WHY JUICE?

We all know that fruits and vegetables are a vital part of our daily diet.The USDA’s dietary guidelines recommend anywhere from five to thirteen servings of fruit and veggies every day. The amount we need depends on our age, activity level, and overall health. But if you’re like a lot of people, getting an average of eight or nine servings per day can be tough.

That is why juicing is an excellent idea for your overall health, but there are plenty of other reasons to drink organic, cold-pressed juices each day.

Why Juicing Is Not a Trend

We can all get caught up in the latest new diet fads and trends —or ignore them altogether.

Though juicing may be seen as a trend or fad, it’s popular right now for good reason. Dr. Norman Walker wrote the book on the benefits of juicing back in 1936. While his work is continually updated with the latest research and information, his initial findings on the benefits of juicing have stood the test of time for over 83 years.

What we learned from Dr. Walker we still put into practice today, including several more reasons to enjoy the benefits of juicing in your daily diet.

Quick Delivery of Nutrients

If you think eating all the veggies and fruit you need in one day is difficult, imagine how the body feels trying to digest it. But that’s what has to happen for the body to utilize all the nutrients—it has to be digested into liquid and that utilize a lot of energy. Start with juice, however, and most of the work is already done.

Juicing delivers the nutrients directly into our bloodstreams, without using our energy on digestion. Garden of Flavor juices are slow cold-pressed, meaning we extract the maximum amount of juice, nutrients, and enzymes from the organic produce through slow pressure. This allows the body to easily and instantly absorb all of the healthy nutrients.

But what about the fiber? To get the benefits of juicing we have to forego the benefits of the fiber, but we can still get our necessary daily value of fiber through oatmeal, bran, and other fruits. 

Here’s to Gut Health

Hippocrates once said, “All disease begins in the gut.” And he was right—at least for the most part. One-third of the immune system is located in our gut. Vegetable juice feeds the good bacteria in the gut while keeping the harmful bacteria at bay. Our Green Harmony, with cucumber, spinach, romaine, kale, and much more, delivers over one billion probiotic cultures and promotes digestive health while feeding and nourishing the body.

Clear, Hydrated Skin

Clear skin starts with a healthy liver. In fact, a lot of our health begins in the liver. Our liver works overtime every day to process over 700 contaminants in the body, from chemicals in the environment and the foods we eat, to the cocktails we may enjoy after a hard day at work.

These contaminants, if left only to the liver to process, can lead to inflammation, including acne, liver spots, dermatitis, and psoriasis. Fresh, cold-pressed juices filled with carotenoids, phytonutrients, vitamin C, magnesium, and calcium are an answer to the liver’s cry for help. That concentrated blend of nutrients to the bloodstream gives our liver the power to regenerate and heal the skin.

Why Cold-Pressed Juice? 

So why can’t we just grab some OJ from the supermarket and call it a day?

Cold pressing carefully selected vegetables, fruits, and nuts for their specific health benefits ensures that the essential vitamins, minerals, and enzymes stay intact throughout the process. Heat over forty degrees can remove these important benefits before we have the chance to introduce them into our bloodstreams.

At Garden of Flavor, we start with refrigerated organic vegetables and fruits—and sometimes nuts, like in our delicious White Knight—and then prepare our juices in a large cooler. Never, during the cold-press process, the bottling, the shipping, or the storage, do our juices encounter temperatures higher than forty degrees.

The result is a delicious juice that provides all the vitamins and nutrients needed to enjoy a healthy lifestyle.

And that’s what Garden of Flavor is all about. Take a look at some of our delicious juices and explore the benefits they offer. See for yourself that this isn’t a fad. When combined with other components of a healthy lifestyle, the benefits of enjoying organic,  fresh vegetable juices daily is one of the fastest ways to transform your health and your body.

Benefits of Juicing

Here in the Garden, we juice only certified organic vegetables, fruits, grasses and berries. By doing this, we extract the vitamins, minerals, enzymes and chlorophyll our bodies crave. By separating the mineral elements and the distilled water from the fiber, we create a juice that is easily utilized and digested by the body without depleting energy on the digestion process.

THE IMPORTANCE OF ALKALINITY

Balance is the key to a happy, healthy lifestyle. Eating well. Maintaining a healthy weight. Reducing stress. Getting plenty of sleep. Boosting our immune systems and increasing our energy levels. It’s all about balanced living.

When our bodies are in an alkaline state, we experience better health and mental clarity, enjoy sharper decision-making skills, and resist disease. When our bodies are outside of an alkaline state, we are acidic, which can lead to a foggy or cloudy mental state, lethargy, and increased illness. An alkaline diet also contributes to balanced sugar and diabetes protection and kidney health, while an acidic diet contributes to bone loss and the weakening of bones due to acidosis.

According to the NIH (National Institute of Health), critically ill patients frequently present with acute metabolic acidosis. It’s a major—and often undiagnosed—health risk. 

How We Achieve Alkalinity and Acidity

So how do we make sure we’re living in a state of alkalinity? Our metabolisms convert food into energy, and what’s left over is known as metabolic waste. That waste can be alkaline—neutral—or acidic. The more neutral, or balanced, we keep things, the better off we are.

Balance is the key – not simply avoiding foods that leave acidic metabolic waste. For example, most proteins can leave acidic residue. But our bodies need proteins, so we can’t simply avoid those foods and expect to achieve alkalinity. Instead, the answer is balance. And that balance comes from eating and drinking foods with calcium, magnesium, and potassium components as well, such as fruits, nuts, beans and vegetables.

When laid out clearly, we begin to see and understand the importance of a balanced diet. However, many types of foods can skew one way or the other. For instance, while peas and green beans from the beans and legumes category are alkaline, pinto and lima beans are acidic.

This chart can help you determine which specific foods you can eat to achieve the balance you need. 

Our bodies work best when they’re at a 7.3 pH level, which is slightly alkaline. But how do we know if we are alkaline or acidic, aside from balancing our food intake? 

Purchase a packet of pH Hydrion test papers, with a range of 5.5 to 8. Every morning, before having anything to eat or drink, test your urine. If it’s below 7.0, then your urine is on the acidic side. If readings are below 6.5, consider changing your diet to increase alkalinity. Juicing pure organic green juice is a great way to flood your body with alkalinity. 

The Fastest Route to Balance

If you’ve already determined that maintaining internal balance is in the consumption of more fruits and veggies, then you’re on the right track! And if you’re wondering how you can eat enough fresh, green veggies and fruits to counteract the protein and sugar in your diet, you’re not alone. 

Fortunately, cold-pressed juices can provide all the benefits of eating those leafy greens and alkaline fruits. In one bottle of Mean Green, you can enjoy pounds of kale, which will lower acidity for a balanced pH level. Greens not your thing? That’s okay. There are other juices that can help you achieve similar results.

Take a look at the chart we shared earlier. You’ll find pineapple, apple, and lemon on the alkaline side of the chart. Those fruits are in our Grasshopper, which sweeten the kale, spinach, and romaine that are so important for lowering acidity. Even our Goji Pineapple can help balance pH levels, because it features pineapple, apple, Goji berries, and lemon—all on the alkaline side of the chart.

Really, you’re just steps away from true balance, BUY NOW and let Garden of Flavor help you get there!

JUICE CLEANSES

ONE DAY JUICE CLEANSE

ORGANIC COLD-PRESSED JUICES

Designed to help you feel better by flooding your body with liquid nutrients and more energized by alkalizing your body and giving your hard-working digestive system a much-deserved break.

• Juiced from nearly 20 pounds of raw, organic vegetables, fruits, nuts, and berries – you can’t help but feel great!
• Our delicious 1-Day Organic Cold-pressed Juice Cleanse consists of Goji Pineapple, Green Harmony, Mean Greens, Twisted Roots, and Turmeric Tonic as well as the White Knight Nut Mylk
• Allergen: Contains nuts
• Certified Organic by CCOF, Vegan, Kosher, Non-GMO, Gluten-Free
• BPA-free bottle

• Juices are only sold in packs of 6 online ($65). Orders will be shipped overnight at a shipping rate of $10 per 6 bottles.

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THREE DAY JUICE CLEANSE

ORGANIC COLD-PRESSED JUICES

Designed to help you feel better by flooding your body with liquid nutrients and more energized by alkalizing your body and giving your hard-working digestive system a much-deserved break.

• Juiced from nearly 20 pounds of raw, organic vegetables, fruits, nuts, and berries – you can’t help but feel great!
• Our delicious Organic Cold-pressed Juice Cleanse consists of Goji Pineapple, Green Harmony, Mean Greens, Twisted Roots, and Turmeric Tonic as well as the White Knight Nut Mylk
• Allergen: Contains nuts
• Certified Organic by CCOF, Vegan, Kosher, Non-GMO, Gluten-Free
• BPA-free bottle

• Juices are only sold in packs of 6 online ($65). Orders will be shipped overnight at a shipping rate of $10 per 6 bottles.

BUY NOW

FIVE DAY JUICE CLEANSE

ORGANIC COLD-PRESSED JUICES

Designed to help you feel better by flooding your body with liquid nutrients and more energized by alkalizing your body and giving your hard-working digestive system a much-deserved break.

• Juiced from nearly 20 pounds of raw, organic vegetables, fruits, nuts, and berries – you can’t help but feel great!
• Our delicious Organic Cold-pressed Juice Cleanse consists of Goji Pineapple, Green Harmony, Mean Greens, Twisted Roots, and Turmeric Tonic as well as the White Knight Nut Mylk
• Allergen: Contains nuts
• Certified Organic by CCOF, Vegan, Kosher, Non-GMO, Gluten-Free
• BPA-free bottle

• Juices are only sold in packs of 6 online ($65). Orders will be shipped overnight at a shipping rate of $10 per 6 bottles.

BUY NOW