Day 79 of Juicing – Mucus and Vitamin C – Our Defense Against the Common Cold
Mucus, like the subject of our colon, isn’t something people like to discuss. We get rid of it whenever the opportunity arises (no pun intended). However, even mucus has a purpose and we have it for a reason other than to just blow our noses when we produce too much of it.
Mucus is our first line of defense against airborne invaders. Mucus on the lining of the respiratory tract is always present and traps bacteria and viruses as they are inhaled. The normal respiratory tract makes 
Day 78 of Juicing – Non-Toxic Lifestyle Changes
“Toxic.” You hear and read the word a lot. What does it mean?
Most understand that anything toxic is bad for you… It can kill you in enough quantity. So, how do we live a Non-toxic lifestyle?
A good non-toxic diet would be eating organic foods free of pesticides and genetic engineering, as best your personal budget will accommodate. Drinking non-municipality water free of additives, and grass fed red meat or free range poultry. I hesitate to mention
Day 77 of Juicing – Why We Detoxify By Juicing
To detoxify our bodies and cleanse our colons through juicing is both a preventative measure and a treatment for many ailments. It provides vitality and rejuvenation to our bodies. An effective and good cleansing program is an ideal way to help us reevaluate our dietary habits, make changes where necessary, and stop ourselves from future abuses and addictions to unhealthy foods.
Withdrawal from the bad foods happens
Day 76 of Juicing – Dietary Prevention of Multiple Sclerosis?
Multiple Sclerosis affects the ability of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord to communicate with each other effectively. Nerve cells communicate by sending electrical signals called action potentials down long fibers called axons, which are contained within an insulating substance called myelin. In MS, the body’s own immune system attacks and damages the myelin. When myelin is lost, the axons can no longer effectively
Day 75 of Juicing – Fats In Vegetables Reduce Risks
Only a very few plant foods, such as avocados, raw nuts, seeds, olives and some soy products are high in fat. Most other plants have an extremely healthy composition. They are very low in fats and rich in complex carbohydrates. Compare these to meats.
For those who eat meat heavily and don’t include fruits and vegetables, complex carbohydrates and fiber are absent from their diet. While some prepackaged “diet meals” claim they are
Day 74 of Juicing – The Importance of Enzymes In Our Food
Enzymes are a basic ingredient for life and there are different varieties serving different purposes. Enzymes are found in all foods. Our bodies produce digestive enzymes to digest foods in the small and large intestines.
A Dr. Edward Howell studied enzymes in plants, animals, and humans for much of his scientific career. His findings were surprising to many, but accurate. He found, as part of the digestive process, these highly active substances have a huge role in digestion.
Day 73 of Juicing – Food Combining For Good Digestion
What function of the human body demands more energy than any other?
Digestion.
This is another reason some people get sleepy after a large meal (along with possible sugar imbalances). The need for sleep may happen because all the body’s energies are concentrated on digesting the food in our system. It takes more energy than swimming, biking, and even running. There is nothing that uses more energy than the digestion of food in a stomach.
Day 72 of Juicing – Water Is Life… And Good Health
Earth is a planet that is covered with water on 70% of it’ surface. The human body is made up of 60% water. When we were born it was 70%, but within 10 years of life that number drops as bones harden and other physical changes occur.
Water is so important to not only earth and all life on earth, that doesn’t it make sense it is a vital element in our overall good health, as well? Not just the known results of not having any water, but our poor health is we don’t have enough water over a lifetime.
Throughout our lifetime, from birth to death, our bodies require water. Not just bottled water, but the liquid content from raw fruits and vegetables.
Day 71 of Juicing – The Discovery Of The Importance of Fiber
Fiber in our diet is now deemed essential for good colon health.
We see it advertised as a benefit of eating certain breakfast cereals, whole-grain crackers or bread, fiber in popcorn, oatmeal and seemingly everything else. If there is any fiber contained in the ingredients the food manufacturer makes sure you see it on the labeling.
The awareness of the need for fiber in our diets began with a dedicated missionary surgeon in Africa, Dr. Denis Burkitt. Dr. Burkitt set about to find out why certain diseases were epidemic in England and Western Europe, yet were extremely rare in Africa.
Day 70 of Juicing – Insulin Production and Glucose
The fact is that any meal or snack high in carbohydrates from grains or sweets generates a rise in blood glucose. To adjust for this, the pancreas sends the hormone insulin into the bloodstream, which lowers your blood sugar.
Insulin is essentially a storage hormone for fat, developed over the millions of years to offset times of famine and allow the human body to survive a long time without food. Other than countries suffering extreme famine conditions, the human body rarely sees famine conditions like the days of hunting animals with rocks and spears.
