The Ultimate Way To Nourish Your Body!

I have been asked repeatedly how to get nutrients into our body naturally. I think most of the time this is a pretty simple task – what I think people tend to worry more about is whether or not they are getting enough nutrients. How do we know we have enough? When we are less prone to getting sick, feeling extremely tired and don’t easily pick up germs and viruses like cold and flu, we know we must be doing something right.

The way I get nutrients into my body which is through a method I talk about a lot and totally believe in – juicing.

When we juice, we are providing our bodies with high quality vitamins and minerals straight from the source, as fresh as you can get it – without additives and not pasteurized like what you get in the supermarkets. This is probably the best medicine you can provide yourself to boost your immune system and maintain good health.

I tend to make a lot of green juices or smoothies. Green juices (which could include fruit and veg like spinach, cucumber apples) fill you with a huge amount of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, enzymes, protein and much more.

Here are some more benefits of juicing:

Aids digestion – Juicing helps the digestive system function more effectively. This is because the nutrients in fresh juice from raw fruits and vegetables are more easily absorbed than when you eat whole foods. This way the digestive systems are not over worked trying to digest whole foods.

Alkalize your system – When you juice vegetables, they alkalize your system balancing your body’s PH level (your body is less acidic). Some of the benefits you get from this are improved brain function, heart function, slowing down the aging process and your body is healthier which means you’re less likely to get sick with diseases. If your body is acidic, it is more likely to breed diseases.

Improves skin, hair, and nails – You get a lot of the antioxidants vitamins C and E from juicing, which neutralize free radicals in the body thereby improving skin health and protecting it from sun exposure. Including vegetables like kale and spinach in

your juice provides a high level of vitamin B2 which helps improve skin problems, hair loss and cracked lips.

Increases energy levels – As your body gets more detoxified and alkalized, it is more able to utilize all the nutrients you are feeding it which will make you feel better. When you feel better and good about yourself, you are more energized and ready to take on anything. The increase in vitamins and minerals you get from juicing is responsible for promoting health and also improving energy levels.

Improves immune system – The antioxidants from fruits and vegetables which include vitamins A, C and E, amongst others are essential for healthy immune system. As you juice more often, you get more of these antioxidants on a daily basis - you are improving your immune system which helps your body to be more equipped to fight against diseases.

Aids weight loss – Vegetable juices have high detoxifying properties which help cleanse the system of waste materials and toxins – this leads to weight loss. Fruits and vegetables are also high in fibre which helps regulate your colon and help the body process food more quickly. This in turn helps you lose weight quickly.

So there you have it, juicing is one sure way of getting the nutrients in and keeping your body healthy and improve your immune system. Other ways include:

Eating more vegetable as part of your diet Cut out processed foods and drinks Supplement with good multivitamins.

Having a juice after exercising will replenish nutrients and hydrate you as well as drinking a lot of water. For those who prefer flavoured water, to ensure you are getting some nutrients, I would suggest making your own which is pretty easy to do. Here’s a recipe for flavoured water. You don’t necessarily have to go buy a juicer; you can use a blender as well if you have one and just staring out with juicing. I hope you enjoy it!

Flavoured Water

1 litre of water4 limes (washed thoroughly and sliced)½ pineapple, optional (cut into cubes)Large jug

Place the slices of lime and pineapple chunks in the jug, fill with water and leave to sit in the refrigerator for at least 3 to 4 hours. You can always use any fruits you prefer like orange, strawberries etc. Enjoy!

Peace and fabulous health!

Gloriawww.rockondivas.com