Debate still rages on whether juicing offers a lot of health benefits as opposed to eating whole vegetables or fruits. Proponents of juicing have some reasonable arguments as to why juicing is the better of the two while the opponents have their case on why they think eating whole fruits or vegetables is the better option.

There are health benefits of juicing though depending on juicing for a long time is not good or recommended. It becomes healthier or there are a lot of health benefits when juicing becomes part of a meal or diet. Also, taking a glass of juice or so can be done at intervals during the day, for example, after breakfast or lunch, or early in the morning before breakfast.

It is easier to drink more of vegetables than to eat. A lot of people have preference for one type of vegetable against another. There are some who cannot go far into eating a vegetable without leaving unfinished cabbage or kale on the plate. When it comes to juicing, it is easier to drink a glass of vegetable juice.

Juicing helps a person to absorb many nutrients easily. A person can make juice from a mixture of different fruits. Therefore, the body will absorb a number of nutrients in the body. There are instances when a person's body is unable to digest food effectively without posing difficulties. This results in the person not able to absorb all the nutrients in that food e.g. cabbage. Juicing makes it easier to absorb all the nutrients in the food without difficulty.

Heating or cooking vegetables reduces and destroys some of their enzyme content. Therefore, juicing helps in retaining all the nutrients without reducing some minerals or vitamins if one does it manually without using juicing machines. The processing that results from extracting juice from whole fruit or vegetables results in fewer vitamins and minerals. This is because the nutrient-rich skin is left behind.

Proponents of juicing say juicing gives a person's digestive system a rest from working on fiber. The pulp which contains fiber is removed during the juicing process. Fiber is very important in the body. In such cases when one is preparing juice, some of the left over pulp can be added to the juice or used in cooking.

Juicing provides another health benefit of reducing weight. If you want to reduce weight, this is one of the best option of helping to shed off some weight instead of taking pills. A person loses weight because calorie is reduced in the body while increasing the quality and quantity of minerals and vitamins.

Justonjuice notes how losing weight by juicing happens. It is stated in the article 'Lose Weight by Juicing', "When you go on a juice fat you are creating a condition of low concentration of toxic wastes in your circulatory system. The cells will then let go of their toxic wastes along with fats. These wastes and fats get passed out through your urine... when these toxins are released they lead to a case of toxemia as your system cleanses itself... it's a natural part of the healing process and you should welcome it."

The other benefits of juicing are:

- They combat free radicals by providing a high concentration of antioxidants. Free radicals are one of the causes the aging-effect.

- It helps in digestion. As is the case with water a person can opt a glass or two of juice to quench thirst.

- It helps in fighting diseases because it contains a sufficient amount of phytochemicals. These phytochemicals act as antioxidants, thereby helping the body to fight against diseases such as cancer and diabetes.

- It also boosts a person's energy and metabolism.

It is important to note that one should not keep juice for longer than a week unless it is pasteurized as it can develop harmful bacteria. When buying a commercially produced fresh juice ensure it is pasteurized and does not contain a lot of sugar. Sugar adds unwanted calories and can lead to weight gain.

Also use organic fruits and/or vegetables. This is because when a person juice conventional vegetables, he/she will absorb easily all the pesticides, fungicides or herbicides stored in them.