Spinach 1 cup of spinach provides your daily value of magnesium, a mineral that regulates blood sugar leveles. Provides us with K, A, B, calcium, folic acid and vitamin C and has other essential nutrients for overall good health. Enjoy a spinach salad, on sandwiches instead of lettuce, steamed, stuffed in chicken with feta cheese. Tomatos are a natural antiseptic and loaded with vitamins A, C, and K. A low fat veggie good for your heart, Eat 1 per day
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ating apples and other fruits, apples can benefit for weight loss. Apples are low in calories and fat, low in sodium and contain vitamins, minerals as well as fiber. These can all help to lose weight in different ways. The low calories means we can eat lots of apples without consuming too much energy...helps flush excess water weight from the body. Another positive benefit of eating apples is the high water content of the fruit1
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Low in calories Low in fat Contain fiber Good source of some vitamins, minerals and other important chemicals High water content Great for detoxifying the body
Honey contains sugar, but unlike refined sugar, honey contains vitamins & minerals too. Normally, to digest sugar, the vitamins & minerals stored in body are utilized, rendering the body devoid of these nutrients. These nutrients are essential to dissolve fats & cholesterol. So when you eat too much sugar you tend to increase weight not just because of the calories but due to lack of vitamins & minerals. On the contrary, honey being a good source of nutrients helps you in reducing weight.
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Honey & warm water: drink 1 tbsp honey with 1 cup of warm water.
Honey & lemon juice: Many drink this formula 1st thing in the morning (honey, warm water & lemon juice).
Honey & Cinnamon: Take 1 tbsp of cinnamon powder, 1 tbsp of honey & 1 cup of warm water. Mix & drink on an empty stomach.
I mix Black Grapes,Cranberries,Pomegranate Seeds,Carrots,Ripe Red Tomatoes,Beet Root, Baby Spinach Leaves and Unpeeled Cucumbers in small equal Quantities and extract the Juice which I drink down fresh out of the Juicer to get my daily Dose of Anti-Oxidants.All of these supply the Fresh Natural Goodness of Anti Oxidants,Vitamins,Minerals and other Nutrients that I need to remain fit.These help in keeping my Eyes,Heart and Heamoglobin healthy---I recommend it because it has worked wonders for me!
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I started drinking this Concoction during my Chemo Therapy to get nourishment and strength on those days when I was too weak to eat Solid Food.Since then Wheat Grass,Green Tea and this Juice twice each day has become a regular Part of my Diet helping to keep me healthier than I otherwise would be!!
