Tip 97. Fruit juices and vegetable juices have different health applications.
Generally speaking, fruit juices
stir
u
p toxins
and acids in the body, thereby stimulating the
eliminative processes.
Vegetable juices, on the
other hand,
soothe the jaded nerves and work
in a much milder manner. They carry
away toxic
matter in a gentle way.
Owing to their differing
actions, fr
u
it
and vegetable juic
e
s
s
h
ould not be
used at the
same time
or mixed to
g
ether. It is
d
esirable to
u
s
e juic
e
s
in
d
ividually. In any case not more than three juices
should be used in any one m
i
xture.
Tip 98. Plant protein makes life possible.
Plant protein makes life possibl
e
.
In 1838, a Dutch chemist, G. J. Mulder, describ
e
d a certain
o
rganic material as
"
unquestio
n
ably the
m
o
st i
m
portant
of all known
substanc
e
s
in the organic kingdo
m
. Without it,
no life app
e
ars possi
b
le
on our pla
n
et. Through its
m
eans the chief phe
n
o
m
ena of life are produce
d
."
This compl
e
x nitrogen-bearing subs
t
ance was c
a
lled protein
f
rom the Gr
e
ek word m
e
aning " take the first
place." Pro
t
ein in now a group name signifying
t
he principal
nitrogenous constituen
t
s of the prot
o
plasm of all
plant and a
n
imal tissues.
There are several varie
t
ies of protein. Each type contains a
specific number of "building blocks
" known as
amino-acids. Before they can be absorbed by the body, all proteins must
first be broken down into amino-acids. Wh
e
n food stuffs are ingest
e
d, the nutri
e
nts and amino-acids
do not imm
e
diately diffuse into all the
diffe
r
ent tissues. There
are a series
of biochemical reactions
i
n
the digesti
v
e tract which collect
th
e
se proteins,
break them down and then utilise them as needed. Any interference with the normal digestive
process ca
u
s
es in-com
p
lete
protein dig
e
stion resulting in gas, bloating etc.
There are about 22 amino acids n
e
eded for the normal functioning of t
h
e body. The body can manufacture many
a
m
i
n
o acids if it
h
as no adeq
u
ate nitrogen
source, but it cannot pr
o
duce certain othe
r
s in suf
f
icie
n
t amounts to meet its needs. The amino acids t
h
at the body cannot synthesis is
in adequate
amounts are called
e
ss
e
n
t
ial or indispensable b
e
cause they must be supplied by
the diet in p
r
oper proportions and amounts to meet the requi
r
ements for maintenance of growth. The body can synthesize in
sufficient
amounts to meet its needs if the total amount of nitrogen
supplied by
protein is a
d
equate.
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