miercuri, 14 noiembrie 2012

Vegetable Juice Recipes to Savor Every Day!

By Lilyana Cockreham


Vegetable juicing is among the most effective and efficient ways to provide your body with the daily recommend quantity of veggies, antioxidants, minerals and nutrients, while also filling it up. Vegetable juicing is another fantastic way to detox and also cleanse the body from harsh environmental chemicals and toxins that we all come in contact with. And while there is an abundance of vegetable juice recipes, it's helpful to know which veggies have the particular nutritional values you are seeking and how well they blend together.

A veggie that is commercially undervalued, yet has a great flavor and tons of nutritional benefits, is definitely the beet. Beets have a sweet flavor that is usually great to add in a juice, but studies have also linked beets to lowering high cholesterol levels as well as triglycerides. This is why beets are acknowledged to "cleanse the blood." Additionally they do a great job of fighting inflammation and provide vitamin B, iron, potassium and folic acid.

While beet juice is indeed strong, it is widely used as an addition to carrot juice. While carrot juice has a sweet flavor, this can be a great juice for any mid-day snack or perhaps lunch time component. Also, due to the fact that carrots are great for improving vision that can get blurry midday, they likewise have vitamins C and A to give the midday boost.

Carrots have numerous antioxidants that prevent coronary disease as well as cancer, and also by adding a sweet potato to this vegetable juice recipe, you get even more nutritional benefits. Sweet potatoes have great levels of manganese, potassium, vitamins A, C and B6, dietary fiber, and fiber. Health experts also say that sweet potatoes include carotenoids, which apparently help stabilize blood sugar levels as well as lower insulin resistance, making cells more responsive to insulin. This is another reason why this recipe is ideal for mid-day. Carotenoids are also a powerful anti-oxidant and help prevent several forms of cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Another great component to a vegetable juice recipe is celery. Celery includes a collection of essential amino acids, vitamins K, B's and C, and also potassium and is a low calorie food. Celery juice has great calming powers and is also known to calm the body's nerves, lower blood pressure, is ideal for weight loss and is a rejuvenating drink during a very hot day.

A great vegetable juice recipe along with celery included is the mixture of 3 celery stocks, 2 cucumbers as well as inch ginger slice. This is extremely rejuvenating, has a tasty flavor with the ginger zing and all the great nutritional components of the veggies. While cucumbers also provide a multitude of nutrition, just like manganese, vitamin A, C and K and potassium, ginger is an amazing, nutritious vegetable.

Ginger has long been recognized to combat morning sickness, menstrual cramp relief, and also heartburn relief. Also, it can reduce pain and inflammation and is also recognized to help the prevention of colon cancer and also ovarian cancer treatment.

Leafy vegetables are another great component of vegetable juice recipes. Red-leaf lettuce, arugula, spinach and butterhead are great examples and are low in calories. It provides a great source of manganese, vitamins A, B1, B12, C, folic acid, and chromium and is rich in minerals.




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