검은 마법은 잊어버려, 이건 녹색 마법이야

Hi Bara: While I agree with the basic idea that fresh juices are very healthy and should be a part of any well-balanced diet/eating, I must disagree on the importance of chlorophyll in that health. The chlorophyll molecule is merely a receptor for light energy from the sun, which it immediately converts into another energy form and passes on to other molecules in the plant cell. Ultimately, this energy is saved by the cell in the form of a different energy carrier (called ATP) and used to fix carbon dioxide out of the air to build sugars. Everything else in living plant cells then get built from the sugars either directly, or by breaking down the sugars and using them in other ways. There is nothing intrinsically healthy about eating (or drinking) chlorophyll. Indeed, I suspect given the nature of the molecule, that it adds a bit of "fat" to the diet. There ARE a lot of other things in juices, especially fresh juices,such as vitamins, minerals, anti-oxidants, etc. that are very beneficial. So by all means, drink plenty of fresh juices. And drink green juices if you like them (no harm done!!). But the "green" is not the miracle in the juice, other things are!! Drink up in good health!! Michael