The Real Health Benefits Of Juicing And Blending

Those who say juicing and blending have no health benefits that just eating those same fruits and vegetables doesn't offer were right — but, and that's a large but, only partially. The health benefits of juicing and blending may be accidental side effects of enjoying something that tastes good, but that doesn't make them any less powerful. 

The Benefits Of A Plant-Based Diet

Whether you are initially drawn to juicing and blending because, like me, you enjoy juice or smoothies, or you start juicing and blending because you want in on some of the health benefits and then find you really enjoy juice or smoothies, juicing is quite "addictive". That is, it's not so strange that you want more of something that tastes good. If you have a juicer or blender and use it regularly, which is hard not to do, suddenly, not getting that good old "five a day" becomes a challenge!

We live in a world that just doesn't stop. Creating lovely, balanced, healthful meals from scratch is what best serves your health, but if you don't always (or even usually) have time for that, you're hardly alone. What you really need is quick solutions that are still healthy, rather than processed fast foods. Juicing can play a wonderful role here. Making a great juice or a wonderful green smoothie only takes a few minutes of your time, no more, really, than heating up that dubious microwave meal you might have chosen. Even if you still eat that microwave meal in addition to drinking that goodness, you'll still reap the health benefits of consuming the fruits and veggies.

A plant-based diet is any diet predominantly made up of vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, beans, and whole grains. If you've been eating a sub-optimal diet, juicing and blending are great ways to inch towards a plant-based diet, which incidentally has the following health benefits:

• A lowered risk of heart disease
• A decreased risk of cancer
• Reduced cholesterol
• Cutting your odds of developing hypertension
• Less of a risk of developing type 2 diabetes
• Lowered odds of nutritional deficiencies, or shall we say — the knowledge that you're taking in a boatload of vitamins and minerals that benefit your health?

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The Benefits Of Raw Foods

Juicing, by definition, offers you raw foods. Followers of a raw food diet boast that they enjoy a smoothly-functioning digestive system, improved skin quality, more energy, and weight loss. Raw foods help you wave goodbye to artificial trans fats, reduces your sodium intake, and offers the full range of nutritional benefits in foods that lose nutrients when cooked.

Don't you want to go on a raw food diet? I don't blame you. Juicing, however, offers you a daily infusion of almost effortless raw foods, giving you some of the benefits of eating more raw foods while still allowing you to eat anything else you want.