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JUICING is a great way to get more raw nutrients into your diet. It’s easier to drink a sweet potato with four stalks of celery and a couple of carrots vs cooking and eating them. Cooking also destroys some of the valuable nutrients we can get from cold press juicing. Sweet potato juice contains soluble fibre and antioxidants that promote the growth of good gut bacteria and contribute to a healthy gut. Sweet potato also strengthens the spleen and pancreas, helping them to remove toxins from the body. They even look like the pancreas, and can actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics. Carrots are well known in juicing circles as the ‘anti-cancer kings’ of the vegetable world. They contain antioxidants including alpha-carotene, lutein, beta-carotene and lycopene to name a few. Beta-carotene is the main nutrient when it comes to its cancer-preventing properties. The body converts beta-carotene into vitamin A, and it’s believed that beta-carotene can break down the protective mucous membrane around cancer cells. This juice has a good balance of veggies and fruits making it a perfect juice for lunch. The flavour is nicely balanced, with a clean texture and a touch of spice from the ginger.
CLOCKWORK ORANGE RECIPE Makes 1 litre Ingredients 1 sweet potato 1 orange 2 carrots 2 red apples 4 celery (stalks) 1 ginger knob (2cm) Method Wash the sweet potato well and, leaving the skin on, cut in half and then into thin slices. Skin the orange, leaving as much white pith as possible, and cut in half or quarters. Cut the carrots in half lengthwise, or in quarters if carrots are large. Remove the stems and any stickers from the apples and, leaving the skin on and seeds in, cut into half or quarters. Chop celery stalks into 5cm pieces (across the stalks to cut the long stringy fibre). Discard the leaves if you don’t like their bitter taste. Slice the ginger, leaving the skin on, into thin slices. Start this juice with the celery pieces, then add the apple pieces. Next juice the ginger slices. Then juice 3-4 sweet potato slices at a time, letting the juicer crunch and press before adding the next lot of slices. After the sweet potato has finished juicing, add the carrot pieces, one at a time. Again let the juicer press each carrot piece before adding the next piece. Finish the juice by adding the orange pieces to push through all the beautiful sweet potato and carrot juice. By Andrew Kelly of Kuvings Australia
