Benefits of juicing

Excited to be back on my juicing. Yesterday was just hard not having my juice with me. Almost have a full week of juicing under my belt and to be honest, I've not felt this good in a LONG time. I sleep better, wake up faster and am clearer headed.  Yeah I still have hunger pains but the urge for steak is less than it was last week.

I thought it'd be helpful to let people know some of the benefits of juicing, especially certain veggies and fruits. As many know, combinations of what you eat is key to weight loss or at least that's what I've been told and noticed throughout my yoyo dieting (LA weight loss, WW *which btw is a great program*, phentramin pills). For juicing that is still really the key too. For instance, you can't just drink yummy fruit juices all day. We all love the taste of oranges, apples, pears etc however you need the hard green stuff to really get the full benefits. As you noticed from some of my posts yesterday, Lemon was a key ingredient in many of the juices. Jethro Kloss wrote in his book Back to Eden, "“The medicinal value of the lemon is as follows: It is an antiseptic, or is an agent that prevents sepsis [the presence of pathogenic bacteria] or putrefaction [decomposition of tissue]. It is also anti-scorbutic, a term meaning a remedy which will prevent disease and assist in cleansing the system of impurities....“The lemon is a wonderful stimulant to the liver and is a dissolvent of uric acid and other poisons, liquefies the bile” Lemon detoxifies your body. Its good to have in your system to clean it out and help with constipation. Plus Lemon just makes some juices taste better!

Last night, I went out on a limb and bought Fennel bulb. I had asked my grocery store to order it b/c I like to taste new things.I was initially a little worried about fennel b/c it has a strong odor of black licorice (Courtney Erin you would love it!) and I'm not a big fan of licorice, however I juiced it with pears and it is amazing! It doesn't have a really heavy black licorice taste and to be honest, I'm not even sure how to describe it. I have fennel in another recipe but I'm not sure I"ll like that. I think it has too much celery in it, covering the flavor of the fennel. The website below gives you more details about fennel if you are brave enough to try it. Fennel is well known for its help in cutting back "wind" as some sites delicately put it. Basically it cuts back on farting. No lighters needed! That means it aids in digestion as well as help with fluid retention. The Mediterraneans know something American's don't! What I love it has helps with being a pick me up and giving much needed energy! Bring on the fennel!


You can read more about Fennel at http://www.schreiberandsons.com/fennel.html. It also has recipes (which we all love) to try fennel outside of juicing. You bet, I will be trying some of these. Enjoy the read :D

Happy Hump Day guys!