The Juice on Juicing
While I am sure you have heard about the healing powers of raw juicing, please allow me to refresh your memory:
Drinking raw fruits and vegetables provides the body with minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants, which are all powerful ingredients to fight off inflammation and disease.
Feeling pretty down on a cold, rainy day last week, I knew it was time for a rejuvenating juice!
So, when I hit up a local trending Boston juicing spot, Pure Cold Press, I was ready to test out a new concoction for better health.
Now, the way the juice is brewed here is unique, although dates back several decades, in that the locally-owned presserie uses cold pressing. First, the fruits and vegetables are ground into a pulp, and then the hydraulic press squeezes the water out of the pulp, creating juice that can be stored in bottles up to a month.
The green Namaste juice I picked out was delicious and refreshing. I could taste the pineapple and mint and felt energized for a rainy Boston bike ride almost instantly.
A few other important notes are the cost of the juice, which was around $9. Also, juices are typically low in dietary fiber and high in sugar. Personally, I drink raw juices infrequently because of these two points and make up for it by brewing my own kind of "juice" using the Vitamix® Blender to retain all the fiber of the whole foods.
I believe a balanced lifestyle is in part fueled by the foods we nourish ourselves with, and juice certainly fits into my idea of healthy beverages.
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