YES!!!

From a friend:

"You've inspired me to start juicing again. And every time I start up again I always wonder why I stopped in the first place. The hardest part is cleaning the juicer right away, other than that it truly is the best way to get loads of vitamins from fruits and vegetables.  Because even though I am a vegetarian I don't always eat as many fruits and veggies as I should throughout the day and a juice first thing in the morning helps a lot. I do get hungry two hours after and eat a quinoa broccoli salad snack instead of my usual organic chips. And then eat my usual lunch and dinner. Ive already lost 3 of the 7lbs I had gained recently. So thank you for reminding me how great it is.

I do a simple easy juice first thing in the morning- three kale leaves, two carrots, 1 apple or other fruit, two garlic cloves, one green onion, half a lemon, hunk of ginger. All organic."

Going green!

Simple, smart starting points.

Aha!

More from a very fit Joe Cross, Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead.  

Joe discusses the difference between juicing and blending.

On to supercharging this not-so-supercharged body!

I don't know about you

But I definitely prefer to have my food prepared this way:  

WHOA!  

If anyone knows the source of this wildly wonderful artistry, I'd love to know and to be able to credit these obviously creative people.

Sent to me in an email/Thanks, Barb.  

Hard to ever look at food the same way again!

Check out what Sanjay has to say

One more reason to grow your own:

If you're eating non-organic celery today, you may be ingesting 67 pesticides with it, according to a new report from the Environmental Working Group.

The group, a nonprofit focused on public health, scoured nearly 100,000 produce pesticide reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to determine what fruits and vegetables we eat have the highest, and lowest, amounts of chemical residue.

Most alarming are the fruits and vegetables dubbed the "Dirty Dozen," which contain 47 to 67 pesticides per serving. These foods are believed to be most susceptible because they have soft skin that tends to absorb more pesticides.

"It's critical people know what they are consuming," the Environmental Working Group's Amy Rosenthal said. "The list is based on pesticide tests conducted after the produce was washed with USDA high-power pressure water system. The numbers reflect the closest thing to what consumers are buying at the store."

Special report: Toxic America

The group suggests limiting consumption of pesticides by purchasing organic for the 12 fruits and vegetables.

"You can reduce your exposure to pesticides by up to 80 percent by buying the organic version of the Dirty Dozen," Rosenthal said.

The Dirty Dozen

Celery

Peaches

Strawberries

Apples

Domestic blueberries

Nectarines

Sweet bell peppers

Spinach, kale and collard greens

Cherries

Potatoes

Imported grapes

Lettuce

Not all non-organic fruits and vegetables have a high pesticide level. Some produce has a strong outer layer that provides a defense against pesticide contamination. The group found a number of non-organic fruits and vegetables dubbed the "Clean 15" that contained little to no pesticides.

The Clean 15

Onions

Avocados

Sweet corn

Pineapples

Mango

Sweet peas

Asparagus

Kiwi fruit

Cabbage

Eggplant

Cantaloupe

Watermelon

Grapefruit

Sweet potatoes

Sweet onions