Juicing is becoming an ever popular practice as an aid to a healthy lifestyle. It truly is a great way to greatly increase the nutrition we are getting in our diet both in quality and quantity. Here are some of the reasons that juicing is so good for you.

1) The sheer density of nutrition is unparalleled. Fruits and vegetables, as we know, are a great source of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants and the great thing with juicing is that we need to use lots of them! If we snack on an apple we would normally only eat about one. To make an apple juice we will need about 4 0r 5 them. This of course increases the amount of nutrients we are consuming exponentially. Vitamin and other supplements, although high in nutrition too, can never compare with the complexity and diversity of nutrition in fruits and vegetables because studies are finding new antioxidants in them all the time. Continue reading →