A lot of people discount the value of owning a Juicer and say you can just blend everything.

Well, one of the main reasons I love owning a Juicer is so that I can turn this:

And some of this:

Into This:

It may look like Orange Juice, but it's Lemon Turmeric Ginger Juice with Cayenne Pepper.

This is an incredibly nutritious, detoxifying and delicious concoction that is best prepared from the fresh roots of Turmeric and Ginger rather than powders or extract.

Roots like Ginger and Turmeric are very difficult, inefficient and messy to attempt extracting by blending and using a nut mylk bag.

Instead, I love using my Omega slow masticating juicer to squeeze every drop of liquid nutrition out of these elements and ensure I don't burn any heat sensitive molecules like anti-oxidants that can be destroyed from high speed blending or juicing.

Enter Juicer!

The health benefits of Lemon juice and Ginger root are well known, so the star of the show here that I want to focus on is Turmeric.

Most people are probably familiar with the incredible health benefits of Turmeric. It contains powerful anti-oxidants called Curcuminoids which have been heavily researched and proven to be anti-inflammatory (Arthritis anyone?), a strong anti-oxidant, improve brain function, lower your risk of heart disease and cancer and was even found in at least 6 clinical trials to be as effective (or even more so) at treating depression than Prescription medication.

Bottom line, Turmeric (and it's active constituents Curcuminoids) is awesome and I want to consume a lot of it because even though it is very powerful and beneficial, it is very difficult to absorb (but worth the effort!).

You might think hey, I can just use powdered Turmeric out of my spice cabinet and skip the Juicer! But lo and behold, there is an unfortunate dark secret in the health food industry.

Curcuminoids are photosensitive and undergo hydrolytic degradation very easily, especially when openly exposed as a powder. That means that once Turmeric is turned into a powder months or years before you get it in your hands as a powdered final product, the Curcuminoids have already gone rancid and there isn't really anything left to absorb. This is likely the main cause of poor Curcuminoid bio-availability in research and practice today more so than the poor bio-availability of Curcuminoid's themselves.

Turmeric in tact as the fresh root maintains the integrity of the Curcuminoids protected by mother nature until you juice it. Maximum power.

In this drink I used Cayenne Pepper for the B-Vitamins and circulatory support, but an even better tip to maximize your absorption of Curcuminoids is to combine them with Black Pepper, which contains Piperine and can increase the absorption of Curcuminoids by up to 2000% according to this clinical study.

Since Curcuminoids are fat-soluble, you can also enhance absorption by consuming them with a fat (oil, avocado, chia for example).

There are many other reasons I love having both a Juicer and a Blender available but this is one of my favorites. Every tool for its purpose, one can't take the place of the other.

I hope you enjoy your Turmeric juice and fall in love with a Juicer, cheers to your long healthy dynamic life!

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