Magic Doesn’t Come in a Bottle

This ‘juice’ magic only occurs with freshly extracted juice. Please never be deluded into thinking that any juice or smoothie you buy in a shop comes anywhere close to what you can make fresh at home. What most people aren’t aware of is that ALL shop bought juices and smoothies (even the innocent-looking ones which are 100 per cent ‘natural’) have been ‘heat- treated’ or pasteurized – a process which destroys a large section of vitamins, minerals and all enzyme activity (the life force of the plant). The only way to get the full taste, nutritional benefits and that bit of pure juicy magic is either to get one from a good juice bar or make one yourself at home.

Most juice bar smoothies are made with pasteurized juice and often have sugar-loaded yogurt. Believe it or not but when you see a juice bar shouting about their 98 per cent fat-free yogurt, you are usually getting yogurt loaded with sugar. The base juice they use is nearly always from either concentrate juice or pasteurized juice. They then put a fresh banana in and you think it’s all totally live and fresh. It amazes me when I see big chain juice bars declaring: ‘The only sugar found in our juices are those from nature’. This sounds all well and good, but they are talking about the small selection of juices they have – not their smoothies. So, as you can see, the only way to get some real juice magic is to either find a extremely good fresh genuine juice bar (see the list at www.juicemaster.com) or get your juicer out and make your own.

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