Make Your Juicing Diet Fit Your Circumstances
Juicing diet systems have become an integral part of the dietary advice given by the mainstream media, as this method of purifying the body becomes increasingly well known. It is important to realize, though, that not all of the advice given in the media is accurate or warranted, and that there is a lot of misinformation being spread by those with vested interests. Juicing is a valid method for trying to deal with complex health conditions and trying to improve overall health, but it is not a miracle cure for anything.
There are many possible applications of juicing for health from the simplest attempt to overcome a temporary condition of heartburn to the creation of a complete raw food diet which you intend to follow for the rest of your life. The longer a juice regime is going to be followed, the more thought will need to go into it as any dietary regime which is unbalanced or which is lacking in certain nutrients can cause problems if indulged in for long enough. The simple short term diet aimed at a specific health condition needs relatively little thought, as it is usually spelled out for you.
The most common use of raw juice in combating a temporary condition is in fighting acid reflux and heartburn, and even this needs to be planned properly. Eating the wrong type of fruit or drinking the wrong type of juice can actually make the condition worse, even though the juice itself may be healthy and full of useful nutrients. Orange and pineapple juice, for example, are acidic in their natural form and the body will not have time to deal with them before they react with the already over-acidic stomach and cause acid burn. Mild juices such as apple juice, pear juice or grape juice will help to reduce the acidic condition.
A longer term juicing diet will need far more preparation and planning, as it essential that all of the nutrients the body needs are provided for in the diet. This includes minerals such as calcium and proteins which are normally derived from animal sources. Juicing can play a significant part in your nutritional program, but it cannot provide everything you need and it cannot be followed restrictively for a long period of time. It is just as important to make sure that the rest of your food intake is optimized as it is to get your juicing program right.
It is best to work out your likely diet in advance, even before you buy your first juicing machine, as the choice of machine really depends on what you will be extracting juice from. If you are only going to be extracting juice from soft fruits, you can get away with a relatively cheap juicer and still get good results. You will get better results from a more expensive model, but the cheap one will be good enough. Once you begin to try to extract the juice from vegetables the job becomes a lot harder. A good motorized juicer with twin gears will help you get the best from all of your juiced food.
It is important not to be rigid, and to realize that the juicing diet you follow may need to change with circumstances. Whenever the body exhibits signs of discomfort, and the possible onset of illness, it can be necessary to adjust the diet so that more nutrient is available to the immune system to help it deal with these problems. If you are following a juice regime during your everyday life, you will already have a head start as you will be taking in plenty of the vitamins that the immune system needs to fight illness, as part of your regular juicing diet.