Need More Energy? Forget Coffee, Make Fresh Green Juice Instead!
When it comes to nutrition and boosting energy, nothing beats a glass of freshly pressed vegetable and/or fruit juice. Forget coffee. Forget sugar. No other food is more enzyme-rich and nutrient-rich and easier to absorb by our body, than fresh juice. Many people may be skeptical, because when they think of vegetable juice they typically picture a bottle of V-8 or tomato juice. However, even the biggest skeptics can be converted, when they try this delicious Green Cocktail recipe and experience first-hand the benefits of juicing.
Do you feel constantly hungry and craving junk food? Are you always tired and feeling down? A glass of freshly made juice can probably help. If you don’t have a juicer, then go and get yourself one – it’s a good investment in your health. Then get some fruits and vegetables (see the recipe below for a shopping list), make some fresh juice, and drink to your health! Do this twice a day for exceptional results, every day for great results, three times a week for noticeable results, or even just once a week for improvement!
Vegetable juice has all nutrients that your body needs in a form that can be instantly absorbed giving you a boost of energy! Its also great for your health. If you search around online you’ll find literally thousands of people have healed themselves of just about every condition by drinking freshly made vegetable juices.
Recipe for a Green Juice Cocktail
There are many recipes that you can try and many books and resources are available on the subject. I am going to give you this one recipe for a Green Juice Cocktail made with green vegetables, apples and lemon:
Simple version:
1 head romaine lettuce or 3 stalks of celery
5-6 leaves of kale
1-2 apples
1 whole lemon (with peel)
Additional/optional ingredients ” pick and choose whatever you like or have on hand:
1 cucumber
1/4 to 1/2 ripe papaya (1/2 results in a sweeter juice)
1/2 cup of of cilantro (or parlsley, or both)
1 cup of fennel
You may add some beets or carrots too, but then of course it will no longer be green juice… Some people like to add a small piece of garlic or ginger.
Drink it every morning or afternoon to jumpstart your energy!
Remember: It is best to drink your juice on an empty stomach.
The Benefits of Juice: Vegetable and Fruit Juice Advantage
So why should you juice fruits and vegetables instead of just eating them?
Well, first of all, a juicer separates the juice from the fiber of the fruits and vegetables making them easier to absorb, leaving you with organic water with all the important nutrients: vitamins, minerals, and enzymes from the plants. And second, just consider having to chop and then chew all the above ingredients – it sure does take a while!
Of course, everybody knows, that eating fiber is good for our health, too. However, when fiber is removed from the juice, our bodies do not have to waste energy on digestion and the nutrients are absorbed instantly. So, whenever you are experiencing low energy or any health issues – drink a glass of fresh fruit and vegetable juice. It certainly can’t hurt, and will most likely help!
