Juicing: Is It Good For You?

Ever wonder if you should start juicing? Here are some helpful tips to help you decide. This is a guest post provided by Sarah Brimhall of Liquid Health, Inc. Thanks for the informative post Sarah!

Continuing to gain popularity is the idea of juicing as a way to detox your body or a means to lose weight. Juicing is when fruits and vegetables are squeezed, pressed, or mashed to extract the juice from the rest of the food, for quick and easy consumption. The idea is that by ingesting these things in juice form we are giving our digestive system a rest, as well as easily increasing our daily intake of many important vitamins and nutrients. While it sounds great in theory, here are a few things to consider:

One of the first things to consider is the time spent juicing. It can be a drawback for many people, at least it is for me. You could easily find yourself spending hours preparing your fruits and vegetables, juicing them and then cleaning your machine. You can make juices ahead of time, they should last for 24-48 hours when kept cold. Some of the nutrients will dissipate at time goes, but you can shake up the juice if it separates and enjoy some in the afternoon that you made fresh that morning or the morning before.

By extracting the juice and leaving behind the meat or pulp of the fruit or vegetable, you are missing out on a very import thing: fiber. Fiber can help with everything from lowering a person’s cholesterol, regulating blood sugar to preventing constipation. The fact is, most American’s do not get enough fiber in their diets already, so utilizing something like juicing on a regular or exclusive basis further reduces our intake of this very important nutrient. Juicing is beneficial for those with chronic digestive conditions such as Crohn’s disease or Ulcerative Colitis, when less fiber is ideal. Juicing can be very helpful for these conditions.

Juicing does provide an alternative for people who have a hard time eating their daily recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables. These foods are extremely important to achieving and maintaining a healthy life. Because of its liquid form, juicing does allow your body to absorb the vitamins, minerals and nutrients contained in the juice much easier than when eating their wholefood counterparts. This is much like taking a liquid vitamin supplement. A liquid daily multiple, such as Liquid Health’s Complete Multiple, provides whole food based vitamins, minerals and nutrients, as well as the all important fiber that’s missing when fruits and vegetables are juiced.

It’s important to be aware of your fruit and vegetable intake and what your daily needs are. It is recommended that we have 2 cups (4 servings) of fruits and 2.5 cups (5 servings) of vegetables a day. The thing to be careful of when drinking fruit and vegetable juice is that it can be really dense with calories and not fill you up the way eating that same fruit or vegetables would, so you can really add to your caloric intake if you’re not careful.

Nothing can replace a healthy diet and consistent exercise, but juicing does provide an option for increasing our daily intake of many important vitamins and nutrients. At the end of the day, juicing is better than not eating those fruits and vegetables at all. But, as with most things, moderation is key to insure a healthy balance of everything our body needs to function on a healthy and efficient level.

About the Author:

Sarah Brimhall is a blogger for Liquid Health, Inc. , http://nextstepnutrition.com/ She graduated from Wartburg College in 2002 with a degree in Communications and has worked for Liquid Health, Inc. for 8 years. As a mother of two, Sarah is particularly interested in learning how to live a healthy lifestyle and helping her family to do the same with liquid vitamins and liquid supplements such as liquid raspberry ketone.

Drink Your Vitamins? Benefits of Liquid Vitamins vs Tablet + Pills

Ever wonder whether your vitamins of choice are really the best choice? Here is an informative guest post to help you decide. Thank you Sarah Brimhall for this wealth of information!!

The store shelves are packed with tons of different multivitamins. You can find vitamins in pill, tablet, gel cap, powder and even liquid form. It can be hard to know which vitamin to choose with so many options on the market. There are lots of things to consider when picking a multivitamin, including delivery method and absorption rate.

There are many people who have a hard time swallowing pills. It’s no wonder when you see the size of some of the multivitamins on the market today. The other problem with pills is the effect they can have on your digestive system. It’s not uncommon for people to experience an upset stomach when taking too many pills everyday. Big pills can be incredibly hard for your body to digest.

When your body can’t properly digest the vitamins you’re taking it can also affect how much of the vitamin you’re able to absorb. The label of your multivitamin will tell you how much of each vitamin, mineral and nutrient is in each dose, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that’s how much you’re body is able to utilize. When your body isn’t absorbing the full amount of the vitamins, you aren’t getting all the benefits you may be looking for. Different delivery methods for vitamins offer different absorption rates.

Delivery System / Rate of Absorption*
Pill or tablet – 10%
Capsule – 20%
Gel Cap – 30%
Transdermal Patch – 45%
Sublingual Liquid – 50%
Intramuscular Injection – 90%
Intraoral or Sublingual Spray – 95%
Intravenous Injection – 100%
*Source: Physicians’ Desk Reference, NPPDR No. 18:676, 1997

There’s lots to think about when deciding which multivitamin to add to your daily health routine. While any vitamin may be better than no vitamin, there are certainly options that are better than others. Make sure you do your research because taking a good multivitamin can go a long way to maintaining your overall health and well-being, so it’s important to make sure you pick a good one.

About the Author:

Sarah Brimhall is a blogger for Liquid Health, Inc. , http://nextstepnutrition.com/ She graduated from Wartburg College in 2002 with a degree in Communications and has worked for Liquid Health, Inc. for 8 years. As a mother of two, Sarah is particularly interested in learning how to live a healthy lifestyle and helping her family to do the same with liquid vitamins and liquid supplements.

Guest Post: 5 More Do It Yourself Beauty Tips

A few weeks ago my friend Stuart sent me a guest post with 5 DIY Beauty Tips. I loved it so much, he sent me another 5 to share with you from his client Medical Supply 123! I’m happy to share these amazing tips with you! Thanks again Stuart and Medical Supply 123 Smile

All the creams and sticks and powders and shimmers that claim to make us our most beautiful all come with a price and chemicals. These can start running into lots of money. All these tips below you should have most of the products if not all in your house already. All these tips are simple little tricks that can make you look beautiful and save some money while doing so, what’s better than that

1. Want to know how to remove makeup and are unhappy with the makeup remover you are using now? Try this, almond or sesame oil. Take the oil and apply it with a cotton ball or soft cloth. Almond and sesame oil will remove all traces of makeup, including waterproof mascara quickly and easily. Simple.

2. Here is an oldie but goodie do you have puffy eyes? All you have to do is place thin, cool slices of cucumber on your eyes. Leave the cucumber slices on your eyes for 15 minutes and remove. The puffiness will be gone….magically. You can also use the cucumber to tone your face. Use either the slices or the juice. Leave on your face for 10 to 20 minutes and then rinse thoroughly. If you do not like cucumber you can try grated potato will also remove puffiness from your eyes.

3. A great one reminds me when I was a kid. Do you use those pore strips? Expensive aren’t they? Well all you need to do is use a thin layer of non-toxic white Elmer’s Glue. As a kid we all peeled it off our hands. Now as an adult, spread a thin layer on your face, let it dry, and peel off and there you have your own pore strips. Keep well clear of eyes.

4. Do you have apple cider vinegar in your house? If so you can mix 1/4 cup organic apple cider vinegar with 1 cup water to use as clarifying shampoo, then use your usual conditioner.

5. Ever wonder how to get those yellow stains off your nails? Well you can use whitening toothpaste, scrub nails if you like you can add lemon juice for extra bleaching power.

These are just some Do It Yourself beauty tips for you. Simple Easy as 1..2…3

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The Blueberry – Natures Blue Wonder Fruit

Summer time means loads of blueberries are ripe for picking. You may be eating tons of blueberries this time of year because they taste great, but these amazing berries are also great for your body. My friend Stuart sent me a guest post for you my lovelies to learn more reasons to stock up on blueberries while they’re in season! Thanks Stuart Smile

Ever look at a Blueberry and wonder, why am I eating this little blue berry? What benefits are hidden in this little sweet berry?

Well here is a little about the wondrous superpowers hidden in this little sweet and wondrous blue fruit.

Blueberries are a very powerful antioxidant for your health and wellness, offering great benefits to the nervous system.  Extensive research data has also shown that blueberry consumption has significant brain health enhancing powers.  Not only does blueberries consumption offer improved brain health, but it has also have been linked to significantly slow down the progression of cognitive deterioration associated with aging.

We all know that berries in general are considered to be low in terms of glycemic index, and recent studies have found that those who ate 3 servings of low glycemic fruit per day saw a significant improvement in their blood sugar regulation over a 3 month period (Hemoglobin A1c).

Another one of the great powers of our little Blueberry is that it carries a tremendous amount of oxidative powers shown to have a strong effect on cardiovascular performance and assisting the entire body in its fight against cancer, especially colon cancer by keeping the digestive track healthy.  Aside for being beneficial to cardiovascular health, incorporating blueberries into your diet can have  a tremendously positive effect on HDL  levels, (Good cholesterol) helps to lower triglycerides, and also protects LDL Levels (Bad cholesterol) from oxygen damage which can cause blood vessel and clogging, which in turn will keep your heart healthy giving you a healthy blood pressure level and  a healthy functioning heart.

Now that you have learned just a small bit of what Blueberries offer you, and how important it is to utilize the great powers they possess, make the special effort to include them to your diet by adding them to cereals, smoothies or just enjoy them freshly washed out of the box. But most of all …ENJOY!

We all are aware of the health benefits of ginger and its cleansing powers. Check out this great recipe combining both ginger and blueberries  giving you a great refreshing treat and a powerful antioxidant punch.

Wild Blueberry-Ginger Juice

Just one of the 120 new drink recipes from Chill: Deliciously Fresh Ways to Drink to your Health – a new recipe book by our friends at Cooking Light. Want to read more? Find out more blueberry facts + recipes when you follow @WildBBerries4U on Twitter or by checking out this “Chill” Wild About Health Blog.

Ingredients

· 1/2 cup sugar

· 1/2 cup water

· 1/4 cup coarsely chopped peeled fresh ginger

· 6 (2-inch-long) strips lemon rind

· 4 cups wild blueberries

· 2 teaspoons grated peeled fresh ginger

· 2 (10-ounce) bottles club soda, chilled

· Ice cubes

· Lemon rind strips or lemon slices (optional)

Preparation

1. Combine first 4 ingredients in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat; let stand 15 minutes. Place pan in a large ice-filled bowl for 5 minutes or until cold. Pour syrup through a sieve into a pitcher; discard solids.

2. Place half of wild blueberries and grated ginger in a blender; process 20 seconds or until smooth. Pour wild blueberry puree through a sieve into pitcher, pressing with the back of a spoon to remove as much juice as possible; discard solids. Stir juice into syrup mixture. Repeat procedure with remaining wild blueberries and grated ginger. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

3. Gently stir club soda into wild blueberry mixture. Serve immediately over ice. Garnish with lemon rind strips or slices, if desired. Serves 5 (serving size: about 1 cup)

Nutritional Information per Serving
CALORIES 151; FAT 0.4g (sat 0.1g, mono 0.1g, poly 0.2g); PROTEIN 1g; CARB 38.7g; FIBER 3.2g; CHOL 0mg; IRON 0.4mg; SODIUM 26mg; CALC 17mg

+ Stu Lieberman has been writing about Medical, Health and Beauty Supplies for 3 years; from Vitamins and Supplements to Therapy Equipment to Online Medical Supplies Stu uses MedicalSupply123.com for all his personal medical needs.

Guest Post: 5 Do It Yourself Beauty Tips

My friend Stuart offered to send me a guest post from his client Medial Supply 123. These are great DIY beauty tips using supplies you most likely have on hand in your home. I learned something new today about exfoliating, read on for the details! Thanks for the great tips Medical Supply 123 Smile

1. When brushing your teeth using baking soda can make them whiter. Some of those teeth whitening kits can be real expensive. All you need to do is mix one tablespoon of baking soda with three drops of hydrogen peroxide then use it as a toothpaste SMILE instant teeth whitening without the price.

2. Do you spend lots on shaving cream? All you need to do is shave your legs with hair conditioner that’s right, simply use hair conditioner instead. It’s moisturizing, makes the hairs softer and therefore easier to shave.

3. Do you like to use face masks. They make you feel all refreshed when done. Why don’t you try using honey as a face mask. Honey (raw honey) has antibacterial properties and is very effective at helping acne-prone skin. All you need to do is leave on your face for 10 minutes, wash off with warm water and that is it and if some drips into your mouthy consider that as a bonus.

4. Do you exfoliate? Did you know you can use an orange? The acid that is in the orange along with the Vitamin C makes it excellent to exfoliate with. It is simple just cut an orange in half and use on your knees and elbows.

5. Here is an easy tip for you so you don’t get bumpy irritated legs. Shave your legs last, do it at the end of your shower when the warm water has been beating down on your legs this will have opened up your pores and the hair will be softer.

These are just 5 Do It Yourself beauty tips for you. Simple Easy as 1..2…3

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