an amazing source of both vitamins.

- A deficiency in Vitamin B2 causes hair loss, cracked lips, dermatitis and other skin problems. Using spinach, kale, and asparagus in your juices will give you the vitamin B2 need to prevent such skin conditions.

- Vitamin A is the most important nutrient for healthy eyes, but it is not found in plants. Orange colored vegetables and fruits carry beta-carotene. Beta-carotene is processed by the body and turned into vitamin A. Vitamin A is important for the retina and to help prevent night blindness. Vitamins A and C both reduce the risk for AMD or age-related macular degeneration and cataracts. The best source for both of these vitamins is carrot juice.

Rebuilding blood cells:

- Yes that is correct! It is possible to rebuild blood cells by the amazingly healthy chlorophyll which has so many health benefits that it deserves its own article!

Under a microscope, chlorophyll looks almost identical a component of the red blood cell called hemin. When you assimilate chlorophyll, scientists have discovered that by way of a chemical shift, the chlorophyll actually becomes hemin. Broken down in layman’s terms, this basically means you are getting a blood transfusion when you take chlorophyll.

The reason plants are green is because of chlorophyll. This is why it is so important to put green vegetables in your juicer recipes! It is important to note that the darker the green, the more chlorophyll that vegetable contains.

Better immune system:

- Juicing on a regular basis with varied juices is the best way to give you a wider variety of antioxidants essential for a healthy immune system. Besides the antioxidants from fruits and vegetables (including vitamins A, C, E), they also provide a plant chemical called phytochemicals. There are amazing health benefits from phytochemicals including anti-cancer properties.