Far more than just a passing health fad, juicing raw
fruits and vegetables every day continues to be one of the best ways to
obtain fresh, bioavailable nutrients in therapeutic, health-transforming
doses. The short-term health benefits of juicing include things like
increased energy levels and digestive relief, while the long-term health
benefits include chronic illness prevention of the type that could add
both life to your years and years to your life. Here are five specific
ways that juicing can literally help save your life:
1) Repair bowel issues. Gastrointestinal dysfunction is one of
the most prevalent, chronic ailments people suffer from today, and
mainstream medicine’s “solutions” typically provide minimal symptom
relief with a whole slew of harmful side effects. However, one of the
most effective healing treatments for digestive and bowel disorders is
raw juicing, which not only helps eliminate harmful toxins and bacteria
from the colon, but also helps heal any damaged tissue or fissures that
might be present.
Galina Kotlyar of
KnowYourGut.com is one of many who has
experienced a powerful health transformation as a result of juicing.
Mainstream doctors were unable to cure her severe case of ulcerative
colitis, which left her stricken with severe pain, bloody stools, and
other life-threatening symptoms that prevented her from eating and
drinking normally. But after just three weeks of drinking only
freshly-juiced vegetables, performing colonics, and supplementing, the
formerly pale, skinny mother returned to a normal weight, and no longer
suffers from a life-threatening condition. (
http://www.knowyourgut.com/how-juicing-saved-my-life/)
2) Correct nutrient deficiencies. Many chronic illnesses are a
direct result of nutrient deficiencies, which can be easily and quickly
remedied through juicing. Since they provide an easily-digestible
source of a myriad of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients, fresh
juices are one of the simplest ways to avoid developing heart disease,
organ failure, cancer, and various other health conditions that can
result in early death.
A major component of the anti-cancer Gerson Diet, for instance, involves
juicing nutrient-dense,
enzyme-rich fruits and vegetables like cabbage, carrots, apples, and
leafy greens. These foods, and the many healing components they possess,
naturally assist the body in healing itself. By delivering a steady
stream of assimilable nutrients directly into the body, juicing helps
ensure that your nutrient stores never run dry. (
http://gerson.org/gerpress/the-gerson-therapy/)
3) Kill cancer cells. Specifically with regard to cancer,
juicing is one of the easiest and most effective ways to naturally avoid
developing this pandemic illness. Numerous scientific studies have
found that the nutrients contained in pomegranates, cabbage, broccoli,
celery, carrots, and apples, for instance, prevent the growth and spread
of cancer cells throughout the body. And because fresh, raw juice
contains concentrated doses of these anti-cancer nutrients, it is far
more effective therapeutically than eating the same fruits and
vegetables whole (as you would have to eat a whole lot more of them).
“Fresh juice is loaded with cancer-fighting phytochemicals and vitamins, in a state easily absorbed by the body,” admits the
Stanford University Cancer Institute about the healing power of juicing. (
http://cancer.stanford.edu)
4) Lose weight. If being overweight or obese is problematic
for you, juicing can help you shed those extra pounds and achieve the
weight loss goals you have always desired. Obesity-related illness,
according to the U.S. Surgeon General, account for roughly 300,000
deaths every single year, and includes conditions such as coronary heart
disease, Type II diabetes, and liver and gallbladder disease, all of
which can be avoided through juicing.
Joe Cross, Director and Executive Producer of the film
Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead, is a living testament to the power of juicing in not only curing obesity, but also in fully reversing the course of declining
health that
often accompanies being overweight. After just 60 days of raw juice
cleansing, Cross lost 100 pounds, and is now in full recovery from other
obesity-related health conditions that required him taking copious
amounts of pharmaceutical drugs in order to manage. (
http://www.fatsickandnearlydead.com/about.html)
5) Improve mood. Mental illness is becoming more prevalent in
today’s world, and a common, but often unrecognized, cause of this
category of disease is simple nutrient deficiency. If left unaddressed,
mental illnesses caused by
nutrient deficiency
can take a serious toll on physical health, which is why it is
important to correct it early through juicing and other nutritional
means.
“Vitamins act as catalytic agents in the body, helping to speed up
the chemical processes vital for both survival and brain function,”
explains Dr. Hyla Cass in her book
St. John’s Wort: Nature’s Blues Buster,
which highlights the importance of nutrition in maintaining a healthy
mental state. “As a result, vitamin deficiencies can sometimes manifest
themselves as depression. Fortunately, when these deficiencies are
treated with supplements (or juicing!), there is a reversal in
symptoms.” (
http://www.globalhealingcenter.com)
Sources for this article include:
http://www.knowyourgut.com/how-juicing-saved-my-life/
http://www.knowyourgut.com
http://www.rebootwithjoe.com/juicing
Sources :
- Natural News
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