Showing posts with label Healthy juices. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Healthy juices. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Orange-Sweet lime Juice with mint

Another healthy,nutritious and tasty orange-sweet lime juice with a hint of mint flavor is a perfect refreshing juice for summers to beat the heat. Sweet lime/mosambi/bathayi/moosambi is a very nutritious fruit with lot of benefits.Similarly oranges also have many nutritional benefits.I am sharing a few benefits of these both fruits.

Nutritional Benefits Of Sweet lime/Mosambi/Moosambi/Bathayi : It is a low calorie and low fat containing fruit. It is rich in Vitamin C, which is a powerful anti oxidant,which helps in preventing cancer,scurvy and also helps in keeping our skin glowing.It also contains good amount of flavonoids, which helps in maintaining proper functioning digestive system.It is also rich in Potassium, a minerals which is required for the body to build muscles and also helps in decreasing the urinary infections.This fruit also helps in relieving cold.The acids present in this fruit helps in flushing out toxins in the body and also helps in relieving constipation.The juice of this fruit also helps in reducing cholesterol level in the body and also aids in weight loss.

Nutritional Benefits Of Oranges/kamala pandu/Kittale : Similar to Sweet lime,oranges also contains low calories and low fat content.These are rich in dietary fiber and pectin.These also contain rich amount of Vitamin C and also Vitamin A.These are also rich in B-complex vitamins like thiamin,pyridoxin and folates.These also a variety of phyto chemicals.These contain flavonoid Narigenin,which is a good antioxidant having anti inflammatory properties and also helps in improving immunity power of the body. These also helps in controlling heart beat and blood pressure.It helps in maintaining healthy and glowing skin.

 

Preparation time : 15 mins

Yield : 2 glasses

Ingredients :

Orange : 1

Sweet lime : 1

Mint leaves : few

Honey : 1 tbsp

Method of Preparation :

1.Peel the outer layers of both Orange and sweet lime and separate the segments.

 

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2.Blend these segments/pieces of orange and sweet lime along with mint leaves in a mixer grinder.

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3.Then add required amount of water and honey, blend them once again.Strain the juice and serve by adding  ice cubes.Consume it immediately after  preparing or else the nutritional value of the juice decreases. Also check out beetroot-carrot juice.

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Carrot-Beetroot-Apple Juice with Step by step Pictures(Miracle Juice)

Carrot-Beetroot-Apple juice is a very healthy fruit juice and it is also Known as 'Miracle Juice' as it can bring a miracle in your life on drinking this juice everyday.There are numerous health benefits and skin benefits of this super juice,which can be prepared easily at home.Addition of ginger,lemon to this gives additional benefits.Let us see the benefits of drinking this Miracle juice daily.

Health Benefits of 'Miracle Juice'(carrot-beetroot-apple juice) : This juice contains the benefits of two vegetables (carrot and beetroot)and one fruit (apple) which are packed with lots and lots of Antioxidants,Vitamins and minerals.

  1. This juice is perfect during weight loss,as it supplies the essential antioxidants,vitamins and minerals required by the body without extra calories.

  2. Helps in proper maintenance of important organs like Heart, kidneys,lungs,liver, pancreas and protect them from diseases.

  3. This drink also helps in lowering bad cholesterol and blood pressure and thus helps in preventing Heart Attacks.

  4. It also helps in keeping stomach clean by flushing the toxins out of it and also helps in proper bowel movements,relieves constipation.

  5. It Sharpens memory and helps in proper functioning of Brain

  6. It improves eye vision and helps in preventing dryness,redness and swelling of eyes due to working before computer for long hours.

  7. It also helps in boosting immunity power of the body by keeping the infections at bay.

  8. It helps in detoxification of liver and also helps in production of more red blood cells,purifies blood thereby preventing Anemia.

  9. Helps in lowering the pain during menstrual period.

  10. Helps in keeping the skin healthy,flawless and it improves the skin tone on regular consumption of this drink.


Preparation Time : 30 mins


Yield : 1


Ingredients :

Carrots : 2

Beetroot : 1 (small)

Apple : 1 (small)

Ginger : small piece

Lemon juice : 1 tbsp

Method of Preparation :

1.Peel the carrot and beetroot and  cut  carrot,beetroot and apple(along the peel) into small pieces.Grate ginger and keep aside.

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2. In a blender/mixer add all these pieces and grated ginger.

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3.Blend them into juice, sieve and add lemon juice to it. Our 'Miracle Juice'is ready,Consume it fresh.

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[caption id="attachment_535" align="aligncenter" width="800"]Miracle juice for healthy skin and body Carrot-Beetroot-Apple Juice (Miracle Juice)[/caption]

 

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