"通往健康的「多汁」大道"

榨蔬果汁被吹捧為最新的健康風潮，但這真的對你有好處嗎？根據最新研究指出，答案是肯定的！

若不是全部，也有數量不少的健康顧問建議每人一天要食用六到八份蔬菜。平均來說，多數人吃得遠遠不夠多，榨蔬果汁就是一個理想之道，讓人們增加蔬菜攝取而不用添加多餘的卡路里、脂肪或不想要的磅數。

榨汁將食物分解成大量營養，讓身體較容易吸收。因此，人們從果汁中可以得到比吃實際食物更多的養分。另外，民眾可以混合許多不同蔬菜一起榨汁──因而得到透過一般飲食無法達成的方式吃到大量的營養成分。例如，一般人一餐可能不會煮或食用含有小黃瓜、芹菜、鳳梨、高麗菜、菠菜、番薯葉和其他綠葉蔬菜。然而，一餐喝一杯包含上述蔬菜的果汁則是完全有可能的事──而且還很好喝！

榨蔬果汁不代表要取代食用食物（纖維和其他營養物，例如蛋白質和脂肪不含在果汁內），而是，藉由給人體額外的營養來增補飲食。在榨汁時，重要的是要使用新鮮蔬果榨汁（盡可能用有機的），榨完汁要盡快食用完畢，才不會發生氧化作用，或使維他命和酵素流失。

(Health) A Juicy Way to Good Health

Juicing is being touted as the newest health craze, but is it actually good for you? According to new research, the answer is yes!

Many, if not all, health advisers recommend a person consume 6-8 servings of vegetables a day. On average, most people consume much less, and juicing is an ideal way for people to increase their vegetable intake without adding extra calories, fat or unwanted pounds.

Juicing breaks foods down into macro-nutrients, which are easier for our bodies to absorb. As a result, a person gets more nutrition from juice than they would eating actual food. Plus, a person can mix many different vegetables into one juice V therefore consuming a larger amount of nutrients in a way that they could not achieve by eating a regular meal. For example, a person may not cook or consume a meal consisting of cucumber, celery, pineapple, cabbage, spinach, sweet potato leaves, and other leafy greens in one sitting. However, drinking a juice consisting of these in one sitting is entirely possible V and delicious!

Juicing is not meant to replace eating food, (fiber and other nutrients such as protein and fat are not found in juice) but, rather, to supplement a persons diet by giving them an extra nutritional boost. When juicing, its important to juice fresh vegetables and fruits (organic whenever possible) and consume the juice shortly after so that no oxidation occurs or vitamins and enzymes are lost.

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