Vegetable
juice: benefits remain doubtful
In the last decade, the name vegetable
juice has become frequent, sometimes you find some people recommending it as a healthy addition to the daily diet, and at other times you may encounter
complete diets based on drinking vegetable juice, so what should you know about
this juice?
Benefits of vegetable juice
The benefits of this juice vary depending
on the type of vegetables used in preparing it, but in general, these are some
of the potential benefits of vegetable juice:
1. Support the health of the circulatory system
Drinking vegetable juice may help lower
high levels of blood pressure and improve overall circulatory health,
especially when prepared with vegetables rich in these nutrients: vitamin C,
potassium, and iron.
2. Improve the ability of the digestive system to do its job
Vegetable juice that is rich in minerals,
antioxidants and vitamins may contribute to:
Clean the colon from waste.
Restore a healthy balance of important
bacteria in the gut.
3. Get healthy hair and fresh skin
Drinking this juice periodically may help
you improve the health of your hair and skin, as follows:
Improving the overall appearance of the
skin by reducing the severity of facial wrinkles, improving the appearance of
scars, and lightening dark spots.
Relieving certain inflammatory skin conditions,
such as eczema, psoriasis, and acne.
Maintain hair health and strength, and
reduce the loss that may occur as a result of decreased levels of certain
nutrients in the body.
4. The benefits of other vegetable juice
Here is a list of some additional benefits of vegetable juice:
Supplying the body with a good dose of
nutrients, as vegetable juice may contain: vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium,
folate, dietary fiber, magnesium, iron, beta-carotenoids, and flavonoids.
Reducing the risk of these diseases:
diabetes and some autoimmune diseases.
Other benefits, such as: improving the health of the brain, fighting Alzheimer's, hydrating the body, strengthening
immunity, strengthening bones, improving digestion, and losing weight.
Various recipes for vegetable juice
If you want to give vegetable juice a
chance and discover its benefits yourself, you can prepare it using many
healthy and delicious ingredients, try mixing the ingredients in each recipe
below:
1. The first recipe
It consists of one cup of romaine lettuce,
one sweet pepper, two sticks of celery, two tomatoes, and half a cup of
parsley.
2. The second recipe
It consists of one banana, a full cup of
chopped spinach, half a cup of parsley and one like zucchini, 4 small cups of
skimmed milk, and a handful of oats.
3. The third recipe
It consists of one cucumber, peeled and
chopped, one stick of fresh green celery, one peeled green apple, a pinch of
salt, a pinch of freshly grated ginger, several leaves of lettuce, a spoonful of
lemon juice, one cup or less of fresh spinach, and a few cups of water.
It should be noted that experts advise
drinking the resulting mixture in each recipe without filtering it, as this
helps to increase the amount of dietary fiber obtained from vegetable juice.
Vegetable juice under the microscope of
science and experts
These are some of the scientific opinions circulating about drinking this type of juice:
If you eat an adequate serving of
vegetables every day you may not need to drink vegetable juice, as this juice does
not actually outweigh the benefits of vegetables when consumed in their natural
solid form.
If the juicing process means extracting
only the liquid juice from the vegetables (Juicing) instead of pureeing the
whole vegetable (Blending), this may cause you to lose a large percentage of
the fiber in the used vegetables, which reduces the nutritional value of the
juice.
There is no clear scientific evidence that
specifically confirms the benefits of vegetable juice, but of course, there are
many studies have shown there are potential benefits for the vegetables
used in preparing this juice.
There are no studies that support the purported ability of vegetable juice to rid the body of toxins, or so-called
detox.
