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There are logical points of course that I could present to represent the power of juicing. I could talk about how it is beneficial to give your digestive systems a break from having to break down solid food materials. Consuming only liquids provides the fuel needed for the body while the digestive system can work on repair and restoration.
Also, many people have poor absorption and therefore still miss out on a lot of nutritional benefits even when they eat great healthy raw foods. This can result from years of bad dietary choices causing a reactionary buildup of mucus and protective slime to coat the walls of the intestines, covering up the pores which would otherwise be absorbing nutrition. The juice can be more easily absorbed in its liquid form.
Beyond macro-nutrition, the abundance of phytonutrients (probiotics) is key to your internal landscape of wellness. As long as the juicing process is low-heat and gentle, then the probiotics and beneficial bacteria remain in the liquid, which are extremely good for supporting the lymphatic and immune systems. These are absorbed as you drink the juices, not just in the stomach but directly to your tissues, your mouth, throat, chest, etc. Also, the electrical composition of fresh juice, especially fruit juice, is very high and this stimulates the electrical function of the body as the liquid gets absorbed and energizes the surrounding cells.
You can also benefit from the nutrition and health-enhancing qualities of certain foods which you might not otherwise necessarily eat. Things like leafy vegetables, celery, roots like beets or carrots, or let’s say the tops of plants like beet leaves, carrot leaves or strawberry leaves, or something like a lemon or pomegranate where eating them is impractical because there are so many seeds involved. If you’re like me, sometimes eating certain raw vegetables is just a bit too much — it’s a lot of chewing and not always very satisfactory. By juicing some of these foods, you pack all of the punch nutrition-wise without all the chewing, as well as avoiding a lot of extra work for your digestive system from having to break down a lot of excess cellulose.
These are the logical points behind the power of juicing. But ultimately, our attraction to the sweet nectar of plants goes beyond logic — it is a natural gravity whereby these things magnetize us towards them. This is really a luxurious treat that 300 years ago only kings and queens would have been able to enjoy. The technology that exists today which allows us to extract the liquid goodness out of plants is amazing.
With all of the great things listed out about juices, you may be wondering what is the catch, or downside, to consuming your nutrients and energy in this way. Well, there are a few. First of all, intuition is supreme and that’s the dial which I use most of all to figure out what to do, how to transition, and how to fuel the next leg on my journey. Right now, and for the last few years, I haven’t really been into juicing. I’m much more into smoothies. I’m now at the point where I like the fiber and the pulp and all the matrices of the fruit to be going through my system in addition to the raw liquid power.
This also brings up a good point about nutrient absorption especially with regard to sugars. We cover in another section (Simple Sugars vs. Complex Sugars) how simple sugars (fructose from fruit and glucose from vegetables) are the best fuel for nutrition, energy, and sustaining optimal health for a human as compared with complex sugars. However, even simple sugars can be overloading and can be absorbed too much too fast.
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