Real Life Real Faith Wisdom for Everyday Life November/December Issue | Page 13

Health Matters!
by Phyllis Amaral

Juicing….
It does a body good!

I have been enjoying the benefits of juicing fresh fruits and vegetables for the past 17 years, along with a mostly healthy whole
foods diet ranging at times from strict raw vegan to including the occasional egg and dairy product.Anecdotal evidence (personal
experience) and scientific studies continue to mount in support of juicing. You can find also find many blogs and recipe books on
juicing these days by glowing, healthy people – too much to ignore.

So what exactly is juicing, and why should you be interested?
Juicinginvolves extracting the juice from the whole fruit or vegetable, leaving behind the pulp and fiber so you’re getting a
concentration of nutrients and phytochemicals that can be digested more efficiently andeffectively. Yes, fiber is important so be
sure to also eat whole vegetables and fruits and from other healthy sources, but juicing gives the digestive system a break and
enables all the nutrients to get right to work in the body, nourishing it and helping it to heal itself. Pulp also add calories, which is
why it’s so easy to easy to lose weight when juicing is part of a healthy diet and lifestyle.
It’s nearly impossible to eat the quantity of fresh fruits and vegetables required to get all the nutrients the body requires (5-10
servings per day), not to mention the quality of the soil in which the produce is grown or the bonuspesticides and herbicides.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), the lack of fresh fruits and vegetables is a major reason for
the alarming deterioration of our overall health.But just a glass of delicious, fresh juice each day can deliver all your minimum
daily requirements!

A Little History
Today there are many proponents of juicing, most notably Jay Korditch, the “Father of Juicing”,Dr. Norman Walker, inventor of
the Norwalk Press, Jason Vale, aka “The Juice Master”, and Joe Cross of “Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead” fame – all of whom were
heavily influenced by pioneers Dr. Max Gerson and Dr. Norman Walker from the early to mid-1900’s.
Dr. Max Gerson (1881 – 1959) was a German born émigré to the US whose approach to curing disease and cancer involved a
predominately vegetarian diet, freshly juiced fruits and vegetables, and supplements. He meticulously documented the many
patients he successfully treated and his juicing protocol is freely available on the web. His belief was that most diseases are
caused by a build-up of toxins in the system which can be reduced by such means as fresh juices.His daughter, Charlotte,
continues his work at the Gerson Institute to this day, helping countless people heal from their diseases.
Jay Kordichwas born in 1923 in Southern California,diagnosed with bladder cancer at a young age, and moved to New York to
seek help from Dr. Gerson, whose treatment Kordich to this day attributes to his being cancer free ever since.