Why Green Juice Works

Drinking the freshly extracted juice of dark pigmented (primarily green to green-blue) vegetables including no-sugar fruits like cucumber and peppers eases stress and alkalizes the body. This calms the internal fire and leads to relaxation. 16-32 ounces a day should suffice but, if you can do more--even skip a few whole foods meals in place of veggie juice--you'll sink deeper and deeper into a state of bliss as your body chills out from the angst caused by overworked digestive organs.

Picture your digestive system like the innards of an automobile. The digestive process works our gears and pistons. As we digest, our engine heats up. As we continue to digest foods without pause--day after day, year after year--our engines begin to over-heat. In response, we emit 'exhaust', we 'blow our tops', 'lose our cool', and eventually, we breakdown.

Digesting solid foods, especially fats, sugars, and animal proteins, is just like putting the pedal-to-the-metal. Easing up every once and a while does the body/mind/spirit good. Idle, coast, whatever, green juice gives you the nutrients you need to feel satiated during your break from burning rubber.