Maxicare, one of the country’s leading HMO has partnered with IAJ Wellness to launch a series of Juice and Blend Campaign for its employees and subscribers.

“Juicing and blending is the easiest, simplest and quickest way to have your daily required servings of vegetable,” says nutrition consultant Weizel Gulfan. The Macrobiotics and Raw Chef has been part of the Breville family for over two years now, is currently promoting the Juice On campaign in the work place to encourage Filipinos, who normally shy away from eating vegetables because of taste orientation, as the most effective means to get more nutrition into their diet.

“Every Juice On talk and demo we have is always a success”, shared Gulfan. “What keeps me going is how delightfully surprised people get when they finally taste a green juice and actually love it!” The culinary nutrition advocate adds.

Most Filipinos don’t eat enough vegetables, this has given a rise to dietary diseases like Diabetes, Cardiovascular ailments, Liver and Kidney issues, Autoimmune dysfunction and at worst, even Cancer.

Juicing and Blending is the most convenient and effective solution because although not everyone can eat a kilo of greens, anyone can drink a 16 oz. glass of green juice, which is equivalent already to a full serving of veggies.

Juicing and blending isn’t actually expensive, the company promotes local produce which are naturally organic as the base for most superfood recipes like malunggay, pumpkin, chayote, saluyot, sigarilyas, pineapple, ginger, turmeric, coconut to name a few which are abundant and are very affordable.

“People assume that you have to eat kale, spinach, aragula, celery, and all these imported vegetables but they’re actually not superior and are often times less nutrient dense that our local bounty. Why? Because a lot of these imported vegetables are sprayed, and the longer they stay in transit, the fewer nutrients they carry. This means that fresh, naturally organic vegetables have better nutrientprofile and we can even take advantage of their ripest flavors because we can really get them when they’re in season.” explained Weizel.

Breville continues to encourage healthier living with Juice and Blend for the Filipino workplace. If you’d like to invite the team over, please contact us at (632) 234-2902, (632) 234-2922 local 158 or 166.