Between work, school and the days when you don’t want to cook, eating our 5 fruits and vegetables a day is not always that easy! Easy to make and full of vitamins, vegetable juices are an excellent alternative for a balanced diet.
Why choose vegetable juices?
By making vegetable juices, it will be much easier and “quicker” to consume them than if you had to eat them one by one.
By drinking fresh vegetable juices, you can enjoy all the nutrients. Indeed, when you cook your vegetables, they denature and you lose a good part of their nutritional qualities. The same applies to juices purchased in shops, they are pasteurized (and therefore cooked) for better preservation. So make your own fresh vegetable juices at home.
When you eat vegetables, your body has the dual task of breaking down cell walls and assimilating nutrients. On the other hand, when you prepare a juice, cold extraction causes a mechanical separation of fibres and nutrients. Thus, almost all nutrients are directly absorbed while the fibres are not present at all (with an extractor).
You have probably seen recipes several times to fight a specific vegetable-based disease. The reason is quite simple. Indeed, by combining the right vegetables, you create an optimal synergy between them through the complementarity of their nutrients.
Fruits are very healthy, but it is important to keep in mind that a fruit juice contains more sugars than a vegetable juice. Indeed, fruit juices have a high sugar content. For your information, there are 14.8 grams of sugar in 100g of mango.
Moreover, thanks to their nutrients, vegetable juices bring many benefits to the body and the mind. They reduce stress, eliminate toxins, provide optimal hydration, improve cognitive abilities, provide anti-aging skin care, promote sleep, restore acid-base balance, and ensure good weight control.
Extractor or Blender: What to choose?
The juice extractor separates the juices from the fibres and pulp of the vegetables. To do this, he grinds the ingredients. In addition, the extractor limits the heating of fruits and vegetables by cold pressing, which preserves all their nutritional qualities. Thus, the extractors produce liquid juices that are easily digested.
Thanks to its blades, the blender chops vegetables and mixes them. It keeps the fibres and the pulp with the juice. Thus, it can be used to make smoothies, mashed potatoes, crushed ice, soup or milk shakes. Depending on the power of your blender and the speed of rotation, you may find some small pieces of vegetable.
Extractor or Blender: What to choose?
The juice extractor separates the juices from the fibres and pulp of the vegetables. To do this, he grinds the ingredients. In addition, the extractor limits the heating of fruits and vegetables by cold pressing, which preserves all their nutritional qualities. Thus, the extractors produce liquid juices that are easily digested.
Thanks to its blades, the blender chops vegetables and mixes them. It keeps the fibres and the pulp with the juice. Thus, it can be used to make smoothies, mashed potatoes, crushed ice, soup or milk shakes. Depending on the power of your blender and the speed of rotation, you may find some small pieces of vegetable.
Some recipes for vegetable juice
To boost your energy all day long, get 2 tomatoes, 1 cucumber, 2 apples, 1 handful of kale leaves. To make this juice, first wash your vegetables thoroughly and then peel the cucumber and apples. Pass the whole thing to the extractor or blender.
To relieve stress from your busy days, make a fruit juice with 1 beetroot, 2 radishes, 1 broccoli, 1 carrot and 1 celery juice. After washing the ingredients thoroughly, peel the beet and carrot, then cut them into small pieces and blender or extractor them all.
To detoxify your body, take ½ pineapple, ½ lemon, 2 cucumbers, 1 handful of kale leaves, 1 piece of ginger. After washing all your ingredients, peel your fruits and vegetables and cut them into small pieces. Finally, put them in the extractor or blender.
To sleep easily at night, make yourself a juice to relax with 1 apple, 1 handful of kale leaves, 1 handful of spinach leaves, 2 stalks of celery, 1 beetroot. After washing all your ingredients, peel the apple and beetroot, then cut all your ingredients into small pieces and blender or extractor them.