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Carolyn Guilford by Carolyn Guilford, CNC

Health Restoration 101 is a new formula for health success. Just some of the programs we’ve created, teach clients the skills in which to reverse heart disease, manage diabetes without medicines and how to not let cancer and the treatments for cancer take your life. It’s all about nutrition and how to eat the foods which can save your life.

When I give a talk the question about juices always come up. I believe in juicing as a way to get in the necessary servings of fresh fruits and veggies each day, but as a rule I try to avoid naming or endorsing any products. Juice, soups and smoothies using the whole fruit or vegetable, including the valuable fiber with all the vitamins, minerals and the phytonutrients, is the best way to fight disease.

Research shows that phytonutrients, and the newly identified glyconutrients, can significantly reduce free radicals which cause damage in the body, thereby end the disease causing process. That is why eating daily the 9-13 servings of fresh fruits and vegetables and eating good whole grains -without chemicals added- is the one most important thing you can do to protect, or regain your health.

Examples: Oranges help prevent clogged arteries by relaxing the arteries, which can also lower blood pressure. However, getting the pulp, fiber, phytonutrients and the pith is an important part of that process. All of which is missing from most juices.

Apples are loaded with pectin and soluble fiber that soaks up excess cholesterol in the intestines, before it enters the blood to cause trouble in the arteries. When pectin leaves the body, it takes unwanted fat and cholesterol with it. If you are buying commercial juices or juicing at home, most of the apples’ detoxifying and nourishing pulp is removed and thrown away. What is left is the high sugar liquid which is absorbed into the bloodstream too quickly and drives up the blood sugar levels.

Research at Northwestern University has shown that middle-aged men who ate at least one carrot a day had a 37 per cent lower risk of death from cancer than men who did not. Another study at Rutgers University indicates that carrots and other foods rich in beta-carotene may significantly reduce the risk of heart disease. If you drink the entire carrot you get the beta-carotene and alpha—carotene, the super antioxidants. Whole food juice gives you six times the fiber, which makes the juice more satisfying, and counteracts the high concentration of natural sugars in the carrots and other fruits, which prevents the rise in blood sugar levels.

A whole food, with all the natural components is where the miracle of nutrition is. Not in it’s separated and rearranged parts. They were made together and still work best together as an un-tampered with whole. No amount of pills and powders can take the place of the foods that nature provides.

So now you know. If you want to make juice, make a whole food juice, and get on the sure road to health. I think that better than a juicer, is the Vita-Mix. As always, if you want more information, please call me or visit my website.

Remember, Health is Wealth. But also, Health is a Choice. Your Choice. If you would like to purchase a copy of the book, attend a workshop or class, or comment on any health issue we’ve covered in this column, please call or write:

Carolyn Guilford, www.Healthrestoration 101.com Health Restoration 101 P. O. Box 2814, Savannah, GA 31402