The Power Of Juicing!

Recently I have been into juicing at least 3-4 times per week. The benefit to juicing is to allow your body to get some essential vitamins and nutrients that you may dread to eat or forget to add to your dish!

There are a number of varieties to choose from, go online and search for your favorite ingredients!

This morning I juiced in an effort to bring my body back to speed after the past few weekends have been filled with parties, weddings and junk food! I know I have missed out on a few important food groups!!

My juice consisted of fresh baby spinach, chobani plain nonfat yogurt, a banana , pineapple chunks, and water! I don't really measure much of it but if I were to give you the best estimate - I use 1 banana, 2-4 handfuls of spinach, about 1/2-3/4 cup of pinapple, 1/2-3/4 cup of yogurt and enough water to smooth the consistency to my desire!

Some important things to know about getting into juicing - if you are using a blender, it may take time to get used to the taste. Blenders can only grind up and smooth out certain ingredients to a point. Some juices might taste gritty from your greens but stick it out!! If you are using a juicer that may automatically separate the juice from your fruit or vegetable and it's skin, you will be eliminating some of the benefits such as fiber. To build that component back up, add a no flavored fiber powder or ground flax seed!

Juicing is great when you're on the go and will keep you nice and full as if you ate a whole meal!