The fountain of youth is a picture of human striving to live the life of Eden. It is not only a picture of being forever young but to live forever feeling like we are young.
So how does all this talk about the Fountain of Youth have anything to do with juicing? These are two totally different liquids so what is the correlation?
First, let's talk about the typical American diet, it consists of mainly cooked and over-cooked, preservative filled, manufactured food that our body sees as a foreign substance. According to Max Planck and Francis Pottinger a human being should eat at the MINIMUM 51% of every meal RAW for health. They found that eating less than 51% triggers leukocytosis, a function the body implements when it senses an invader or imbalance. This function stock piles white blood cells and the outcome is to attack, but in the case of improper diet the attack is on healthy tissue. This causes inflammation and if left unchanged long enough spirals into disease. This explains the degenerate diet of America and why there is a disease list a mile long in a nut shell.
When we take the time to juice, it condenses the nutrient rich vitamin, minerals and enzymes from the RAW organic vegetables into a powerful liquid that when consumed is immediately absorbed through the stomach lining and sent through the blood stream healing, repairing and boosting the cells that support organs and systems within the body.
Juicing brings balance and restoration to hungry cells. Plant based minerals, enzymes, proteins and vitamins react beautifully within the body almost as if they were links in a chain that when attached to each other make a strong unbreakable barrier from disease. I also have to give a huge nod to properly bred and fed Animal based products and by products as well. I never advocate extremes, there is balance in all God given food sources that when utilized in moderation should produce health.
So here it comes, the correlation between the fountain of youth and juicing is this; God has given us the tools from the very beginning for health, for longevity, for energy. He even says it in Genesis 1: 29 " Behold, (this word is meant to grab your attention) I have given you every herb bearings seed, which is on the face of the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat...(verse 30) wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat." Verse 31 and God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good."
NOTE: Humans and every living animal were meant to eat PLANTS. It wasn't until the Fall of man (Genesis 3) that meat entered the diet. I believe meat and animal by products are God's provision to sustain man during this time of Grace and when the Restoration of the Earth is complete we will revert back to a full plant based diet.
My point is this, and it's a simple one. One doesn't have to search far and wide for the legendary fountain of youth, it may be as close as your back yard garden or a drive to your local organic farmer's market.
Note of Interest: I love the fact there was a literal pool of healing mentioned in the Bible. The reference is found in John 5:1-5. The Pool of Bethesda was stirred by an angel and the first person to touch the water was healed of their malady. (No legend here, just fact!) Christ also healed a lame man at this location.
What is your favorite juicing combination? How has juicing helped your health?
