Beginner’s Ultimate Guide to Organic Juicing Juicing is not just a trend, it is a lifestyle. Juicing has practically changed the life of many who are practicing it, including me and it could change your life too. If you want to take good care of your health, let us help you in taking the first towards the healthy lifestyle. The Beginner’s Ultimate Guide to Organic Juicing will give you insights of what organic juicing is all about and what benefits you can get from organic juicing. Once you knew all about the basics of juicing, you can ahead on more advanced juicing diet methods such as juice fasting or juice cleansing. Let’s begin! What is Juicing? Juicing can be defined as the process of extracting juice from fruits, vegetables, tubers, root crops and other edible produce from its solid parts such as skin, pulp, rind or seeds. Why organic juice? Organic produce is the agricultural products are raised and processed without the help of chemical toxins, chemical preservatives, artificial ingredients or ionizing radiation. Organic food product means that food crops are cultivated without the aid of bioengineered genes (GMOs), synthetic pesticides, sewage sludge-based fertilizers and petroleum-based fertilizers. The organic products do not use artificial colors and preservatives. Most often, organic foods contain more beneficial nutrients such as antioxidants than the conventionally-grown agricultural products. Since organically produces are grown without synthetic pesticides, consuming organic products can help in preventing cancer. Medical researchers have indicated that the use of synthetic pesticides even at small doses can increase the risk of cancers, such as prostate cancer, lymphoma, breast cancer, leukemia, and brain tumors. Consuming organic food products can have a major impact on your physical, emotional and mental health as well as the environment. What are the benefits of organic juicing? Our body is bombarded by many toxins every day. From the food, water and air we intake on daily basis as well as the products we use our body is fighting huge amount of toxins daily. Even though our body have the natural way of cleansing these toxins, it loses its efficiency as we age. That is why it is important to help our body to remove the toxins accumulated in our body from time to time. Even people who lead a healthy lifestyle still need to cleanse their body as well as they too are exposed to environmental toxins. Drinking organic raw juices made from organic fruits and vegetable can effectively help your body to detoxify by flushing out the harmful toxins. Even though fresh juice has the same nutrients as the vegetable and fruit in its natural form, the juicing process makes the nutrients easier to absorb into the bloodstream by removing the fibers making it more concentrated.
Why juicing is beneficial than eating and blending? • Juicing the vegetables, fruits, and other fresh produce makes the nutrients easier and quicker to digest. It also improves the absorption rate of vitamins, minerals, and nutrients in our system. • Organic raw juicing helps our digestive system by giving them rest as they don’t need to process the hard to digest part the fruit or vegetable such as fiber and pulps. • Organic raw juice helps our body to detoxify better. Juicing the organic vegetables, fruits, and other produces helps in better absorption of nutrients. Better absorption of nutrients has to major effects in our body. First, more nutrients are going into your body cells and tissues. Second, it helps our body to detoxify better. This will lead to better health. • Juicing helps you consume more fruit and vegetable, thus increase your nutrients intake. Eating raw fruits and vegetables is a good way of getting nutrients but it would take a lot of time to consume all the nutrients you need. • Vegetables and fruits and can be mixed together make super juices where one component compliments the other. With the combination of vegetable, fruits, herbs and tubers you can create an ideal combination which is packed with nutrients ideal in treating specific conditions. Possible Side Effects of Juicing Juicing is not your cure all answer to your illness. So, don’t start throwing all the fruits and vegetables in a juicer and call it juicing. For a beginner, taking it easy is the key. In my personal experience, the first 2 days of juicing are not all butterflies and flowers. In my first two days, I experienced a few side effects such mild stomachache, irritability, nausea, and sluggishness. If you experience the same side effects don’t panic, because it is normal. When you feel something off in the first few days of your juicing journey don’t give up. It is simply an indicator that your body is working extra hard in order to eliminate the toxins that built up inside you for years. After you surpass the initial reaction of your body to juicing, you will start to feel more energetic and ten times better than before. As a beginner, you have to be aware that there are vegetables, fruits, and herbs that strong detoxifier. In your early days of juicing you have to go easy on those kinds. You should start incorporating them in other fruits and vegetables in a small amount. Examples of the strong detoxifier are turmeric, ginger, cilantro, beets and wheat grass. If you are a “virgin” in juicing, you start in something basic like cucumbers and celery mixed with basic fruits to taste. Allow your body and taste buds to get used to the taste first. As you go on, you may try to mix and match different kinds of vegetables, herbs, and fruits. Have fun in experimenting different combinations. The most important thing that every beginner should remember is to listen to your body. However, if you have a particular medical condition such as diabetes you must consult your doctor first.
How to juice?
As a beginner, the first thing to know is that a smoothie is not the same as a juice. I thought blending and juicing are the same when I was a beginner in juicing that was the first mistake I made. You make the juice using a juicer. There are many types of juicers available in the market. There are a manual, twin gear, masticating, hydraulic and centrifugal press juicers. Choosing a juicer would depend on how often do juice, your level of juicing experience and your health goals. If don’t have the time to do your own juicing you may use the services of a juice delivery stores online.
When to drink your juice? Actually, there is not rule as to when you should drink your juice. However, the most ideal are time to drink your juice is when your stomach is empty or 30 minutes before a meal. It is also ideal to drink your organic raw juice first thing in the morning before eating your breakfast, to maximize the nutrient absorption. You should, however, remember that juicing is not a replacement of your normal meal. Juicing is just a supplement unless you are in a juicing cleanse cycle. How to drink the organic raw juice? You should not guzzle or gulp your juice, you should savor it. The secret in drinking a juice is to consume it using a chewing motion. In that way, your mouth will produce saliva which will mix into the juice. This is the first in the digestion process. How to store and transport organic raw juice? Organic raw juices have a very short lifespan. As soon as your juice hits the air or light, it will start to oxidize and lose nutrients. The shelf life of an organic raw juice is measured in hours. The best way to consume your juice is right after it comes out your juicer. If you have leftovers, you must store it in a sealed container and refrigerate it immediately. If you want to transport your juice to work, it must also be stored in a sealed container like mason glass jar or a thermos. A masticated juice can last up to 72 hours if refrigerated and stored in a tightly sealed container. A juice from centrifugal and hydraulic juicers can last up to 24 hours if tightly sealed and refrigerated.