Juicing

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By Caroline Davis, Sonieya Gilbreath, and Veronica Pascucci


  What is juicing?

Juicing is a diet imposed for a short period of time, consisting of naturally pressed juices. Because of the high volume content of nutrients, vitamins and minerals in fruits and vegetables, juicing them allows for an increased rate of consumption. The purpose of juicing is to deeply cleanse the digestive tract, while allowing naturally occurring processes to detox the body. Juicing is alleged to rid the body of toxins and procure a stable internal environment for weight loss. 


https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323136#reported-benefits 


How long should you juice?


Typically, juice cleanses can last for 1-2 weeks, but some last longer. It is encouraged that those aspiring to partake in juice cleanses understand the challenge that comes with only drinking liquid for the given amount of time they choose to cleanse. 


Only juice?


Oftentimes, juices consumed during a cleanse are paired with other liquids, such as water, tea, plain black coffee, bone broth, as well as health- promoting supplements. This ensures that the juices are functioning at their full potential, and are in full effect. Failure to comply with the steps necessary to complete the cleanse can result in defective consumption of extra calories and sugar. 





Health benefits to juicing 

Increased nutrient intake - helps you get a larger intake of nutrients and vitamins because drinking juice helps your body absorb them quicker without any digestion involved. 


Cardiovascular system support 

possible benefits of drinking juice are that ingesting it leads to more nitric oxide in your blood, lowering your blood pressure and helping your vessels remain healthy and clean. 


Risks of juicing 


Calorie intake 

an 8 ounce glass of juice generally contains about 100-180 calories, drinking too much of it can lead to high caloric intake and weight gain 


Sugar intake 

calories gained from drinking juice tend to come from the sugar - blood sugar levels rise once you drink a glass because of the amount of sugar in the juice.


No fiber and protein 

Protein and fiber are beneficial to your body for your digestive health and many systems in your body - juice lacks these two things and therefore it is unwise to maintain a juice only or a juice heavy diet. the fiber is stripped from the juice because juicing extracts only the juice of the fruit rather than the beneficial things like the pulp (in most cases). 




https://www.webmd.com/diet/juicing-health-benefits 


Juicing process

With a juicer:


Wash all your ingredients, remove their pits and skins, cut them into smaller pieces, juice them by putting them into the chute of the juicer and pressing down on it. this will extract the juice from the fruit.


https://www.wikihow.com/Juice 


Good Juices to use: 


Orange Juice: Packed with lots of vitamin c and the Orange is really good for your mental health because vitamin c helps protect the mind from stress  and it supports your cognitive functions. 


Beet Juice: while nastily to most people this juice is packed with antioxidants. antioxidants help protect your mind from the damage that stress causes. This juice is also packed with magnesium and that helps balance your moods and also improve cognitive functions. 


Green Juice: The antioxidants in Green Juice also protects the mind from damage caused by stress and like the Beet Juice balances your moods and improves cognitive functions. 


Berry Juice

Carrot Juice

watermelon apple and lettuce juice 

kiwi and cucumber juice 

orange and berry juice 

orange and mango juice 


https://www.eviekevish.com/blog/juicing-for-mental-health-and-wellness


https://www.kutchina.com/10-juices-that-have-a-calming-effect/


Recipe 

https://greatist.com/health/juicing-for-anxiety#juicing-for-anxiety



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