I do not usually make New Years resolutions, but this year I decided to set some goals to boost my family’s health. I decided on this idea after discussing those old television adverts for the Jack Lalanne Juicer from years ago. It is a good time to make a new start but you can do it any time of year, just by setting a date and deciding to make a change on that date.

My main aim, this year, was to get my kids to eat more vegetables and fruit, especially over the winter months when the are more prone to colds and other viruses. In particular, I wanted them to eat more fresh produce, and preferably organic produce from the grocery store. In their natural state they provide an abundance of minerals and vitamins, important for all aspects of a healthy life.

For my kids this was no easy task, but I did find a solution in the form of juicing. With juicing they can get a whole lot of nutritional benefit with a variety of different combinations of fruit and veg which stops them from getting boring. A glass of freshly squeezed juice is incredibly nutritious.

These are the main benefits of juicing for children:

1. You can easily involve you kids in making the fresh juice, which is great bonding time. They can stand on a chair and help you make the juice. They enjoy the process and really appreciate the drink more, which they have made with their own little hands. The clean up only takes about ten minutes and is well worth it.

2. If your children do not really like to eat vegetables, then this is a great way to get them to consume them in their raw state, providing even greater benefits. No more unpleasant dinner times and arguments. You can also get them to eat a wider range of vegetables that you would not normally be able to get them to eat.

3. If your children start to eat more fresh fruit juice you will find they will quickly go off sweet sodas. So not only do they get the benefits from the juice they reduce their intake of sugar, chemicals and additives. These can all contribute to childhood obesity and many illnesses later in life. It will also save you money on buying these expensive drinks as well.

If you have made or set any goals for your family this year, then make their health a priority and in particular look at juicing. It is great fun, that your children can be involved in and will provide them with many health benefits for years to come.

For a complete and balanced diet, it is advisable to include vegetable juicer recipes as a way of ensuring your body is fed a variety of different foods. Vegetables, especially leafy greens promote so many health benefits it is almost impossible to document them all. There are also so many benefits that have not yet been discovered. But especially for those who have begun juicing fruit ingredients, it is important to do vegetable recipes as well to keep things mixed up.

Fruit juice is notoriously high in sugar content and while natural sugar is the best kind for you, it is still sugar and a high dosage of anything is not healthy. Vegetables help counteract the sugar by helping to balance blood sugar levels. This is why vegetable are an important part of everyone’s diet especially those who have problems controlling their sugar levels. Many beginner juicer recipes with vegetable call for carrots or beets because they are easier for most beginners. However, these and other root vegetables are also high in sugar so as soon as you can, leafy green vegetables should be incorporated into your daily regimen.

One particular element of leafy greens that offer a multitude of advantages is chlorophyll. We learned in elementary science class that chlorophyll is what makes plants green and is the part of the plant that converts sunlight into a usable form of energy. In the human body, hemoglobin is only one molecular particle away from chlorophyll and our bodies are able to take the chlorophyll and convert it easily into hemoglobin.

This in turns helps create a much healthy blood system which brings oxygen and other vital substances to the rest of the body while carrying the toxins to the part of the body where it can be released. The best way to safely detox the body is by allowing the body to do its job in a natural way. Vegetables juicing will certainly do that for you.