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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Better Raw Food Health Through Juicing With The Breville Juice Fountain

By Kyle Jesson

I have always been one of those folk who likes to make sacrifices in order to be "healthy." You figure an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Though I've never had any major health issues, I suspect that diet and exercise play a critical role in helping us all stay healthy. It seems like every study published agrees that a healthy diet and challenging physical fitness program can help us maintain our well being and increase our longevity. Unusually (and in my normal over-achieving geek-like way) I started working out in 6th grade with a running program. My father thought it'd be good for us all to get in better shape so my sister and I started jogging 3 miles a day with him after school.

Since then, I have played sports in school and have always been active, kept my weight in line, and received a good health check from the doctor. In fact, I thought I was doing pretty darn well.

But, then I found out about something that changed all that. I have just been reading a book called, "The China Study" which is basically making me rethink the "diet" portion of the equation for better health and I am now seriously pondering whether I am really on the right path to optimal health.

According to "The China Study," which is a superb, understandable research-based book quoting over 700 scientific studies, animal protein, including eggs, milk and beef, isn't the cure for good health and muscle-growth that we've all been led to believe. I was totally surprised to learn that skim milk isn't a super-food when it comes to robust bones, teeth and muscles. In fact, the writer is forced to decide that - much to his disappointment since he grew up on a dairy farm - a diet free from animal protein is truly optimal for boosting our health and reducing the signs of aging.

The China Study book endorses a vegan diet based on unprocessed plant-based foods. You can't be a "junk food vegan" filling up on oil and white flour and other processed foods. Plant based foods means things you can recognize, like fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

Many adherents to this philosophy take this approach a step farther and concentrate on eating raw plant foods, forgoing foods like rice, barley, and pasta, for example. These raw food adherents believe that we preserve and ingest the most nourishment from our foods when we do not prepare them by cooking them.

One of the toughest issues to preparing and eating a lot of plants is that it can just plain take a long time. Cutting, washing, and so on. is a time consuming process. Particularly once you begin to look at incorporating plants like lettuce, spinach, kale, and celery - greens that are vital to our growth.

That's where a tough juicer can solve your problems. Making juice out of your vegetables and fruit with the Breville Juice Fountain Elite is an excellent way to combine your fruits and fruit into a fresh, nutritious and mouth watering drink which will ensure you get all the nutrition you want, even if you're on the go.

Consider mouth-watering juice recipes like apple-cinnamon cider, carrot juice with ginger, or perhaps your own version of V-8. Green smoothies made with bananas and spinach are a favourite raw-food vegan classic - the fruit is cheap, the taste is great and it's vitamin-packed!

If you've got a regular blender ( for making margaritas ), or maybe a name-brand juicer like Jack LaLanne's from Television , you can find that they don't hold up to regular juicing, they're tough juicing, they're tough to use because they are under powered, or they just don't clean-up well.

The Breville Juice Fountain Elite solves all of these issues. It is made to be a top-of-the-line juicer for folks who make juice every day and need a quick-and-simple way to make their juice. In reality, you can produce an 8-oz cup of juice in under 5 seconds. And since the juicer takes big pieces of apple, carrot and other hard fruits down the fruit-chute - you don't have to do much cutting to prepare to make your juice. The juicer even does a nice job with leafy or stringy products like lettuce and celery. Including vegetables like this in your juice recipes will definitely enhance their nutritive value.

If you are prepared to make some changes in your diet to become healthier, more energetic, and maybe lengthen your lifespan - begin with including more fruits and vegetables. Like "The Omnivore's Dilemma" recommends - Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants.

Start your program for better health and nutrition with tasty juice from local organic produce made with the Breville Juice Fountain Elite. - 17273

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