Juicing is one of the best
ways to incorporate more fruits and vegetables into your diet.
It is also one of the quickest ways to
feed your body with nutrition.
Moreover, you will be more successful in getting children and picky
eaters to consume a variety of raw vegetables through juicing then to make them eat
it whole.
Most importantly,
juicing makes it very easy for you to add more colour of the food rainbow into
your diet. Colour is the key to getting a variety
of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, and the actual nutrients a food
contains make them their specific colour.
Here’s what adding a little colour to your palate can do for
you:
Red pigment
in tomatoes, grapefruits, guava and watermelon are rich in Lycopene, which can
help reduce risks of prostate cancer, prevent the aging of the skin and can
keep it younger looking, it can also protects your skin from sunburn.
Orange pigment in carrots, cantaloupe, squash, and yams are
full of Beta- carotene, which is converted into vitamin A in our body. Vitamin A has many roles within the
body. It is important for
healthy vision, especially night vision.
It helps support the function of white blood cells. Also, it plays a critical function in
healing the gastrointestinal tract, lungs, and skin.
Yellow pigment in mango, pineapple, yellow beet, yellow
carrot, lemon and star fruit are teeming with vitamin C. Vitamin C is critical for the
production of collagen, the protein that repairs skin, bone, and joints.
Green pigment in asparagus, green beans and especially dark
leafy greens (kale, bok choy, watercress, seaweeds and collard greens) are a
nutritional powerhouse! Potassium, dietary
fiber, folate, vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin C, vitamin B complex and
chlorophyll. Vitamin B complex
helps to nourish your nervous system, increases absorption of omega3 fatty acids,
and can balance out your hormones. This is just a short
list of the nutrients that are found in these veggies.
Blue/Purple foods such as grapes, eggplant, figs,
blueberries, blackberries, purple onions, lavender, purple basil, purple
peppers and purple cabbage are rich in flavonoids and anthocyanin, which can lower
your risk of heart disease, help improve your memory and assist with healthy
aging.
White pigment foods are nutritious too, and they also packed
many health benefits.
Remember that you get the vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients
provided by each colour group.
White foods such as mushrooms, onions, cauliflower, parsnips, garlic, cucumber
and coconut can provide you with vitamin D, calcium, phosphorus, (These
vitamins and minerals aid in bone health.) vitamin C, dietary fiber, potassium,
healthy fats, antifungal and anticancer properties.
With so many choices of colourful edibles, you can definitely colour your palate with juices daily to improve your wellbeing.
