Although it has been known for a while that compounds in plants contain antioxidant properties capable of protecting us from coronary conditions and cancer, it is only now becoming known just how extensive this ability may be. Certain plants contain phytonutrients that are compatible with our own body's system to help keep us healthy.
The research into these fantastic compounds continues with over nine hundred compounds discovered already; with these discoveries (and more to come), scientists believe the face of healthcare is changing, hopefully forever. There has been a whole host of discoveries made into the properties of these phytonutrients; cherries for instance are able to reduce the pain in joints and blueberries have anti-aging properties.
Blueberries are one of the top quality fruits containing plenty of antioxidants while maintaining lower sugar content then most other fruits. The easiest way to inject concentrated amounts of these fruits is by drinking juice every day; many benefits have been found including an improvement in our circulatory system and an increase in our own ability to ward of illness. These can also strengthen the body's ability to fight disease and infection due to they're powerful antioxidants and healthy nutrients. The old saying about an apple-a-day couldn't be truer with evidence that they can help prevent the chance of heart conditions occurring.
Citrus fruits can be helpful because of the phytochemicals they contain. Tart cherries for instance have a number of properties which work together to help people who have arthritis, gout and fibromyalgia. Most of us have already heard about the benefits that certain minerals and vitamins like B, c and E provide which have now become widely used in products. Another antioxidant is resveratrol has many infection and viral prevention properties and is found in the likes of blackberries, mulberries but more highly in blueberries.
These amazing compounds seem to benefit the elderly with many properties that help reduce conditions found in aging like Alzheimer's, heart disease, blood pressure and stoke. Some cancers can also be prevented, along with heart disease, by eating tomatoes as part of a routine diet. There are a number of ways you can use tomatoes to gain the greatest antioxidant benefit from them and these include pureed, juice concentrate and sauce. Watermelons, recognized as a refreshing summer fruit also contain some of the most powerful phytonutrients yet found. People have been advised to eat more fruit (more than they currently consume) for some time but now the science behind this advice is finally beginning to show through.
These days, when you walk into a supermarket, something as simple as picking up a carton of juice can prove to be a daunting task.
It is not uncommon for one to be flummoxed by the plethora of juice products available on the shelves of a typical supermarket aisle.
It can be very confusing which juice to pick up especially when all the brands promise you a world of benefits and claim to be 100% fruit juice, enriched with Vitamin C and are free of preservatives, etc.
However, in reality, many of these fruit ?punches? and ?cocktails? are nothing but a mix of water, sugar, flavoring, additives and have little or no nutritional value. However, even if you manage to bypass all these ?fake? juice brands and pick up freshly squeezed juice, you are still not assured all the benefits and nutrients of organic fruit juices.
Organic fruit juice and non-organic fruit juice are both manufactured the same way. First, the fruit juice is concentrated and reconstituted with water later.
The amount of water that is taken away during the concentration process and the amount that is added back during its reconstitution with water is also similar in both the cases. A typical package of juice will have 80% water after the reconstitution process is over.
Although, the process of manufacture is the same, organic fruit juice has many advantages over non-organic fruit juice. Organic juice has all the benefits of the fresh organic produce that it is derived from whereas an ordinary fruit juice has a lot of pesticides because it is procured from fresh produce that has been sprayed with pesticides.
And during the concentration process, the toxicity level of these pesticides gets multiplied several times over. Opposed to this, when organic fruit juice is concentrated, it is the nutrient value of the produce that increases multi-fold.
Also, since organic juice is made from fresh organic fruits, it contains more micro-nutrients and phyto-nutrients which give the juice its flavor. In other words, the quality of the final juice in terms of flavor and health benefits depends on the quality of the fresh produce it is taken from.
In conclusion, choosing organic fruit juice is not simply about selecting a tastier and healthier juice, but it also means that you are doing the environment and the farmers who grow the produce, a favor.
So when you purchase that carton of organic juice, you are directly supporting the ecology and helping to protect wildlife such as birds.
Also, you are keeping the detrimental effects of pesticide usage at bay from farmers who work the fields, especially in developing nations where the laws against the use of highly toxic pesticide are not as stringent.
So do yourself, your family and the world a favor and go organic!
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