Juicing vs. Eating Whole Fruits or Vegetables
“Without the knowledge of the principles involved in the use of fresh-raw vegetable and fruit juices, one would naturally ask: ‘Why not eat the whole vegetable and fruit instead of extracting the juice and discarding the fibers?’
The answer is simple: solid food requires many hours of digestive activity before its nourishment is finally available to the cells and tissues of the body. While the fibers in solid food have virtually no nourishing value, they do act as an intestinal broom during the peristaltic activity of the intestines, hence the need to eat raw foods in addition to drinking juices. However, the removal of the fibers in the extraction of the juice, enables juices to be very quickly assimilated, sometimes in a matter of minutes, with a minimum of effort and exertion on the part of the digestive system.
For example, it is well-known, that celery because of its high sodium chloride content is our best food to counteract the effects of extreme heat. To eat the celery would involve so much time in the process of digestion that one may readily be overcome by the intense heat before the beneficial effects of celery can be obtained. On the other hand, by drinking a glass or a pint of fresh-raw celery juice, we get quick results.
Whole vegetables and fruits are composed of a considerable quantity of fibers. Within the interstices of these fibers are enclosed the atoms and molecules which are the essential nutritional elements we need. It is these atoms and molecules and their respective enzymes in the fresh-raw juices which aid the speedy nourishment of the cells and tissues and glands, organs and every part of our body.
The fibers of vegetables and fruits are also valuable. When the food we eat is raw, uncooked and unprocessed, these fibers act as an intestinal broom. When food is cooked, the intense heat destroys its life. Its fibers, having lost their magnetism through the heat, being lifeless, dead, act in the nature of a mob swabbing through the intestines, all too often leaving a coating on the wall the intestines. In the course of time this coating accumulates, putrifies and causes Toxemia. The Colon then becomes sluggish and distorted and constipation, colitis, diverticulosis and other disturbances result.
The juices extracted from fresh-raw vegetables and fruits are the means by which we can furnish all the cells and tissues of the body with the elements and the nutritional enzymes they need in the manner they can be most readily digested and assimilated.”
Dr. Norman W Walker – from Fresh Vegetable and Fruit Juices
A great film to watch on juicing:
Conscious Nourishment 
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