Why Drink Juice Instead of Eating the Fruits and Vegetables?

This is one of the most commonly asked questions of juice therapists, and it's a great question.  Thankfully, it's also very easily answered.
When you put fruits and veg through your juicer, you are basically using the juicer as the front end of your digestive system.  You're using the juicer to extract all the nutrients, the vitamins, minerals and enzymes from the produce you're juicing, and to separate them from the natural fibre of that produce, just as your body does.
So, when you come to drink the juice you've just made, your body can get to work absorbing and using the nutrients without having to "waste" valuable energy digesting them first.  Nutrients begin to flow through your bloodstream within minutes, and none of the pure, natural liquid energy you are drinking needs to be used by your digestive system, as the work has already been done.  It can all be put to good use repairing and rebuilding the cells of your body - brilliant!
So, this weeks recipe is building on last week, using the apple and carrot base. 

Beet Treat
3 carrots
2 apples
1 small beetroot
1/2 lemon

I've added beetroot to this weeks juice.  Buy it fresh, and although you can juice the greens, to begin with, cut them off and don't add them to the juice.  You'll be surprised at the sweetness of it.
Beetroot is a fabulous blood cleanser, and is rich in vitamins A,B, C, betacarotene and folic acid.
It can be useful in the treatment of anaemia, and in the reduction of high blood pressure, as it can help reduce hardening and blockage of the arteries.

Give this one a try, put all the ingredients through the juicer, and again, serve over ice.  The beetroot adds a certain earthiness, but the overall flavour is sweet and delicious, and it's a gorgeous colour!

Remember! If you don't have a juicer, you can find a local juicebar and ask them to make it for you, or choose an option which has the majority of these ingredients in it.  I also rent out juicers so that you can try things out if you're uncomfortable with buying a juicer outright before you've really tried it.  I'm sure once you have, you'll want to get one pretty quickly!

You can find details of the juicer rental on my website at jjptonline.com

Till next week -
Happy Juicing!