READY, SET, JUICE!!!

Making fresh juice a part of a well-balanced, plant-based diet is an important tool for achieving good health.

Juicing offers many life-enhancing health benefits including a faster, more efficient way to absorb immune boosting nutrients naturally found in fruits and vegetables. It provides a way to access digestive enzymes typically locked away in the fiber matrix of whole fruits and vegetables. Most commercial juices are processed and lacking in nutrition while freshly juiced fruits and vegetables are loaded with an abundance of vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients.

Drinking fresh juice can help us adopt healthier eating patterns. For those of us who do not traditionally consume many fruits and vegetables, incorporating fresh juice can be a fun and different approach to increasing consumption of these important plant foods for improved health and wellness and reaching your weight loss goals.

Did you know that 95% of the vitamins and enzymes our bodies need are found in the juice of raw fruits and vegetables? We would need to eat 2 lbs of carrots, 10-12 apples, or 8 lbs of spinach to get the same amount of nutrients you receive in one 16 oz juice. When you drink juice, highly concentrated vitamins, minerals and enzymes rapidly enter the bloodstream absorbing all of the nutritional benefits of the fruits and vegetables and giving your digestive organs a much-needed rest.

There are many health benefits of drinking freshly juiced fruits and vegetables, and it’s a great way to add nutrients from the fruits or vegetables that you normally wouldn’t eat. Fruit and vegetable juices retain most of of the vitamins, minerals and plant chemicals (phytonutrients) that would be found in the whole versions of those foods. These nutrients can help protect against cardiovascular disease, cancer and various inflammatory diseases, like rheumatoid arthritis. Valuable compounds called flavonoids and anthocyanins are abundant in a variety of fruits and vegetables and guard against oxidative cellular damage, which comes from everyday cellular maintenance and is exacerbated by exposure to chemicals and pollution.Juicing has incredible nutritional benefits. Juice is packed with vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and antioxidants.

As a Juice fanatic and proud Co-Owner and Co-Founder of Macau’s successful Sattva Juicery – the first Juicery in Macau delivering Raw, Living, Fresh and Perfectly Pure Cold Pressed Juices and Juice Cleanses straight to the clients doors – i believe in incorporating juice into your everyday life. That’s why i decided to spread the Juice bug to my Family and Friends first, before opening the Juicery and expand the Bottle of Goodness throughout Macau and to the community. Sattva Juicery was founded with a spirited heart and an ambitious goal: to offer the purest, raw, cold pressed juices, delicious superfood smoothies and nutritious food to go that help towards a happier mind, body and soul, while leading the way for socially-conscious initiatives.

Adding juice to your diet is a way of boosting nutrition and getting back to healthy basics.

Cleansing is about taking the clean eating approach a step further, giving your system a break and helping reduce your dependence on unhealthy, processed foods.

Cleanses not only help your body eliminate toxins that build up in your digestive system but also allows the body to assimilate and digest very important enzymes. Its an opportunity to enhance your health, re-calibrate your body/digestive system and build a stronger immune system. During cleansing you should experience a boost in energy, enhanced mental clarity and brighter, clearer skin. Cleanses can also assist in shedding unwanted pounds. In addition to all of the benefits that have already been listed, cleansing promotes healthy eating habits and helps to deconstruct bad habits/cravings…this may be the most beneficial part of a cleanse.

Mariana Xx