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ERIC HELMS is the founder of Juice Generation, Americas premier juicery. Since 1999, his mission has been to create fresh, energizing raw juices and to always be on the lookout for the next super fruit.

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Who Should Use Caution When Juicing and Blending:

You should consult with your doctor before starting a cleanse program and we advocate caution for some, including:

Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding should check with their health provider about juicing. Its wiser to wait until after breast-feeding to indulge in the ultra-detox-promoting ingredients mentioned in Phase 3.

Anyone with a weakened immune system (the elderly, the very young, and those on chemotherapy treatment) should purchase only the freshest produce, and take extra care when washing. Be sure to discuss juicing with their health provider to ensure safe cleansing.

People with diabetes or hypoglycemia, and those who know they have candida (yeast overgrowth in the intestines) should learn the right way to juice for their bodies and are strongly advised to get guidance from a health provider on a healthy, low-sugar juicing habit.

Anyone who is using medication should always consult his or her health provider about possible food contraindications.

The Juice Generation

100 Recipes for Fresh Juices and Superfood Smoothies

Eric Helms with Amely Greeven

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by Salma Hayek

Using Your Juicing Tools for Detoxing and Healing

Growing up in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, aguas frescascooling drinks made of watermelon, cucumber, lime, guanabana, melon, prickly pear, tamarind, rice-based horchatas, hibiscus flower teas, to name a fewwere always on the menu, instead of the traditional sodas. Savoring the colors, aromas, and tastes of these fresh-made juices was something I embraced at an early age.

When I moved to California in my midtwenties, I discovered a whole new world of juicing, one devoted to the healing effects of green juices squeezed from buckets of vegetables and tart citrus fruits. Green juicing was still something of a West Coast phenomenon at that timemainly done by dedicated health nutsand not nearly as accessible as it is today. But for me, it was love at first sip.

I started buying armfuls of California-grown cucumbers, celery, spinach, lemons, and grapefruits, and my kitchenalways my favorite room in my homebecame my laboratory of liquid experiments. I loved the energy, the clarity in body and mind, and the glowing skin that my glasses of liquid green delivered. And, since I do find good meals to be a true source of pleasureI believe eating well, and with people you love, is about feeding your body, heart, and soulI used juicing to ensure I covered my nutritional bases every day, and as a tool to restore inner balance if my body needed a break from too much indulgence. I was one of the first people in my circle of friends to do short juice cleanses when I felt the need to get calm, clear, and focused and to give my body a chance to rest and restore. At the beginning, they looked at me a little strangely, but when they saw the results they understood that my homemade juices were key to my preventive healthcare regime: a way to keep equilibrium, take charge of my health, and look my very best.

Thats always been what juicing is to me: a tool for staying in balance. Juicing vegetables and fruits, or drinking green smoothies, is not about deprivation or dieting. These are habits that help us add more to our lives: more high-grade, nutrition-rich foods in a busy, fast-paced schedule; more awareness of what our body needs to stay well and not get sick; and perhaps most important, more sensory delight from delicious foods that we otherwise might not try.