JUICE PLUS ReviewWritten by Joan Bramsch
Hi dear Parent,I've been doing some extensive research on supplements. The information I'm discovering points to importance of getting our nutrients from whole foods. Science is beginning to realize that our bodies use whole foods better than vitamins, which are bits and pieces and parts of whole food. It's no accident, they tell us, that an apple, for example, is filled with a hundred or more different vitamins and nutrients (and, as yet, unidentifiable "good stuff") that are designed to work TOGETHER to feed our bodies well and to energize us. There's Truth in old saying: "An apple a day, keeps doctor away." That apple, a whole food, "knows" how to protect and build up our immune system to keep us healthy! All Nature's Gifts are designed in that way: Nutritious foods like fruits and veggies - apples, oranges, bananas, pineapple, grapes; carrots, broccoli, sweet potatoes, corn, string beans. Scientists, nutritionists and medical doctors tell us we should eat five servings of fruits a day, and four servings of vegetables a day. That's a whole lotta food to eat. To be honest, most of us don't eat that well each and every day, don't you agree? There are daze (sic) when I'm lucky to eat a banana, a handful of grapes, a baked potato and maybe some steamed green beans. But that's not enough healthy whole food to fuel our bodies optimally.
| | Like To Eat - Go For It!Written by Monique Rider
LIKE TO EAT – GO FOR IT! Do you want to have energy all day long, burn mega calories, strip body fat, AND have a healthy digestive system? Then eat – and do it frequently! Yes, your body needs food and plenty of it to get through daily grind. Eating four to six small, frequent meals per day is truly key to a healthy body and a healthy lifestyle. Eating frequently keeps adequate calories in body. Most of us really don't eat enough. We are all running around with a full daily schedule, stress, trying to exercise (or not) and expecting to do it all on a few meals per day. Yet we can't figure out why we're not healthy or why we're not losing weight. Focusing on small, frequent meals ensures that we are getting full amount of calories we need. You have to eat more, to burn more calories. Now this doesn't mean four to six "junk" meals each day. It means reasonably sized meals that include protein, carbohydrates, and a LITTLE fat. When you restrict calories by not eating, your body refuses to give up extra body fat. So you must give your body what it wants, and it'll burn calories more efficiently. By eating this way, you’ll also keep your energy level high all day – no more mid-day fatigue. That’s crash you feel when your blood sugar dips too low. Keeping food in your body at regular intervals will prevent that crash. It will also prevent trips to vending machine. Because when blood sugar dips, brain receives a subconscious message to find sugar aka junk food.
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