Well, to be totally honest with you, chances are juicing will not significantly lower your blood pressure or higher cholesterol. I know many might be shocked to hear me say this because juicing has often been promoted as a miracle cure for all that ails you. However, I personally take a less fanatical approach to juicing and prefer to think in terms of the whole body when it comes to health. As a result, I promote juicing as part of the healing process, not the cure itself.

So while a healthy diet and lifestyle are important, chances are the high blood pressure and high cholesterol are occurring at much deeper level within the body.

But don't get me wrong — a healthy diet filled with wholesome nutrition combined with a healthy lifestyle is extremely important. Complete healing within the body cannot happen without a healthy lifestyle and good nutrition. Diet and nutrition is the foundation of all good health, but I would like you to consider the following:

If you treat the underlying problem (in this case, high blood pressure and high cholesterol) with juicing, depending on a few factors such as age, sex, lifestyle, etc, then the symptoms may begin to go away. But, I would like to awaken you and others to another possibility for the high blood pressure and high cholesterol that cannot be helped by juicing, diet and/or lifestyle alone. I would like to awaken you to thought that possibly the high blood pressure and high cholesterol may be related to a hormonal imbalance. Believe it or not, chances are you might want to focus more on biologically identical hormones. Cholesterol often goes up when the hormones are out of balance and/or when the body's production of hormones is reduced. I could try to explain to you why, but my explanation would not be that good compared to what you can learn while reading The Hormonal Nightmare.

In particular, you may want to read the page about imbalances in estrogen.

You can read some more about cholesterol and your hormones.

You can read The Hormonal Nightmare online for free. I highly recommend this book because Dr. Seliski ND, the author, really believes in educating people about health... and as one of the best at biologically identical hormones, Dr. Seliski ND has really written a wonderful book to help educate women (and men) about hormonal imbalances and how it affects the body.

Jesse's fingers are currently on holiday and taking a break. He will be accepting new questions after a rest.

1. Can I freeze the juice and drink it later?
2. How Can I Store Vegetables?
3. Can I drink more than 1/2 pint (1 cup) of juice per day?
4. Should I peel beets for juicing them or just wash them?
5. What juice can help with arthritis and joint pain?
6. Warts and Juicing
7. What's the difference between eating fruits and juicing fruits?
8. Juicing and Weight Loss
9. Why are only apples the only fruit that can be mixed with vegetables while juicing?
10. Please comment on a report that says beet juice can improve exercise endurance?
11. Hypolycemia — blurred vision and tiredness while juicing.
12. What is your take on juice fasting?
13. Can I add Salba seeds to my juice?
14. My apple juice turns brown, is it okay?
15. What are good juicing combinations? What juicing combinations should be avoided?
16. Is It Okay To Mix Apples With Vegetable Juice?
17. Can I juice carrot greens?
18. How important is a slow speed juicer compared to fast speed?
19. Juicing strategy for overall health and wellness.
20. Do you have any tips for Cystic Fibrosis, asthma and respiratory illnesses?
21. Is it okay to store juice and drink it later?
22. Juicing while pregnant and breastfeeding (nursing).
23. Hypoglycemia, General Detox and Colds
24. Do you have some tips for IBS, constipation and gallstones?
25. How Much Nutrition Is In Pulp?