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These vegetables are the easiest to digest: |
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| * Apple |
| * Celery |
| * Cucumbers |
| * Fennel |
| * Ginger Root |
| • Lemon |
| These fruits and vegetables are medicinal, but they aren't as beneficial as the nutritionally intense dark green vegetables. Once you can tolerate these ingredients, you can start adding the more nutritionally valuable, but less palatable items. |
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When you've acclimatized yourself to juicing, start adding these vegetables: |
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| * Red leaf lettuce |
| * Green leaf lettuce |
| * Romaine lettuce |
| * Endive |
| * Escarole |
| • Spinach |
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After you're acclimatized to these, then go to the next step: |
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| * Cabbage |
| * Chinese Cabbage |
| * Bok Choy |
| Cabbage juice is one of the most healing nutrients for ulcer repair as it is a source of vitamin U. |
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When you're ready, move on to adding herbs to your juicing. Herbs also make wonderful combinations, and there are two that work exceptionally well: |
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| * Parsley |
| * Cilantro |
| If you are new to juicing, be cautious with cilantro. If you cannot tolerate cilantro. There are other vegetable that are more beneficial and challenging than cilantro. |
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Begin with one to three of these leaves, as they are very bitter: |
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| * Kale |
| * Collard Greens |
| * Dandelion Greens |
| * Mustard Greens (bitter) |
| If possible, purchase collard green with the leaves still attached to the main stalk. The greens rapidly loses many of its valuable nutrients when cut. |
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Garlic: |
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Garlic balances out the bowel flora. The ideal dose is just below the social threshold where people start to notice that you have eaten garlic. One large clove, two medium cloves or three small cloves is a suggested dose. |
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Add ingredients to make your juice palatable and delicious |
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| • Cranberries: Limit the cranberries to about 4 ounces per pint of juice. |
| Cranberries have five times the antioxidant content of broccoli. Antioxidants may protect against cancer, stroke and heart disease. In addition, they have a high percentage of phytonutrients. Phytonutrients assist prevention of urinary tract infections. |
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| • Lemons: (Peel just the yellow bitter skin, leaving as much of the white rind as possible). Along with adding nutrients to your juice; lemons lighten the bitter and earthy dense flavors. |
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| • Fresh ginger: Ginger gives your juice a taste "kick". Fresh ginger is used to soothe upset stomachs and boost energy. |
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| • Fresh turmeric: 1990s research indicate that curcumin is as powerful an antioxidant as vitamins C and E, and beta-carotene. Antioxidants are also preservatives. In India, curcumin is considered a standard anti-inflammatory medication. It appears to be most effective for acute (as opposed to chronic) inflammation. The curcumin in turmeric fights bacteria commonly responsible for infectious diarrhea. |
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Add Omega-3 fat in the form of cold press oil /s |
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| Flax seed oil, olive oil, coconut oil, Udo's oil, or grounded seeds |
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| Particular fat is an elemental addition to green vegetables. Green vegetables contain vitamin K, which glues the calcium into the bone matrix. Research suggests that vitamin K significantly reduces calcification in the arteries. However, vitamin K is not absorbed well unless there is some fat. |
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| Seeds: Seeds also supply protein and essential fatty acids balancing the juice. |
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| Alternate adding freshly ground raw seeds. For example: Pumpkin, sunflower, sesame, flax, etc.Grind seeds in a coffee or other grinder. |
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Sprouts are a potent nutritional addition to vegetable juice. Any legume, seed, nut, or grain tansitions to a complete protein when soaked and sprouted |
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| • Sprouted alfalfa seeds |
| • Sprouted broccoli seeds |
| • Sprouted buckwheat greens are seven-day-old greens grown from whole, unhulled buckwheat seeds. Buckwheat greens are a building and cleansing food containing vitamins B1, B2, B12, C, niacin, panothenic acid; many minerals; and rutin, a natural longevity agent due to its antioxidant properties. Buckwheat greens are helpful in circulatory and heart problems as they contain lecithin, a natural cholesterol-lowering fatty acid. |
| • Sprouted fenegreek seeds |
| • Sprouted legumes |
| • Sprouted sunflower seeds |
| • Sprouted wheat grass seeds |
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