Juicing: The Complete Guide to Juicing for Weight Loss, Health and Life - Includes the Juicing Equipment Guide and 97 Delicious Recipes

320 Pages·2013·10.37 MB·English

by  Rockridge Press

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Section 1: What Is Juicing?
Chapter 1: What Exactly Is Juicing?
Chapter 2: The Many Faces of Juicing
Chapter 3: The Pros and Cons of Juicing
Chapter 4: To Juice or Not to Juice — Is It Right for You?
Section 2: Everything You Need to Know About Juicers
Chapter 5: Juicer, Blender, What’s the Difference?
Chapter 6: Types of Juicers
Chapter 7: How to Choose the Perfect Juicer
Section 3: The Healthy Person’s Guide to Juicing
Chapter 8: Preparing for Your Cleanse
Chapter 9: Adding Juice to Your Diet
Chapter 10: Keeping It Fresh — Top 3 Reasons to Make
Your Own Juice
Chapter 11: Fruit Juice vs. Vegetable Juice
Chapter 12: Top 20 Fruits and Why They Made the List
Chapter 13: Top 20 Vegetables and Why They Made the List
Chapter 14: Spice It Up — Herbs and Spices That Make
Juice Snap!
Chapter 15: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Chapter 16: Tips for a Successful Juice Fast
Section 4: Getting Clean — Your Guide to Healthy
Cleansing
Chapter 17: Get That Liver Clean
Chapter 18: Dirty Colon? Clean It Up!
Chapter 19: Help Your Kidneys Go with the Flow
Section 5: The Big Green Disease-Fighting Machine
Chapter 20: Juicing for the Health of It
Chapter 21: Juicing for Anti-Aging — Juices That Help Keep
You Young
Chapter 22: The Smoker’s Guide to Quitting — Have Some
Juice!
Chapter 23: Clear Up That Complexion — How Juicing
Cures Acne
Chapter 24: Learning to Focus — Can Juicing Improve Brain
Function?
Chapter 25: Get the Skinny — Juicing for Weight Loss
Chapter 26: Loosen Up — Juicing for Arthritis and Joint
Health
Chapter 27: The Cure for the Common Cold?
Chapter 28: See Your Way Clear — Juicing for Healthy Eyes
Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
here’s a huge trend in the dieting and fitness world right now called juice
Tfasting, but here’s a little secret: It’s not a trend. People all over the world
have been using juices to cleanse the body, prevent illness, and cure diseases for
centuries, but it’s just now becoming mainstream. So what is it, and how can you
do it properly? Excellent questions, and I’m going to do my best to answer them
for you.
What Is Juice Fasting?
Juice fasting, also known as “juice cleansing” or just simply “juicing,” is exactly
what it sounds like: refraining from consuming anything but juice in order to
cleanse, detoxify, or heal your body. There are numerous variations of juicing,
but all of them involve incorporating the juice from fruits and vegetables into
your diet for a set duration of time. In Section 1 of this book, I discuss the
technical aspects of juicing, such as the pros and cons, and who can benefit from
it.
In juicing’s purest form, juice is all that you consume — you don’t even drink
the pulp. At the other end of the spectrum, many people simply like to
incorporate a glass or two of fresh juice, with or without pulp, into their daily
diets in order to get a concentrated boost of vitamins and nutrients. Many people
also like to do a juice cleanse in order to jump-start a diet plan. Regardless of
why you’re interested in juicing, there are certain things that you need to know
before you start, so I’m here to help you along your way.
What’s the Best Way to Extract the Juice?
In Section 2, I’m going to discuss one of the most important components of
juicing — how to extract the juice. This is important because the quality of your
juicing experience will be affected by the method that you choose. It’s a no-
brainer that if the process is difficult, messy, or otherwise unpleasant, you’re not
likely to want to do it on a daily basis.