Yesterday,. Day 8, I had a really bad start but I lost 1 lbs. I started out as I usually do and had all my vegetables prepared when my juicer jumped all over the place when I would start juicing a carrot. I couldn't get my veggies juiced. I had some from greens juiced but only about a 4 oz glass. Stopped the whole thing cleaned it and got ready for a busy day. I was helping my daughter setup her classroom and stayed the rest of the day. So, guess what my lunch was..if you guessed pizza...YEP!!..it was!!..I had 2 slices and I payed the price for it too. I had forgotten how I felt when I ate too much because the memory came back immediately since I felt so full I felt a bit nausea, plus I also had acid reflex after eating them. Oh, yes..all this because my juicer was making a weird noise and jumping around.

This morning my juicer works again and I made a delicious apple juice with 5 small green apples which made an 8 oz.glass. Apples sure make alot of juice. Then I juiced a delicious green drink and it tastes very smooth and light.

2 bunches of spinach
1 cucumber
5-7 celery stalks
1 bunch broccoli
1 tomato
1 small green apple

This made enough for lunch and dinner and another glass. I am trying to increase my intake and need to keep up with my Omega 3. I am having another busy day but I will be more careful and tonight I am going to relax and prepare for my next week's journey.

The amazing health benefits of the tomato

Tomatoes, which are actually a fruit and not a vegetable, are loaded with all kinds of health benefits for the body. They are in fact, a highly versatile health product and due to their equally versatile preparation options, there's really no reason to neglect the tomato as part of a healthy diet.

One of the most well known tomato eating benefit is its' Lycopene content. Lycopene is a vital anti-oxidant that helps in the fight against cancerous cell formation as well as other kinds of health complications and diseases.

Free radicals in the body can be flushed out with high levels of Lycopene, and the tomato is so amply loaded with this vital anti-oxidant that it actually derives its rich redness from the nutrient.

Lycopene is not a naturally produced element within the body and the human body requires sources of Lycopene in order to make use of this powerful anti-oxidant. While other fruits and vegetables do contain this necessary health ingredient, no other fruit or vegetable has the high concentration of Lycopene that the tomato takes pride in.

Studies involving the tomato have cropped up all over the world of medical science. There are more health benefits derived from eating a tomato than the scientific community is able to print, at least yet.

These studies have proven not only the benefits in preventing cancer, heart disease as well as high cholesterol are also in the tomato's sights.

This is really exciting information. The health benefits of tomatoes are becoming more and more documented every day as we learn new uses of this amazing fruit.

Cancers such as prostate cancer, cervical cancer, colon cancer, rectal cancer, and cancers of the stomach, mouth, pharynx, and esophagus have all been proven to be staved off by high levels of Lycopene.

Researchers introduced Lycopene into pre-existing cancer cellcultures and the Lycopene prevented the continued growth of these cultures. This is pretty powerful evidence that the health benefits of eating a tomato are really quite phenomenal.

It takes as little as 540 milliliters of liquid tomato product to get the full benefits of Lycopene. This means that a daily glass of tomato juice has the potential to keep a person healthy for life.

Tomatoes are equally as nutritiious fresh as they are in other variable forms. When tomato products are heat processed the bioavailablity of the Lycopene actually increases rather than the anticipated decrease.

Even with all the plentiful research that has gone into the health benefits of tomatoes, there is still more research being conducted as the medical science community understands that we have not fully tapped into the potential presented by a tomato just yet.

Research is now slowly proving that there is a high likelihood that the consumption of tomatoes and tomato based products actually may prevent serum lipid oxidation and reduce the risk of macular degenerative disease.

Tomatoes are by far the healthiest of the fruits and vegetables with the power to ward off some of the worst known diseases to man. With the vast variety of tomato products on the market, it really shouldn't be difficult to get the full health benefit of tomatoes but,

if you would like to get the full health benefits of tomatoes and have some fun at the same time, consider raising your own organic tomatoes. It would be a lot of fun, get you outside for some vitamin D and best of all reward you with great taste and vibrant health.