Juicing and diabetes

Juicing and diabetes is a subject near and dear to my heart since I've had Type I diabetes all my life and have been juicing to improve my health for several years.

In this article, I'm going to explain why juicing for diabetics is one of the very best things you can do to improve your health condition. In fact, juicing is now known to be a powerful nutritional therapy whether or not you have diabetes!

What is juicing?
"Juicing" is simply using a kitchen device (called a "juicer") to extract the juice from fruits and vegetables. The purpose of juicing fruits and vegetables is to get the valuable nutrition that they provide in a fresh, concentrated, easy to digest and assimilate way.

The primary goal of those of us with diabetes is to keep our blood sugar levels consistent and within a certain range in order to slow down and even prevent physical complications that result from fluctuating blood sugar levels over time.

The most effective method of controlling blood sugar that I have personally experienced is by following a low carbohydrate diet plus learning about the pH balance in the human body and using it as a guide to improving my diabetes and my health. Juicing vegetables fits the bill perfectly for both of these lifestyle choices!

When discussing juicing and diabetes, the first thing that you want to be aware of is that you should juice vegetables, not fruit. Fruits are high in carbohydrate (fruit sugar) that will rocket blood sugar levels. On the other hand, most vegetables (with some exceptions such as vegetables grown underground like carrots, potatoes and beets) are quite low in carbohydrate but are bursting with nutrients such as vitamins, minerals and enzymes that your body must have in order to function well!

Vegetable juicing particularly benefits people with diabetes because it is low carbohydrate and thus helps control blood sugar levels. Additionally, it improves the pH balance of the body. The pH level of the tissues/fluids in the body affects every function of the body, including the function of insulin (in other words, drinking fresh juiced vegetable juice will decrease insulin resistance and improve metabolism in general when done on a regular basis).

Juicing, diabetes and blood sugar management
If you choose to adopt vegetable juicing as a way to improve your diabetes and your health, you'll want to ensure you test your blood sugar levels regularly so you have the data for yourself and for your doctor so that you can adjust your medications accordingly.

In summary, there are many benefits to juicing, especially juicing for diabetics.

The benefits of juicing include:

• Provide vitamins, minerals and antioxidants vital to the healthy functioning of the body
• Improves the pH of the fluids in the body, which contributes greatly to improving health. The body is healthiest at a pH of 7.4, which is slighty alkaline. Todays diet creates an acidic body environment which fosters illness and disease, notably cancer.
• Vegetable juicing provides essential digestive enzymes and enzymes that the body needs for proper metabolism.
• The water content of vegetables contributes to hydrating the body.
• Greatly assists the body in cleansing and detoxification processes

Who knew juicing and diabetes were so awesome together?

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