Benefits of Juices

In each and every fresh fruit or vegetable juice you will find a unique mixture of vitamins, minerals, enzymes and antioxidants. So if you are juicing to help specific ailments then you need to know which juice is the best. Let’s take a look at the individual benefits of juices.

Cloudy apple juice (made from apples juiced with their skins on) is very effective for lowering LDL cholesterol levels and promoting overall heart health. The pectin (which is a fiber found abundantly in the skins of apples) content of apple juice binds with cholesterol in the intestines and removes it from the body before it can be absorbed into the blood stream.

Beet juice is excellent for promoting stamina for exercise according to a study conducted at Northumbria university, UK. The researchers found that giving a daily beet juice to a group of cyclists improved the amount of time they could cycle for by 12% on average! Beet juice is also an excellent source of blood building iron which makes it useful for menstruating women or those with anaemia.

Blackberry juice is an exceptionally nutritious beverage that boosts the immune system. Vitamin A, C and E, which are all essential for the immune system to work properly, are found abundantly in this berry delicious juice.

Cabbage juice is a superb cure for stomach ulcers. In fact there is no better medicine for stomach ulcers. Several studies have all found that a daily cabbage juice can drastically reduce the size of or even heal stomach ulcers in the volunteers tested.

Carrot juice is the “eye juice”. Carrots really do help you see in the dark because of their beta-carotene content but carrot juice is even higher in beta-carotene than the whole fruit. A juicing machine breaks free more of the beta-carotene from the tough fibers in carrots so that we can actually digest more. Beta-carotene stops us from going night blind because it converts into a chemical pigment in the eye called rhodopsin that is necessary for us to see in the dark.

Celery juice is one of the best natural remedies for high blood pressure. Celery contains antioxidants that helps the muscles of the artery walls to relax and therefore ease high blood pressure levels.

Orange juice (and other citrus juice like grapefruit and lemon) are great for protecting us from atherosclerosis. Vitamin C protects the arteries from oxidative damage that leads to a hardening and thickening of the arteries.

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