Raw Juice Therapy for good Health

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As we know very well from our practical experiences in our lives, where medicines and injections fail to cure a disease, a proper diet, vegetables and fruit juices show miraculous results. Raw food, vegetable and fruit juices should be consumed for general health and well being. But to get relief from a particular disease specific juice therapy should be resorted to under the guidance of an expert. Some famous doctors has treated cancer patients with fruit and vegetable juices and saved them from the jaws of death.

Fruit juices are more effective than medicines on the kidney. Juice therapy is an efficious cure for the ailments of the liver and the kidney. Cherry-juice bestows marvellous benefits in the cases of gout and arthritis.

A diet containing vegetable and fruit juices and raw food has been proved a successful experiment for preventing aging and for the rejuvenation of the body. There is no alternative to juice therapy for the rapid replacement of red corpuscles and cells in the human body.

The treatment give through vegetable and fruit juices is harmless, reliable and without any side effects. Even if sometimes fruit juices are taken in abundance, no hyper vitaminosis can occur. Therefore, it is logical to prefer juice therapy to any other risk involving remedy in illness. Innumerable cells inhabited in the body and billions of blood corpuscles perish everyday. Food is necessary for their replenishment. If the food is natural and combined with vegetable and fruit juices, this replacement takes place very rapidally. This is most essential in the case of those who are unhealthy and of and advanced age. Elements obtained from raw food and the juices of vegetables and fruits are most essential for maintaining the proper balance of the construction and destruction of the blood corpuscles and cells. Sugar and other substances contained in them are easily digestible and after their quick absorption in the blood, begin the work of the reconstruction.

Synthetic vitamins and enymes given to a patient as medicines are not as effective as they are supposed to be, while natural vitamins and enzymes obtained from live juices give wonderful results.

We will discuss more about raw juice therapy in our next posts.

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Essential elements for health - VIII

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Let us go ahead regarding enzymes.

An enzyme called insulin has become well known. It is essential for the metabolism of carbohydrates. Its deficiency causes diabetes. Sugar in the body of a diabetic does not get oxidised properly. Hence sugar is found in blood and the urine of a diabetic. The latest researchers have pointed out a possibility that the total quantity of insulin in pancreases is limited. If this quantity is exhausted or made exhausted by improper food habits, diabeties is caused.

The following points are worth remembering as the summary of this chapter:

1. Enzymes are very vital for the body and health.

2. Heat destroys enzymes.

3. The body's own accumulated stock of enzymes is like a bank balance. If you spend it more than necessary it will sooner be exhausted. A great difficulty arises when enzymes are exhausted. Therefore to avoid depletion of the limited accumulated stock of enzymes in the body, it is advisable to take natural food and live juices in abudance.

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Essential elements for health - VII

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We hope you liked our previous posts. Let us continue to gain our knowledge. Let us discuss about enzymes.

The necessity of Enzymes:

An enzyme is a catalyst. It is produced in the live cells. It works as a catalyst even in a very small amount. It means that it aids chemical changes in the body. Every process in the body depends on enzymes. One or more enzymes are necessary for each separate process occuring in the body. Each enzyme has a fixed field of action. Digestion and assimilation- the two important processes of the body- cant satisfactorily go through without enzymes.

Our body is unable to produce vitamins and minerals, but can produce enzymes. Every animal or vegetable cell can produce enzymes. Enzymes have not seen yet but their existence can be realized. It is believed that enzymes are one kind of proteins.

There are many kinds of enzymes. Life without enzymes is not possible. Enzymes help in digestion of food. They decompose food into its different constituents so that they can be assimilated into the body through the intestinal membranes. It is believed that enzymes reconstruct the cells, the glands and the muscles of the body through the digested food. They play a major role in the accumulation of glycogen in the liver and muscles. They help in discharging carbon dioxide from the lungs.

Some particular enzymes help to collect phosphorus in the bones. Certain enzymes produce iron compound in the red corpuscles, others help in the process of blood-coagulation when bleeding takes place. There are certain such enzymes which would attack on the toxins and other unwanted substances in the body. They convert them into urea or uric acid and finally remove them from the body.

Some enzymes can convert proteins into sugar or fats and others can convert fats into carbohydrates. In fact, all the functions of enzymes are not yet fully known. All natural edible substances posses enzymes. Heat destroys enzymes. Despite this we eat only cooked food and because of this we are deprived of enzymes. This is one of the reasons why we do not enjoy a long life.

Our body can produce enzymes to its requirement but for that its productive organs have to work hard. In youth this work is accomplished without much difficulty but as we advance in age, the capacity of the organs for doing work is diminished, the production of enzymes cannot copeup with the demand and consequently we become the victims of diseases.

Where is the necessity to tax different organs when sufficient enzymes for the metabolism in the body are easily available from raw food? Why should we not leave the work of reconstruction of the body to the enzymes contained in raw food? This is very purpose of nature. Scientific experiments have proved that the body cannot function properly without enzymes. When the body is not supplied with required quantity of enzymes, it begins to degenerate. Most of the dieticians are of the opinion that without enzymes man becomes prematurely old.

In old age the body cannot produce the required enzymes in sufficient quantities. Hence there is no other alternative except to replenish them from raw live food. It does not mean that children and young persons do not need raw food. The intake of raw food saves the enzyme producing organs from unnecessary burden and they (organs) remain active throughout the life.

In the digestive system of the human body, enzymes begin to function right from the mouth. The saliva secreted with the process of chewing food contains some enzymes. These enzymes begin thew work of digestion. If saliva and digestive juices of the stomach do not contain sufficient enzymes, food causes heaviness in the stomach. The fermentation of food causes gas and uneasiness.

We hope that you have gained knowledge about enzymes.

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Essential elements for health - VI

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We hope you liked our previous posts. Let us continue to gain our knowledge.

Potassium:

Potassium is necessary for the constitution of the cells and the muscles. It maintains the elasticity of the muscles. The daily potassium requirement of the body is about 4 grams.

Potassium is found in garlic, radish, pumpkin, tomatoes, spinach, guava, apple, milk and potatoes.

Sodium:

Sodium helps to produce hydrochloric acid in the stomach. It prevents the accumulation of calcium in the muscles. The daily sodium requirement of the body is approximately 2 grams. Its deficiency can lead to formation of stone in kidney.

Sodium is found in sufficient quantity in beet, carrot and French beans.

Iodine:

Iodine is a part of the secretion of the thyroid gland. Through this secretion, iodine helps in the process of metabolism. The deficiency of Iodine causes menstrual troubles. The thyroid gland does not function properly if the body lacks sufficient iodine. Iodine deficiency causes a disease called myxoedema. It causes obesity and the body becomes the victim of other disorders such as constipation, drowsiness and cardiac trouble. Scrofula is a main symptom of the deficiency of iodine.

Iodine is found in sufficient amount in leafy vegetables.

Magnesium:

Magnesium is essential for the health of the bones and the teeth. It maintains functioning capacity of the muscular system. The minimum quantity of magnesium required daily by the body is 0.6 grams.

Magnesium is available from guava, radish, spinach, potatoes, etc.

Chlorine:

Chlorine is essential for the production of hydrochloric acid in the stomach. It purifies blood and prevents the joints from being stiff. The body needs 15.0 to 20.0 grams of chlorine daily.

Carrot, apricot, beet, French beans, cabbage, tomatoes, banana, dates, legume, etc., contain Chlorine.

Sulpher:

Sulpher is a blood purifying mineral. It activates the liver and brightens the skin. 0.3 grams of sulpher is the daily requirement of the body.

Sulpher is available from garlic, beet, radish, onion etc.

Manganese:

Manganese subsists particularly in the pancreases, the liver and the hair. It strengthens the muscles and increases the resistance power of the body against disease.

Manganese can be procured from garlic, beet, cabbage and guava.

Fluorine:

Fluorine is essential for the constitution of the bones and the teeth.

Copper:

Copper is necessary for the absorption of iron in the body.

Zinc:

Zinc is essential for the health of the prostate gland.

Cobalt:

Cobalt helps the production of heamoglobin.

Spinach, fenugreek and other leafy vegetables, guava, carrot beat, potatoes etc., contain Fluorine, Copper, Zinc and Cobalt.


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Essential elements for health - V

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Let us gain more knowledge regarding essential elements for health. In our last post, we were discussing about Minerals. Let us continue.

Calcium:

In our body, the bones and the teeth have approximately 99% of the total calcium of the body. Vitamin 'D' is essential for the metabolism and absorption of calcium in the body. Calcium is necessary for the working of enzymes. It supplies energy for the contraction of the muscles. Calcium prevents swelling and bleeding. Due to deficiency of calcium, the bones become brittle, the blood circulation slows down and the blood loses its capacity for coagulation. Mental strain and stress interrupt the capacity of the body for absorbing calcium.

Fenugreek, drumstick and other leafy vegetables, beet, fig, grapes, water-melon, milk, dried fruits, millet, sesame seeds, black beans, etc. have abundant amount of calcium.

Phosphorus:

Phosphorus is considered to be most important mineral for human beings, next to Calcium. The bones and teeth contain 75% of the total phosphorus of the body. The remaining 25% phosphorus lies in the various parts of the body and does the following important functions:

1. Phosphorus is essential for the growth and nourishment of the body.

2. It activates the digestive juices.

3. It helps the process of metabolism of sygar and fats.

4. It is also essential for the functioning of the brain and the nerves.

The deficiency of phosphorus weakens the teeth and the bones and causes a loss in weight. The body requires a minimum of 1.0 gram of phosphorus daily.

Phosphorus is available from milk, yeast, dried fruits, soyabean, carrot, guava, dates etc.

Iron:

Approximately 70% of the total iron of the body forms a part of haemoglobin in the red corpuscles of the body. The oxidation going in the body depends on these red corpuscles. 20% iron is preserved in the liver. Besides, the muscles have iron in the form of myoglobine. Iron is found in 'serum transferrin' and some enzymes. Iron is necessary for supplying oxygen, through lungs to each cell of the body. It is also necessary for the respiration of the cells. The deficiency of iron causes anemia. Many a time, due to lack of Vitamin 'C' and 'E', the red corpuscles are destroyed. In such cases the body require more iron. The minimum requirement of iron in the body per day is 12.0 mg but increases many times in case of pregnancy.

Iron is found in plenty in green leafy vegetables (particularly fenugreek and mint), mango, dates, sesame, millet, grams, soyabeans, mung, black beans, pistachio, nuts etc.

Besides Calcium, phosphorus and iron, there are other minerals useful to the body.

We will discuss them in our next post.

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Essential elements for health - IV

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Let us go ahead in gaining knowledge.

Vitamin 'P' (Bioflavonoids):

This vitamin is necessary for maintaining health of the blood vessels and for normalising blood pressure.

It is found in citrus fruits and vegetables.

Individual characteristics of various vitamins have been described above but experiments have confirmed of better reusults when vitamins are used in combination. The presense of one vitamin increases the efficacy of another vitamin.

Our body itself also is capable of producing some vitamins. These are several benevolent symbiotic bacteria in the intestines, which produce vitamins for the body. These bacteria particularly produce vitamins 'B', 'E' and 'K'. Antibiotic drugs destroy these bacteria and so we should use these drugs cautiously.

The body can store or accumulate vitamins 'A', 'D', 'E' and 'K'. These vitamins are available from the body storage when need arises. However, vitamins 'B' and 'C' cannot be stored in the body. So we should be careful to see that we obtain these vitamins from our daily diet.

Of all vitamins, Vitamin 'C' is destroyed most rapidly and easily. All the vitamins are destroyed to a greater or lesser degree when exposed to heat or air (oxygen) or if food is stored for a long time. If a banana is cut into pieces or is grated and kept for sometime, it loses about 50% of its vitamin 'C'.

Vitamin 'A' is stable to moderate heat but if the food is cooked open, it is destroyed immediately. As said earlier, some vitamins (B, C) are are water soluble and some are fat soluble. The body can obtain vitamins 'B' and 'C' easily but if the diet is short of fats, the body finds it difficult to get vitamin 'A', 'D' and 'E'. If oil is used as purgative, vitamins 'A' and 'D' are discharged, with stools. So it is not advisable to use oil for purgative purposes. Many experiments shows that vitamins are most effective when taken in their natural forms. Thats is why natural vitamins contained in fruit and vegetable juices assume great importance.

The importance of minerals:

Minerals are essential for maintaining optimal health. As regards the functions of minerals, the following formation has been compiled through various experiments:

1. Minerals are essential constituents of all cells.
2. They form the greater portion of bones, teeth and nails.
3. They are essential components of respiratory pigments, enzymes and enzyme systems.
4. They regulate the permeability of cell membranes and capilaries.
5. They regulate the excitability of muscular and nervous tissues.
6. They are essential for regulation of osmotic pressure equilibria
7. They are necessary for maintenance of proper acid-base balance.
8. They are essential constituents of secretions of glands.
9. They play an important role in water metabolis and regulation of blood volume.

Out of the various minerals, calcium, phosphorus and iron are most important.

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Essential elements for health - III

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Let us discuss further about Vitamins.

Vitamin 'B1' (Thiamine):

This vitamin stimulates appetite. It activates the muscles and is antineurotic vitamin. It is essential for the metabolism and digestion of food. Experiments show that the deficiency of thiamine increases piruvic acid in the blood which reduces the working capacity and efficiency of the heart. The deficiency of this vitamin causes a disease called beri-beri.

Vitamin 'B1' is found in pulses (cereals), yeast, sprouted wheat, unpolished rice, soyabeans, milk, green leafy vegetables and fruits. This vitamin is destroyed when food articles are cooked in open air.

Vitamin 'B2' (Riboflavin):

This vitamin too is necessary for intracellular metabolism. It is necessary for growth, health, development of resistance-power and longvity. It preserves youthfulness and keeps old age away. It strenthens the muscles, increases the eye-sight and contributes to proper digestion. Its water solubility is moderate. It is destroyed when exposed to light.

Its deficiency deranges the working of the salivary and pituitary glands, and decreases metabolism. The prolonged deficiency of this vitamin causes diseases of the digestive system, weakness of the muscles and skin diseases.

This vitamin can be obtained from milk, yeast, soyabeans, sprouted wheat, papaya, banana, etc.

Niacin (Nicotinic acid and Nicotinamide):

This vitamin is necessary for appetite and mental health. It is found in foodgrains, milk, yeast, potatoes, etc. If bran is removed from the flour of food-grains most of niacin is lost. The body also produces this vitamin in very little quantity. Its deficiency causes a disease called pallagra. Besides, insomnia, headache and skin diseases also result from its deficiency.

Vitamin 'B6' (Pyridoxine):

It is a combination of three constituents and is believed to be necessary for the metabolism of proteins. It is found in sufficient quantities in milk, vegetables and husk of food grains. Its deficiency causes ailments of the skin, the liver, the blood vessels and the nervous system.

Vitamin 'B12':

The deficiency of tis vitamin adversely affects the production of DNA, a very valuable element of the cells of the body. Its deficiency causes one type of anemia and degenerative changes of the spinal column.

Folate:

This vitamin is found in green leafy vegetables. Its deficiency causes anemia and malfunctioning of the digestive system.

The above mentioned constituent vitamins of vitamin 'B' complex are more effective collectively. They can tolerate moderate heat but are destroyed if exposed to heat for a prolonged time. Soda used in cooking also leads to their desctrution.

Vitamin 'E':

This is an antisterility vitamin. It is claimed that conception cannot occur without an adequate quantity of vitamin 'E'. Its deficiency causes repeated abortions. This vitamin is useful for the metabolism of fats. It is believed that this vitamin controls catabolism. It prevents heart disease, diabetes, asthma, thrombosis, diseases of the blood-vessels and degenerative changes of the spine.

It will be procured from sprouted wheat, vegetables, dried fruits etc.

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Essential elements for health -II

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We are again back. Let us discuss more about Vitamins. A brief description of Vitamins is as follows:

Vitamin 'A'- Retinol (Antixerophthalmia Vitamin; growth Vitamin):

Vitamin 'A' in its complete and pure form can be obtained only from animals. However its pro Vitamin known as carotene, is available in large quantity from vegetables. Vitamin 'A' is useful to the body in various ways:

1. It is necessary for the process of metabolism occuring in every cell of the body.

2. It is necessary for the growth of the body.

3. It is essential for eye-sight. Deficiency of Vitamin 'A' causes night-blindness.

4. The most serious symptoms due to its lack are drying up of the skin, teeth troubles, the burning of mucous membrane, the loss of weight and kidney stones appearing in the urinary tract.

5. The vitamin 'A' deficiency causes diseases like swelling of the body, excessive increase of uric acid in blood, anemia, development of respiratory infections and infections of the ears and nose.

Green leafy vegetables, cabbage, red and yellow fruits and vegetables contain Vitamin 'A' in sufficient quantity. This vitamin is fat-soluble. So it cannot be assimilated completely if the food lacks in fat. The body has a reserved quantity of fat which assists the assimilation of vitamin 'A'. Vitamin 'A' is stable to heat but if exposed to continuous high temperatures over 100 degrees centigrade, it is destroyed.

Vitamin 'D' :

Some substances have a quality to prevent rickets, a disease of children. These substances which resemble the secretions of adrenal cortex are called sterols. Some of these substances when come into contact with ultra violet rays, turn into Vitamin 'D'

7- dehydro cholestrol lying in the human skin is converted into vitamin 'D' when come into contact with sun-rays. Thus the human body itself is able to produce vitamin 'D'. It is found in milk. It is fat soluble. It is not affected by moderate heat or oxygen in the atmosphere.

Vitamin 'D' is essential for the health of bones and the teeth. It is needed for the proper utilization of calcium and phosphorus. The deficiency of vitamin 'D' causes rickets in children. In this disease, the bones become soft, the spinal column and the bones of the arms and legs bend and the teeth suffer from caries. This ailment in persons of advanced age is called 'osteomalasia'

Vitamin 'K' :

By conversion to prothrombin in the liver this vitamin maintains the normal rate of blood coagulation by regulating the prothrombin level. Vitamin 'K' is also fat-soluble. It is sparingly soluble in water.

Vitamin 'K' is found in green and fresh leafy vegetables. Moreover, it is manufactured in the intestines by the bacterial flora that inhabits this organ. The deficiency of vitamin 'K'' causes poor clotting of blood and hemorrhagic tendencies.

Vitamin 'C' (Absorbic acid):

Absorbic acid is one kind of sugar which is very much useful for the body. It bestows youthfulness and efficiency in work. It is essential for the health of the teeth, the bones and the gums. It strengthens the arteries, prevents hemorrhage and promotes healing of wounds. It is necessary for blood metabolism and thus useful in anemia. This vitamin is considerably destroyed by heat. It is water soluble, hence the water used for cooking vegetables should not be discarded. The human body itself cant produce this vitamin.

The deficiency of vitamin 'C' in the body causes a disease called scurvy. Moreover, this deficiency also causes tooth-decay, gum troubles, rarifaction of bones, loss of weight and infertility.

This vitamin is found in citrus and sweet fruits and green leafy vegetables. Though potatoes contain a small amount of vitamin 'C', their large consumption supplies sufficient vitamin 'C'.

Vitamin 'B':

The vitamin 'B' complex is composed of many constituents. They include thiamine, niacin, riboflavin, pyrtidoxin, folate and B12. There is another complex containing constituents such as choline, pantothenic acid, biotine, inositol, p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), panguamic acid and amygdalin (laetrile). The function of these latter constituents remains still unknown.

Vitamin 'B' complex is water soluble and very useful to the body.

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Essential elements for health - I

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We must be aware of certain essential ingrediant of our diet. Food must be consumed for keeping the body active and healthy. We can select proper diet only when we know what constituents of food are necessary for the body. One should eat only that food, the constituents of which are congential to one. These constituents should rejuvenate the body besides maintaning health. Diseases are caused because of deficiencies of certain essential constituents. If this is known to us, we shall never eat dispensable food. This kind of understanding of and view point on the system and substance of diet should be cultivated. With a view to make our life happy with healthy and active body, our daily diet should normally consist of the following constituents:

1. Carbohydrates:

The most important function of the carbohydrates is to provide fuel and energy to the body. The carbohydrates include sugar and starch. This constituent of food is available from all kinds of food grains (cereals). Flour devoid of husk, polished rice, white sugar, etc., retain their carbohydrates but lose most of the vitamins and minerals. They also do not contain roughage. Processed carbohydrates and teh carbohydrates taken in excess reduce the power of digestion and place unnecessary pressure on other organs of the body. Hence we should try to reduce from our diet the quantum of processed food except few substances containing natural carbohydrates.

2. Fats:

Fat provides heat to the body. Compared with animal fats (milk, ghee, meat) vegetable fats (oil seeds, edible oils) are better digested and are comparatively harmless. Animal fats have saturated fatty acids and lead to accumulation of cholestrol in the arteries with the result that the latter become hard and narrow. This invites diseases like high blood pressure, heart disease, etc. It is, therefore, advisable to take food with less fats and that, also prepared in vegetable oils containing unsaturated fats.

3. Proteins:

Proteins should be given an important place in our diet as they are necessary for the growth, development and reconstruction of the body. Twenty two types of amino acids constitute proteins. Some of amino acids are produced in the body. The rest should be obtained from food. A proper combination of various pulses gives us excellent proteins required for the body.

4. The importance of Vitamins:

The word vitamin is derived from 'vital' which means indispensable for life. This fact throws light on the value of vitamins. Untill the beginning of this century nobody knew anything about vitamins. Physiologists, that time thought that humans could live on a diet consisting of proteins, carbohydrates, fats and minerals in required quantities and that the body required no other nutrients. Then experiements were performed. The experiments established that in addition to the constituents mentioned above, some other elements were required for life. Afterwards, when these elements were required for life. Afterwards when these elements were discovered they were called vitamins. Vitamins 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'K' and 'P' have been discovered so far.

Vitamins are organic chemical substances required in minute quantity for the process of metabolism in the body. The body itself cannot produce these substances.

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