ChaLEAN Extreme Challenge Group – Week 3:

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Eating your produce is the best way to get in your necessary fiber and vitamins. But if you don’t like produce or have a hard time getting much of it into your meals, blending is the next best option. Blending insures that you’re still retaining the good of the whole produce with minimal nutrient loss. The juicing process, however, removes nearly all the fiber and destroys 10-20 percent of the antioxidants. Plus, there’s a a fair amount of waste with juicing. If juicing is the only way you’re going to consume produce, so be it. But the more you can eat it whole or blend it, the better.

Regardless of how you consume produce, the sooner you eat it (or drink the harvested juice), the better. Heat, light, and oxygen are the enemy: so the longer you wait, the less you benefit.

I recently took part in a 90 day Challenge Group through Facebook hosted and lead by Matthew Pryor. With daily ‘check-ins’ and inspirational writing by Matthew, the experience was exactly what I needed. I needed accountability and motivation and that’s what Matthew facilitated for us. My exercise and diet habits have changed for the better and I’m thankful to Matthew for helping me accomplish that.

MICHAEL C.Prosper, TX

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