Juice cleansing works best when you make it a part of your lifestyle and daily health routine. A routine encourages repetition, which in turn helps create habits. A healthy lifestyle in my view, includes a regular juice detox. There are also a number of other healthy practices I like to include when I’m juicing and [...]
Fruit Juice Cleanse
Fruit has many benefits for a juice cleanse. Lemons are alkalizing. Grapes purify the blood. Oranges contain loads of vitamin C. Apples may strengthen your bones and lower your cholesterol. So why do some experts tell you to stay away from fruits when juice cleansing? These fruits, while beneficial, also contains a lot of sugar. [...]
5 a Day Fruits and Veggies
Do you get enough fruits and veggies in your diet? The USDA Food Guide Pyramid recommends 3-5 servings of vegetables and 2-4 servings of fruits per day. Here’s some examples of a serving: 1 medium apple, banana, orange 1/2 cup of chopped, cooked, or canned fruit 3/4 cup of fruit juice 1 cup of raw [...]
Juice Pulp, Eek What To Do?
Today one of my twitter pals posed the question, “What should I do with my leftover pulp after juicing?” That’s such a good question. Really the possibilities are endless, but it can be difficult to come up with creative answers on the spot, as she found out. If you don’t want to reuse the fibrous [...]
Simple Lemon Juice Cleanse
Lemons, those bright, cheery and sour fruits are one of your best bets for cleansing the body. You may expect that they contain lots of vitamin C, and they do. Lemons also contain vitamin B6, calcium, potassium, pantothenic acid, magnesium, copper, and dietary fiber. They’re also low on the Glycemic Index which means that they [...]