Keys To Vibrant and Healthy Living - Juicing

Sustainable Healthy Living, by Sheila Mullen – June 23, 2012

Oh my, it is hot today, highs in the 90’s with no break in sight. Summer is officially here! I bet you are craving a big glass of icy homemade lemonade or some sweet North Carolina tea, right?  Unfortunately, our favorite summertime beverages come with a lot of unwanted sugar and calories– great flavor, but bad for our waistlines and overall health.

This year I challenged myself to find healthy, satisfying, summertime beverages that rivaled my favorites, without the added sugar.  The simple answer is juicing. Juicing can be the key to giving you a radiant, energetic life and truly optimal health without the added refined sugars and calories, keeping us hydrated, nourished and beach-body ready.

Benefits of daily juicing: 

• Juicing provides large serving of vegetables and fruits at one time. 
• Juicing increases absorption of the nutrients.
• Juicing can help you add a wider variety of fruits and vegetables to your diet. 
• Juicing is also an incredibly effective way to cleanse the body, especially the green juices!
• Juicing is simple, fun, tasty, creative, healthy and most important in this summer heat, refreshing.

My two favorite and simple green juice recipes are: 

Green Lantern Lemonade: Spinach, kale, lemon and apple

Lemon Sorbet: 2 golden delicious apples and a ½ of a lemon.  Watch Jason Vale http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVrTj0QfOA4&feature=player_embedded

Keep focused on getting as much greens as possible. Green juices contain high levels of the powerful phytonutrient chlorophyll, which attaches to toxins and heavy metals and helps remove them from your body. It also increases your blood's oxygen-carrying capacity by stimulating red blood cell production. Having sweeter fruit juices is OK, but just not in excessive amounts.

For more information on juicing check out: www.foodmatters.tv/articles... and www.articles.mercola.com/sites...

About Sheila Mullen – The founder of Continuous Motion Consulting, Sheila is passionate about engaging friends, family and community in improving their lives and the lives of those around them. Sheila spent more than 20 years in technology sales, marketing and development. She also has a background in organizational development, innovation and executive wellness coaching.