Juicing is a convenient way to consume fresh fruits and vegetables. These seven delicious combinations are especially rich in minerals and vitamins.
If you struggle to include the recommended amounts of fresh fruits and vegetables in your diet, getting used to preparing a natural juice daily can help you get all the vitamins and minerals you need.
Seasonal fruits are always appetizing and are usually full of the nutrients that our body needs most depending on the season.
But, in addition, certain combinations are especially interesting when we need extra energy, recover balance, regulate our digestions or face a particularly stressful situation.
WHICH JUICE IS THE MOST SUITABLE ACCORDING TO YOUR NEEDS?
EXTRA DOSE OF FOLIC ACID
With twenty strawberries, two kiwis and an orange you get a juice rich in folic acid (vitamin B9), a vitamin difficult to obtain because it is not found in sufficient proportion in most foods. Folic acid is important for blood and skin renewal.
On the other hand, strawberries are tonic, remineralizing and reconstituent, while vitamin C from kiwis and oranges helps strengthen defenses.
How to prepare it?
Once the kiwis and orange are peeled, they are liquefied along with the strawberries. There is no need to add anything: this cocktail tastes excellent.
DIGESTIVE JUICE WITH PINEAPPLE AND PAPAYA
This tropical pineapple, papaya and orange juice, tasty and refreshing, provides very good doses of vitamins C, B1 and B3, as well as calcium, magnesium and potassium.
It is diuretic and detoxifying. Both papaya and pineapple contain enzymes – papain and bromelain – that facilitate the digestion of proteins, which makes it ideal to accompany copious meals. Orange promotes bile secretion.
How to prepare it?
Pass half a ripe papaya through the blender or blender, along with a quarter of fresh pineapple.
Then add the juice of an orange and a little crushed ice, and mix well.
CARROT JUICE: EVEN HEALTHIER WITH APRICOTS
Beyond its beautiful orange color and its pleasant acidulated flavor, this carrot and apricot juice stands out for its high concentration of beta-carotene.
These antioxidants, precursors of vitamin A, protect against various types of cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
In addition, they are essential to preserve visual acuity and protect the skin.
The juice also provides vitamins of group B and C, E, D and K. And it is rich in minerals such as potassium.
How to prepare it?
To make it you need as many carrots as apricots. They are liquefied and served cold.
ANTI-STRESS GREEN JUICE
To prepare a glass of this balancing green juice, six lettuce leaves, five spinach leaves and two kiwis are required. The three ingredients stand out for their richness in vitamins and mineral salts.
In this combination they provide high concentrations of vitamins of group B, which tone the nervous system, as well as A, C, D and K.
Lettuce exerts a slight calming effect, which makes it very suitable for periods of nerves, stress or insomnia.
How to prepare it?
To prepare it you have to peel the kiwis, wash and chop the lettuce and spinach leaves, liquefy everything and serve.
ENERGY DRINK, ONLY WITH FRUITS!
This cherry and raspberry cocktail is packed with vitamin C.
It is suitable for athletes because it is a good source of sugars quickly assimilated. It also provides high quality antioxidants that strengthen the immune system and protect against cell degeneration.
Other vitamins present in it are B1, B3, B9, D and carotenes, along with minerals such as potassium and magnesium.
On the other hand, it is an excellent depurative, diuretic and laxative.
How to prepare it?
Twenty pitted cherries and twenty raspberries per person are liquefied.
Mix with a little crushed ice and add the juice of half a lemon.
THE MOST ANTIOXIDANT JUICE
This juice, with beetroot, cabbage and celery, provides abundant folic acid and vitamins B6, C and K.
It is tonic and regenerating, as well as very digestive.
It counteracts the harmful effects of free radicals and helps prevent cancer in the digestive system.
Cabbage contains sulfur compounds of great antioxidant value, to which are added the regenerative and antianemic effects of beetroot and the vascular benefits of celery.
How to prepare it?
A beet is peeled, chopped and liquefied along with three cabbage leaves and the stalk of a celery.
To soften the flavor, you can add an apple.
AVOCADO AND TOMATO: A VITALIZING COMBINATION
With avocado and tomatoes, you get a nutritious juice, with vitamins C, B, beta-carotene, folic acid and mineral salts.
It is very suitable in pregnancy and in case of fatigue.
It improves digestion and helps heal gastric ulcers and regulate intestinal transit and liver functions.
How to prepare it?
Beat an avocado along with four tomatoes and add the juice of half a lemon, salt and pepper.
You can even season it with a little garlic or green pepper, finely chopped.
It is served with ice or very cold.
