Many people have heard about juicing or have seen recipes for juicing, yet they often avoid incorporating it into their lives, not understanding the long-term benefits of juicing. You have likely heard about the benefits of juicing, such as enzyme absorption, which is crucial in the conversion of food into much-needed energy, as well as body tissue.

Metabolism is increased with juicing, not to mention the absorption of adequate amounts of phytochemicals, which competently fight disease, or the antioxidants that have properties that elevate your immune system. Juicing aids in your recovery from sickness, as well as promotes your overall health.

Soaking fruits and particularly vegetables in water, along with a small amount of sea salt and a capful of apple cider vinegar, will help eliminate the toxins that come from pesticides and other chemical sprays. Tearing, rather than cutting the vegetables is recommended. After approximately 10 minutes, the pesticides that have come off the products emit an odor. Remove and rinse the fruits and vegetables a couple of more times before proceeding to juicing.

There are recipes for juicing that combine fruits or vegetables, to target certain health issues and concerns in your body and promote healing. You will find a few recipes here that are highly recommended for promoting health. Remember that the body is complex; the areas listed below are suggestions that can be tried. Juicing aids in healing maladies such as:

• Respiration
• Immune system
• Weight loss

Since space is limited, only one recipe per category will be suggested here. It is the properties contained within a certain fruit and/or vegetable, as well as the combination of them that is important, and not necessarily the quantity; therefore, these short, quick recipes for juicing can be adjusted to suit individual tastes.

For respiratory problems such as asthma or bronchitis, begin with a guava and cut into very small pieces, in order to prevent damage to the juicer. Combine grapes, strawberries and cranberries. This recipe contains vitamin C and flavonoids, which help fight asthma, bronchitis and other respiratory illnesses.

To bolster your immune system, combine an apple, a handful of raspberries and strawberries and a small onion in the juicer. The onion taste is hidden by the flavors of the fruit. If you prefer juicing with vegetables, combine one large or two medium carrots with a small amount of spinach.

Weight loss is a concern for countless people and vegetable juicing is one of the most ideal ways to promote weight loss. An excellent vegetable combination for this is a cucumber, some lettuce, a couple of celery stalks, kale and a tomato. If you prefer a fruit juice, try combining a handful of grapes, an apple, half a lemon (or one lime) and ginger. A different combination would be half a cup of raspberries, half of cup of strawberries, one or two oranges and an apple.

The above recipes for juicing are merely suggestions, as the list of possibilities is limitless, yet the benefits from juicing are second to none.