Cold Pressed Vegetable Juice Challenge -Day7

Day 7

A week and my daily help is reporting fewer stray fallen hair after she swept the house.

Happy?

I am jumping for joy.

Blessing my oldest friend Shalini for telling me about the magic of vegetable juices. I am now also going to make sure sweet child tries some daily.

He is now 16 years old and is dealing with acne and dandruff.

So if the acne gets resolved , his teenage will be so much happier.

So today is a repeat of yesterday.

Yellow pumpkin,Raw turmeric root, mint ,ginger and lemon juice.

Cold water and the veggies cut small, I increased the amount of mint and lemon juice.

Not wanting to make sweet child gag on the not so obvious taste of pumpkin, I made the juice minty.

He just drank it up.

No queries,no sulking and no crankiness.

Awesomeness.

So I now have a partner in my vegetable juice challenge.

Have you started adding juice to your life ?

Let's add the goodness of raw vegetables into our diet.

Cold Pressed Vegetable Juice Challenge -Day5

Day 5.

And then I had so much of beetroot.

Blood red beetroot. To this I added a days worth of Wheatgrass.

Yup. We're growing wheatgrass now.

The only grass that grows here. Ever since I read about how miraculous greens are, and I tried micro greens in my salad... Wheat grass was a must do.

Theses are just the shoots. I soaked dried fenugreek seeds in water overnight and used that water in my vegetable juice challenge. 

Skipped the ginger,only because we forgot to pick it upfront the "Bhajji" wala. And a half day later, I can tell the difference.

My tummy was happier with the ginger.

Again, I wanted a change from the pumpkin and gourds...

So my base for the vegetable juice was cucumber.

I used my smoothie maker for this juice.

Chopped the beetroot into small pieces.

Sliced my cucumber and added the wheatgrass.

The only change, I didn't strain the juice. I had it whole fibre and all.

It was thick and gloopy because of the wheatgrass fibres, but when you read the benefits of wheatgrass,you'll happily drink another glass.

Wheatgrass has more vitamin C than oranges and twice the vitamin A than carrots. It has potassium, sodium,calcium and magnesium ,all essential alkaline minerals that are important to the human body. 

It helps build blood and also cleanse the body. So free radicals,bye bye. It has amino acids that are building blocks of all cells. Active enzymes that can help break down fats are in wheatgrass,so apparently it aids weight loss.

Helps prevent cancer,by detoxification and alkalisation of cells. Boosts every and promotes digestion. Wheatgrass eliminates toxins from your bloods.

And there's so much more information...

Just if you look up.

I soaked wheat berries or regular wheat in water overnight and sprinkled them over soil on a pot. In direct sunlight, you can snip off wheatgrass within a few days.

So after I read all this good stuff,I'm really happy that I started this Vegetable juice challenge.

Are you going to start now?

Let's add the goodness of raw vegetables into our diet.

Cold Pressed Vegetable Juice-Vegetable Juice Challenge DAY2

Congratulations on coming back the second day.

Cold pressed vegetable juice is something that I am extremely happy that I adopted. Even Harry Potter loves his pumpkin juice. Why should I deny my body the benefits of the best vegetables.

So since this is dat two, I'm keeping the safety of the mint leaves.

Mint has the tendency to improve the taste of a lot of insipid ,bland,yucky stuff.

Mint and lemon juice...

Awesome combination.

So by now you know that cooking and processing destroy the micronutrients that are superbly beneficial to our bodies.

And of course, after mid morning.

Never early in the morning.

My glass on day two

250 GMs Ash Gourd -the variety used to make a sweet called petha

1 inch piece ginger

A handful of mint leaves

Juice of 1 lemon

1 glass cold water

Peel and dice the ash gourd, ginger and the mint leaves and place in blender jar with water.

Blend and liquidise.

Strain and press through a clean steel sieve. You can allow some fibre into the juice.

That after all is the magic extra.

Pour into a mason jar or large glass and add the lemon juice.

NO Salt. 

At all.

Stir and drink up. You may store,covered in the fridge for a few hours, but be sure to consume it soon.

 

And only by juices which are removed and squeezed from vegetable pulp can we get these benefits.

There has got to be a reason why the raw pressed cold vegetable juices is a big industry now.

So we'll start with the benefits of Mint.

Mint helps activate your digestive enzymes, allowing for better digestion. Aids weight loss. Improves memory, acts as a breath Freshener, it fights depression and fatigue and is good for skincare and pimples. It's benefits are tremendous. 

There is so much research that is being carried out on the properties of mint against cancer and in improving brain activity. 

Easy to grow, all it needs is a little sunshine and some love and care.

Try this in your vegetable juice.

We'll check out another herb/vegetable tomorrow.

Let's add the goodness of raw vegetables into our diet.

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