Grapes
Vitis
species
 Whenever
I think of juice fasting, I think of grapes because I
love the flavor of the different varieties, Concord,
Thompson, Muscatel, to name just a few. Each variety
with its own individual delicious flavor; I never get
bored while on a fast.
Grapes are not only delicious they are loaded with
nutrition and exert a cleansing action on the body. One
cup of fresh grape juice contains vitamins A, B-1, B-2,
28 mg, sodium, 293 mg, potassium, vitamin C, niacin,
chlorine, copper, fluorine, sulfur, magnesium,
manganese, phosphorus, iron, potassium, silicon,
tartaric acid and energy-producing natural sugars in
unconcentrated form.
During the fall, I sometimes do a monodiet of just
grapes and grape juice to take advantage of the grape
season. When I juice grapes, I leave the seeds in, it
does not change the taste and it increases the healing
power.
Fresh-squeezed grape juice is an excellent stimulator of
the metabolism. A higher metabolism is desirable
because it helps burn excess food and waste more rapidly
than a low metabolism. While fresh-squeezed grape juice
may help you lose weight buy increasing your metabolism,
its abundance of minerals helps cleanse and build the
blood, and stimulates the liver to increase its
cleansing activity.
Commercial grape juices are processed homogenized which
destroys all enzymes and many of the vitamins and
minerals mentioned above. Check with your health food
store they may have grape juices that are not over
processed.
In
1976, two Canadian microbiologists did a study involving
viruses and grapes and wines. They found that the high
concentrations of tannins in grapes were potent killers
of viruses in test tubes. The results of their study
was published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
(32:757-63, Dec. 1976)
Conditions positively improved by grapes:
Anemia Blood Disorders Cancer Constipation
Fever Gout Hemorrhoids Inflammation
Indigestion Kidney Disorders Liver Disorders
Mucous Membranes Rheumatism Skin Disorders Weight
Loss
Sources:
Live Foods Live Bodies, Jay and Linda Kordich, Kordich Group International, Inc 2006
The Juicing Book by Stephen Blauer, Avery Publishing Group Inc., NY, 1989
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