It’s been a while, my readers. As most of you might not know, I was in the U.S. for almost 4 months. Now that I’m back in Asia, I have a bit of time to impress my juicing wisdom upon you. Here it is!<\/p>\n
1. Choose organic vegetables and fruits whenever possible. It’s been a while, my readers. As most of you might not know, I was in the U.S. for almost 4 months. Now that I’m back in Asia, I have a bit of time to impress my juicing wisdom upon you. Here it is! 1. Choose organic vegetables and fruits whenever possible. 2. If you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-detox","category-juices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifebod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifebod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifebod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifebod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifebod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifebod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifebod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifebod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifebod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifebod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2. If you have to use non-organic produce, find those with thick skin like oranges or pineapple, so you’re minimizing your pesticide exposure.
\n3. If it’s thin-skin produce, avoid the dirty dozen<\/a> and choose the clean 15<\/a> whenever possible.
\n4. Use a slow masticating slow juicer to retain the enzymatic and raw benefits (I use a Hurom<\/a> that I lugged back from Korea). Those regular centrifugal juicers cut the produce and causes rapid oxidation.
\n5. Carrot and green apple juice is the easiest starter juicer. I’ll share more juicing recipes in time, but for now, 3 medium carrots, and 1 large apple will yield a good 8 oz glass.
\n6. Don’t throw away your pulp. Use it to make compost for your garden.
\n7. If you are controlling your sugar intake, substitute fruit with vegetables.
\n8. Wash your vegetables with a tsp salt to a 1.5 liter bath to remove dirt and kill creepy crawlies like pests and worms. Scrub the crevices with a toothbrush, or just cut it out. Stuff lives in there.
\n10. The sooner you drink your juice after juicing it, the more nutritious and safer it is.
\n11. Never leave it in room temperature for more than a few minutes if you live in hot climate. Refrigerate your juice under 8C.
\n12. Avoid drinking juice that is more than 3 days old, especially if you live in a hot climate.
\n13. You can freeze some juices to stop spoilage, but not all juices will thaw and look pretty.
\n14. Make sure you don’t be a hero and juice vegetables that are not commonly used for juicing. Stick with what is common. Some produce are toxic raw (Ie. tapioca, su jai choy, etc).
\n15. Drink juice on an empty stomach so that you can absorb the nutrients.
\n16. Finally, listen to your body. For example, bittermelon is very good in controlling your blood sugar level. However, if you’re experience hypoglycemia or your muscles are going all tender, cut it out and reintroduce it back sparingly, gently and slowly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"