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Fresh fruit juice is absolutely delicious. Most people, including myself,  like fruit juice because it is sweet tasting and highly flavorful.

Fruit juices, and fruits in general, are often referred to as the  cleansers of the body. Fruits are referred to as cleansers because their  natural acidity helps the body clean itself of unwanted bacteria.

In many cultures you will actually see many people drinking water  with some lemon juice added to it. Over the years, these cultures have  instinctively realized the benefits of even the slightest amount of  fruit juice.

If you are looking for some great healthy fruit juice ideas and recepies,  then look no further then the vitamix  blender. Using your vitamix blender  can be a great addition to your kitchen allowing you a great tool to  make healthy fruit juice.

The first thing that is important in creating healthy fruit juice is  making sure that you use the whole fruit to juice with. Being able to  consume the whole fruit fibre, juice and all is really important in  trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

I usually like to add a variety of color of fruits to my blender when  making healthy fruit juice because this way I am making sure I am getting  a variety of anti-oxidants and nutrients to my diet.

When making healthy fruit juices, I always encourage people to use  dark leafy green vegetables like Swiss chard or kale to the juice as  well. If you want a more fruiter juice then just add more fruit in proportion  to the amount of vegetables that you use.

A typical juice that I make in the morning with my vitamix  blender as a few leaves of Swiss chard or kale, and apple and a  banana and usually a couple of handfuls of fresh berries or frozen berries.  I will also add a vegan protein power with some hemp seed, ground flax  and any other dissolvable nutrient that you would like to add such as  vitamin C etc.

You have a choice as to how thick you would like your juice as if you  remember from above making sure we consume the fiber part is really  important. If you like a thick juice don’t use as much water or  add more water if you like it more thinly.

Healthy fruit juice is a real vital component to a healthy diet. In  North America we are challenged everyday to get enough nutrients, and  concentrated fruits and vegetables in a natural whole food juice is  a great way to keep the body balance and healthy.

There really is no right or wrong way to make a healthy fruit juice.  All you need to be is open to the possibility of experimenting. Every  individual has there own preference or favorite vegetable and fruit  so start with that first.

I love combining banana’s and dark berries. They give such a  great unique taste and I always feel full afterwards. The great thing with the vitamix blender is that it is easy to clean  and the juicing is fast so it is a wonderful way to experiment to find  your favourite combinations of fruit and vegetables and a quick natural  breakfast.

When it comes to choosing a healthy diet for your body, many people  don’t realize the important role that beverages play. For example, fruit  flavored drinks and soft drinks are not a substitute for real fruit.  Many of these drinks only contain 10% real fruit juice. The very best  drinks are made from whole fruit and you can make great fruity healthy  drinks at home.

The more whole fruits and vegetables that you eat the healthier you  will become. Having a healthy  fruit juice everyday is a great easy way to make sure that happens.

One of the common questions I often get that concerns many people with the issue of juicing lots of fruit is the impact that it has on high blood sugar. Consuming lots of fruits equates to lots of sugar and concerns many people with high blood sugar. The assumption is if you load the body with lots of sugar in the form of fruit then you will create havoc with the insulin levels of the body and you will create a blood sugar problem. I find this is just simply a fear thing. With the right tools, even if you have high blood sugar juicing can be very healthy to your body and probably help to stabilize your blood sugar levels.

This argument would have to be true if we are comparing apples to apples meaning if we are comparing pure sugar as in processed foods with pure sugar. Fruit, even high in sugar goes through a whole different process in the body to be broken down into sugar. It is more natural, sustaining and stabilizes the bodies metabolism.

If an individual has already high blood sugar and is switching to a juicing diet, I will always recommend that they ease into the whole diet change slowly because if their blood sugar is high it is because they have had a bad history of processed food consumption and changing to a whole food all natural diet is going to be difficult. They will go through a kind of detoxification before they will feel better, so they only juice maybe once a day.

Consuming whole natural food is how the body was designed to eat, and juicing fruits and vegetables is part of that natural component. Because we will be consuming a higher quantity of fruit when we juice, one of the things that I do to add to my juice is a good fibre addition. So, if I am making a juice for my morning breakfast and it happens to have a lot of fruit in it. I will add a scoop of a good all natural fibre like flaxseed to the juice.

Adding fibre will not only help with colon health it will help with any concerns of high blood sugar because fibre does a great job at helping to stabilize insulin levels.

The quick answer then to helping control high blood sugar while juicing is to add a good fibre supplement to your juice on a daily basis to help balance the amount of whole natural sugar that is entering the body.

Rather then going cold turkey and just juicing for the sake of juicing, it is really important to find a good book on juicing and really understand the concepts and the type of recipes that are available. Knowledge is power. Power needs preparation and you can only get that through education.

Juicing with fruits and vegetables is for everyone. It doesn’t matter if you have no blood sugar or high blood sugar, adding juicing to your diet is good for your health and will add more quality to your life in the end.

For better education on how to juice properly check out “The Raw Diet”

Tomatoe, canning and juicer. What an odd name for an article!!!! How am I going to possibly tie all of these three words together. The answer is really quite simple. There is no easier way to provide a great anti-oxidant all winter long then canning some tomatoes and then using tomatoe canning with a juicer in a breakfast juice, so you can maximize the anti-oxidants that the body recieves.

Tomatoes are very high in nutrients that kill unwanted cells. Taking them in high quantity like a breakfast juice every morning will be very beneficial for the body. Tomatoe canning and your juicer is a great way to keep the cancer cells at bay.

When tomatoes are in season I will usually by a huge box and can them. I always buy organic, can them in mason jars and that way I can be sure that I have fresh tomatoes for the winter when I need to keep my antioxidant levels high.

I of course always use my Vita mix blender and will usually blend two tomatoes in my juice mix. I will add fresh fruit to give the juice a nice stweetened taste.

Usually what I will do in the morning is add a couple swiss chard leaves to my vitamix blender, add some frozen fruit like cherries or peaches, maybe even an apple or banana if I have it on hand. I will add a couple of canned tomatoes and then add things like flaxseed or Vegan protein powder to make a wholistic drink that tastes good and is good for the cells of my body.

Tomatoe canning and juicer. They could just save your life!!!!!