Fasting is of many types. It helps to improve the functions of all body organs and gives rest to the digestive system. It lowers the metabolic rate. Vegetable fasting also helps in cleansing the body organs and eliminates toxins from the body. Vegetables contain high amount of vitamins and minerals. Vegetable juice gets absorbed quickly without straining your digestive system too much. It helps to improve detoxification process in the body. This article gives you information about recipes of vegetable juice blends.
Vegetable juice blends
Following are some of the juice blends:
- Carrots, kale and wheat grass. Carrots are good sources of vitamin C and beta-carotene.
- Carrots seasoned with onion, garlic and ginger. This mix is very healthy and nutritious.
- Cucumber, celery, tomato, broccoli and parsley. It is good to use fresh tomato which is ripened at the time of picking from the plant. It contains double the amount of vitamin C.
- Tomato, celery, cucumber, green pepper, parsley and sea salt
- Celery, carrots and parsley
- Carrots, celery and cucumber. Cucumber is also wonderful source of vitamin C. It helps in the process of detoxification in the body.
- Spinach, carrots and kale. Spinach is good source of vitamin B, iron and folate.
How to keep vegetable juice fresh?
To prepare juices and store it, buy glass canning jars. Fill the jar completely with the juice, seal it with the lid tightly and screw on the top. Place these jars in the refrigerator. You can keep vegetable juices for five days. After opening the jars or preparing fresh juice, drink it within 20 minutes because beneficial enzymes can be destroyed due to exposure to air.
Suggestions
- Fresh and raw vegetables are more nutritious than cooked vegetables. Try to use them in a creative way.
- Vegetable drinks can provide nutrients similar to raw state.
- It is not good to drink vegetable juice for a long time during a fast.
- It may not be able to give you all the nutrients. It is better to fast on vegetable juice diet for only one week.
