The Ultimate Book of Modern Juicing: More than 200 Fresh Recipes to Cleanse, Cure, and Keep You Healthy

496 Pages·2015·11.03 MB·English

by  Mimi Kirk

to all those who belive health is wealth!

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THERE’S MORE TO JUICING THAN MEETS THE EYE
JUICING, BLENDING, AND EQUIPMENT
HEALTH BENEFITS OF SPECIFIC VEGETABLES, FRUITS, HERBS
AND SPICES
BASIC JUICING RECIPES
BLENDED SMOOTHIE RECIPES
BASIC NUT MILK AND MILKSHAKE RECIPES
JUICING FOR SPECIFIC HEALTH CONDITIONS
COMPLETE GUIDE TO JUICE FASTING, DETOXIFYING, AND
CLEANSING
BEYOND JUICING
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX
the ULTIMATE BOOK of

MODERN JUICING

About the Author
I became a vegetarian in my early 30s and started following a path to
enhance my life, which consisted of meditation, personal growth
workshops, and practicing mindfulness. I have spent decades
researching and practicing natural health to balance mind, body, and
spirit.
At the age of 70, I won the title of Sexiest Vegetarian Over 50 in a
nationwide contest conducted by PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals. I’m the best-selling author of Live Raw: Raw Food Recipes
for Good Health and Timeless Beauty and Live Raw Around the World.
I’m a certified raw food chef, international speaker, coach, and
consultant; and I have a series of YouTube videos demonstrating plant-
based food preparation. I was born in 1938, and being healthy at the age
of 76 has allowed me to keep up with my rigorous schedule. I do not feel
old.
Many people my age not only feel elderly but need daily assistance
because of poor health. My good health is not a product of my family’s
health history, which is not so great. Two of my sisters had cancer and
one of them had additional thyroid issues, kidney disease, and diabetes.
Another sister died of a heart attack at the age of 55. My brother died
from leukemia at the age of 29, and my father had diabetes and
Parkinson’s disease with complications from these illnesses. He died in
his mid-60s. My mother lived long but had heart problems, strokes,
arthritis, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. This is just a portion
of my family’s health issues. I knew early on that I didn’t want to follow in
my family’s footsteps in regard to health, so that is what put me on the
path to researching and finding out what options I had. I would not say
that I possess good genes, but because I work on keeping myself
healthy, I have so far defeated the health issues that have appeared.
Juicing is a passion of mine. I started juicing in the early 1970s, way
before juicing was cool. In the early days, juicers were difficult to clean.
After several months of juicing, I would stop juicing daily and only pull out
the juicer when my body felt like it needed a little boost. After a few
months off from juicing, I would remember how good I felt when I was
juicing, so I would start back up again and stay with it for long periods of
time. But still, I was not as diligent as I could have been.
I was in my 60s when my doctor told me that my blood pressure and
cholesterol level were elevated. I also started feeling arthritic pains in my
joints. My doctor said they were just “age-related diseases.” I got serious
about juicing again, and now, many years later, I can attest that juicing
has reversed my health issues. Six months after my doctor handed me
the (unfilled) prescription, my blood pressure was back to normal and so
was my cholesterol. I’ve not had an arthritic pain since. All my ailments
are gone! Juicing makes me feel healthier and look younger. Juicing
changed my life, and I believe it can and has changed many other lives. It
works!
Even if you have no interest in changing your standard diet, juicing
can improve your health. I have helped many clients begin a healthy
lifestyle by encouraging them to change just one thing, and that one thing
is adding green juice to their daily diet. Juicing helped them feel better
and helped remedy their many illnesses. Encouraged, many of these
individuals then took the next step and stopped eating many of the bad
foods that had been making them sick and tired.
Juicing has been a wonderful healthy journey for me and my loved
ones. I hope this book will be an introduction to healthier habits for you
and your loved ones too.
Enjoying a balanced life includes juicing, a healthy diet, meditation,
sleep, exercise, being in nature, and love—including self-love.
You can see more information about me on my website,
YoungOnRawFood.com.
—Mimi Kirk, January, 2015