Since you were a tot, you’ve always heard of the importance of eating fruits and veggies. They give your body essential nutrients like vitamins and fiber, and they’re also rich in antioxidants to protect you against several diseases. By filling your tummy and satisfying your cravings with low calories, they also help in keeping your body lean and fit. Not a lot of people like eating fresh fruits and vegetables despite these benefits, so various ways are being devised to make them more appealing. Juicing is one of the hypes that do this. Rebecca Hennes of the Houston Chronicle features the juicing trend as an effective way to detoxify your body:

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[Pam] Yoosatid, who has high blood pressure and watches her weight, said that juicing has improved her life. “I definitely noticed a change,” Yoosatid said. “I lost weight, I had more energy and it helped with my digestive problems as well.” “Too many people eat too much garbage that their bodies don’t recognize as food,” natural health practitioner Arwen Wilson said. “Your body is asking itself, ‘Am I supposed to store this or am I supposed to use this?’ You’re constipated, bloated, gassy – all of those things can be changed through detoxification.” The most natural way to detox is to eat five servings of raw fruits and vegetables a day, drink plenty of water and exercise at least 30 minutes per day. Anyone interested in starting a detox or learning to juice should avoid master cleanses and extreme detoxes that can be harmful.

Aside from making sure you have complete, balanced nutrition, you have to ensure the cleanliness of the raw produce used in your juicing diet or detoxes. One way to do that is to use an organic fruit and vegetable wash. Instead of simply rinsing your produce with water, you can use a cleansing solution specified for produce to thoroughly rid them of dirt, harmful chemicals, microbes, and other contaminants. Unlike cleansing agents such as apple cider vinegar (which some people may recommend in cleaning produce), special organic cleaners like iGOZEN won’t affect the taste of your fruits and veggies. The product’s dominant makeup – sustainably gathered seashells – effectively strips the produce of contaminants but not of its freshness and flavor. Of course, you still have to be picky in buying your produce, and you have to assess every fruit or vegetable before processing or eating them. If anything looks or smells rotten, don’t risk ingesting it! Just buy another fruit or vegetable to consume so your health practice doesn’t backfire. (Source: Juicing trend growing as people strive to maintain healthy lifestyles, Houston Chronicle, November 14, 2014)