GET HEALTHY, GET HAPPY..GET FRESH! - Why freshly squeezed juices ´squeeze out´ their supermarket competitors when it comes to health benefits!

"FRESH, Exciting...so inviting to me!"...ok so maybe Cool and the Gang weren´t talking about freshly squeezed juices in their song...but they certainly should have been! :)

A glass of freshly squeezed juice is not only refreshing but also SUPER healthy, providing many benefits that usually get lost in processing that store bought juices undergo. 

The reason TRUE FRESH is best is that once the juice is squeezed, the important minerals begin to break down. 
The longer it sits, the less potent it is, so that the stuff you get in the supermarket, may be free of any addiditves and completely ´100% natural´..but it is also completely´depleted in vitamins and enzymes so in essence also free of most vitamins too!

Home Fresh Vs Processed Juices:

• Bottle juice is pasteurized and the nutrients are depleted.
• Juices made from imported produce may carry traces of banned pesticides.
• Juices from fruit concentrates do not contain the whole fruits and they may be nothing more than sugar water -- possibly made with chemicals in water from industrial sites.
• Acids from juices can leech metal from cans, causing canned juice to spoil.
• Wax and other chemicals found in juice containers can taint the juice.
• Shrink-wrapped juice cartons come under high heat that depletes enzymes in juice.

Natural Juices made at home: 

Natural juices contain all the vitamins, minerals, fluids, enzymes, amino acids and chlorophyll (with no toxic additives) from fruits and vegetables- thereby helping the body by:

• Promoting growth and development
• Assisting with digestion
• Providing energy
• Protecting against oxidation
• Renewing cells
• Enriching Blood

Here are some Good points just about FRESH Orange Juice: 

1. Each glass of fresh orange juice provides you with your recommended daily dosage of Vitamin C.

2. There are enough flavonoids in fresh orange juice that can help to lower blood pressure and bad cholesterol levels.

3. Along with being high in antioxidants fresh orange juice contains large amounts of dietary fibre, folates and thiamine.

4. Studies carried out have shown that it can protect you against cancer and heart disease and improve the way your immune system responds to attacks.

5. By drinking fresh orange juice you can reduce how much damage free radicals are doing to the cellular structure of your body.

6. The various phyto-nutrients and flavonoids to be found in freshly squeezed orange juice can help to protect you against various degenerative diseases.

So what are you waiting for? Get fresh! Get excited!

More about the benefits of juicing Citrus fruits Here, and you can buy the Originales citrus octo-juicer pictured above here.