The color pigments of fruits and vegetables contain different health components that are necessary for good health and vitality. Processed foods have little or NO positive nutritional value. Uncooked fruits and vegetables are an imperative part of the human diet because they are whole foods that grow naturally on this Earth, full of live cells, enzymes, fiber, and vitamins that help catalyze all of the complex chemical reactions in our bodies.
Phytonutrients are natural bioactive compounds found in plants. They act as antioxidants, stimulate detoxification enzymes, strengthen the immune system, positively affect hormones, and act as antibacterial or antiviral agents. Common phytonutrients include carotenoids, coumarins, flavonoids, indoles, lignans, isoflavones (including genistein and daidzen) organosulfurs and phytosterols. Hundreds of other phytonutrients have been discovered, usually related to the color of fruits and vegetables — green, yellow-orange, red, blue-purple, and white.. This leads to the recommendation that you should eat fruits and vegetables of varied color each day.
Despite these benefits, only 10% of us are able to follow this advice. Most people find it hard to eat this many servings of fruit and vegetables on a consistent basis. For those of us facing that challenge, we are probably not consuming the necessary dosage of vitamins and minerals that our bodies need to stay healthy. Traditional vitamin supplements do not provide us with phytonutrients.
If you are concerned about getting a sufficient amount of phytonutrients, juicing provides a great, natural way to get the vitamins your body needs. Maximize your phytochemical intake with fresh whole fruit and vegetable juice. If you find it difficult to eat the 7-9 servings of fruits and vegetables each day, especially in the recommended variety that give you the broad range of vitamins and nutrients that you need, our fresh juice fusions are the perfect thing.
Always different every week - we never use powders or frozen fruits/vegetables. Juiced with fresh whole fruit and vegetables. Our juice right now is "Flower Power" - Pineapple, Flowering Kale, Granny Smith Apple, and Carrot. Just think of all of the daily servings of fruits/veggies you can get out of just one of these juices:
* Pineapple contains 131 percent of the DV for vitamin C. It also has 2 percent of the DV for vitamin A, 2 percent of the DV for calcium and 3 percent of the DV for iron. A serving of pineapple has 2mg of sodium, which is less than 1 percent of the DV for sodium.(1 cup serving size)
*Flowering Kale - Low in Saturated Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. High in Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Vitamin B6, Calcium, Potassium, Copper, Manganese, Dietary Fiber, Protein, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Folate, Iron, Magnesium and Phosphorus.
* Apples are a good source of Vitamin C with 8.4mg, which is 14% of the daily value in a 2,000 calorie diet.
*Carrots are nutritional heroes; they store a goldmine of nutrients. No other vegetable or fruit contains as much carotene as carrots, which the body converts to vitamin A. This is a truly versatile vegetable and an excellent source of vitamins B
and C as well as calcium pectate, an extraordinary pectin fiber that has been found to have cholesterol-lowering properties.
Don't have time to eat 1 cup of pineapple, a handful of flowering kale, one green apple, and 2 carrots? This is the miracle of juicing! You can get all of these fruits and veggies in just one 12oz cup of juice! Stop by for a juice today!! :-D You won't believe how much healthier you feel with juicing!
