Monday, November 15, 2010

Get to know the many possibilities of juicing.


 Fruit and vegetable juices may be divided into six main types. These are

- Juices from sweet fruits such as prunes and grapes.
- Juices from sub-acid fruits like apple, plum, pear, peach, apricot and cherry,
- Juices from acid fruits like orange, lemon, grapefruit, strawberry and pineapple.
- Juices from vegetable fruits, namely, tomato and cucumber.
- Juices from green leafy vegetables like cabbage, celery, lettuce, spinach, parsley and watercress.
- Juices from root vegetables like beetroot, carrot, onion, potato and radish.  
There are rules for successful use of the six types of juices.  
They are:
Juices from sweet fruits may be combined with juices of sub-acid fruits, but not with those of acid fruits, vegetable fruits or vegetables.


- Juices from sub-acid fruits may be combined with juices of sweet fruits, or acid fruits, but not with other juices.
- Juices from acid fruits may be combined with those of sub-acid fruits or vegetable fruits, but not with other juices.
 -Juices from vegetable fruits may be combined with those of acid fruits or of green leafy vegetables, but not with other juices.
 -Juices from green leafy vegetables may be combined with those of vegetable fruits or of the root vegetable, but not with other juices.
 - Juices from root vegetables may be combined with those of green leafy vegetables, but no t with other juices.

A proper selection of juices in treating a particular ailment is very essential. Thus, for instance, juices of carrot, cucumber, cabbage and other vegetables are very valuable in asthma, arthritis and skin disease, but juices of orange and mosambi aggravate their symptoms by increasing the amount of mucus.

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