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| Orange Beet Juice |
INGREDIENTS
- 1 medium beet
- 4 oranges (peel removed)
- 1 thumb size piece of ginger (skin removed-OPTIONAL)
- 1-2 cups water (for blender use only)
Makes about 35 ounces
Put the veggies in your juicer and juice them!
No juicer? No problem! Put them in your Vitamix.
Then strain through a nut milk bag or a paint strainer bag...and pour
in your storage container. For detailed instructions on making juice in
the blender click here.
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Some Health Benefits
Beet root: Beets are highly nutritious and
“cardiovascular
health” friendly root
vegetables. Certain unique pigment antioxidants present in root as well
as top greens
have found to offer protection against coronary artery disease and
stroke, lower cholesterol levels in the body and have anti-aging
effects.
The root is rich source of
phytochemical
compound Glycine
betaine.
Betaine has the property of lowering
homocysteine levels
in the blood. Homocysteine, one of highly toxic metabolite,
promotes platelet clot as well as atherosclerotic-plaque
formation, which can be harmful to
blood vessels. High levels of homocystiene in the blood
results in the development of coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke and
peripheral vascular diseases. Raw beets are an excellent
source of folates;
contains
about 109 mcg/100 g (Provides
27% of RDA).
Folates are necessary for
DNA synthesis in the cells. When given during peri-conception period
folates can prevent neural tube defects in the baby. It contains significant
amounts of vitamin-C,
one of the powerful natural antioxidant, which helps body scavenge
deleterious free radicals one of the reasons for cancers development. The root is also a rich
source of niacin (vit.B-3), pantothenic acid (vit.B-5), pyridoxine
(vit.B-6) and carotenoids,
and minerals such as iron, manganese, and magnesium. In addition, the root indeed has very
good levels of potassium. 100 g fresh root has 325 mg of potassium or
7% of daily requirements. Potassium lowers heart rate and regulates
metabolism inside the cells by countering detrimental effects of sodium.
Oranges: Oranges, like other citrus
fruits, is an
excellent source of vitamin
C. Consumption of foods rich in vitamin C helps body
develop resistance against infectious agents and scavenge
harmful, pro-inflammatory free radicals from the blood. Orange fruit contains a
variety of
phytochemicals. Hesperetin
and Narigenin
are flavonoids found in citrus fruits. Naringenin is found to have a
bio-active effect on human health as antioxidant, free radical
scavenger, anti-inflammatory, and immune system modulator. This
substance has also been shown to reduce oxidant injury to DNA in vitro
studies. Oranges also contain very
good levels of vitamin A,
and
other flavonoid antioxidants such as alpha and beta-carotenes, beta-cryptoxanthin,
zea-xanthin
and lutein. It is also a very good
source of B-complex
vitamins such as thiamin, pyridoxine, and folates.
Ginger: Ginger has been in use
since ancient times for its anti-inflammatory,
carminative, anti-flatulent, and anti-microbial properties. The root contains many
health
benefiting essential
oils such as gingerol,
zingerone, shogaol,
farnesene and small amounts of phelladrene, cineol, and citral. Gingerols help
improve the intestinal motility and has anti-inflammatory, painkiller
(analgesic), nerve soothing, anti-pyretic as well as anti-bacterial
properties. Studies
have
shown that it may reduce nausea induced by motion sickness or pregnancy
and may help relieve migraine headaches. Zingerone,
which
gives pungent
character to the ginger root, has been found to be effective against
E.coli
induced diarrhea, especially in children. This herb root is low in
calories
and contains
no cholesterol, but is very rich source of many essential nutrients and
vitamins such as pyridoxine (vitamin B-6), pantothenic
acid (vit.B-5) that are essential for optimum health. It also contains good
amount
of
minerals like potassium, manganese, copper, and magnesium. Potassium is
an important component of cell and body fluids that helps controlling
heart rate and blood pressure.
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