The Benefits Of Juicing Carrot, Spinach And Beetroot
We all know fruit and vegetables play a beneficial role in disease prevention, weight management and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Today, we detail the specific benefits of three of nature’s "superfoods" - carrots, spinach and beetroot - and how MOD Cold Press Juicers make it easy to maintain a deliciously healthy lifestyle. Our oersonal experience has shown that juicing is one of the most efficient ways to access these incredible nutrients and benefits.
How Juicing Can Preserve These Vital Nutrients
Because the MOD Cold Press Juicer extracts double the juice of traditional juicers, they also produce double the nutrients you receive, in the form of vitamins and enzymes.
Vitamins are essential to life, contributing to optimum health by regulating the metabolism and assisting the digestive processes, as well as releasing energy from digested food. They are considered “micro-nutrients” because our bodies only require a small amount in comparison to nutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins, fats and water. Enzymes are the essential chemicals which form the foundation of human bodily functions, working actively within the chemical reactions continually taking place in the body. As co-enzymes, vitamins work with the enzymes allowing all the activities which occur within the body to be carried out as they should be.
Incorporating these three super vegetables into your diet will result in a range of different benefits. And, don't just take our word for it, this has all been backed by government funded trials in medical research centres and universities nationwide.
The Benefits Of Carrot Juice
The carrot we know today originated in Central Asia and is a domesticated version from the wild carrot, which was originally from Persia. Carrots were first grown domestically for their leaves and seeds as opposed to the orange root vegetable we grow and use today.
Carrots are an excellent source of several vitamins and minerals, especially vitamin A, biotin, vitamin K, potassium and vitamin B6.
Do Carrots Really Improve Your Eyesight?
Not exactly, but they do strengthen various areas of your eyes. Carrots are rich in beta-carotene, which is converted into vitamin A when it enters the body. Due to their beta-carotene content, they help protect your eyes against certain progressive diseases such as cataracts and macular degeneration.
Juicing carrots with the MOD Cold Press Juicer does not impact the nutrients in carrots. In our experience, we've also found it’s easier to drink a cup of carrot juice (equivalent to six carrots) than it is to eat six carrots in one go! Juicing with the Mod Cold Press also retains the soluble fibre. In a single glass of carrot juice you will get potassium, phosphorus, magnesium and calcium, along with vitamins A, B, B2, B6, C, and E.
Any leftover pulp can be used in these juice pulp recipes.
The Benefits Of Spinach Juice
A single serving of spinach juiced in the MOD Cold Press provides 100% of your recommended daily vitamin K intake. Containing just 28 calories, a glass of spinach juice is also packed with calcium, potassium, magnesium, manganese, carotene, amino acids, iron, iodine and vitamins A, B, C, E and K.
The iron content in spinach juice is almost double the amount found in any other vegetable. The nutrients in spinach assist in the creation of red blood cells. Known to prevent anaemia; the high alkalinity of spinach also provides relief from rheumatoid arthritis. One of the most effective benefits of spinach juice is that it combats high blood pressure.
Spinach juice on its own has a distinctive, grassy flavour. Based on firsthand experience, we've found mixing spinach with carrots, celery, ginger, lemon or apple creates a delicious, easy to drink juice.
The Benefits Of Beetroot Juice
Like carrots, beetroot were originally valued for their leaves, which hold nutritional and therapeutic value. Ancient cultures regarded beetroot as a medicine, not as a food. Belonging to the same family as spinach, beets are high in vitamins C and B6, folate, manganese, betalin and potassium. The amazing benefits of beetroot are most effective when consumed raw in a fresh juice.
Beetroot juice provides a super detox drink, helping your liver dump damaging toxins and stimulating liver cells, preventing a build-up of fatty acids. Beetroot juice is strong in flavour, but combining it with milder tasting vegetables such as celery, cucumber or an apple or lemon produces unique flavour strengths. Start off slow and add flavours until just right for your palate. The leftover pulp can be used to make delicious beetroot pulp patties.
Beets are rich in natural chemicals called nitrates. Through a chain reaction, the body changes nitrates into nitric oxide helping with blood flow and blood pressure. Also rich in the nutrient betalin, research has discovered beetroot contains powerful antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and detoxification properties.
In the 1950s, cancer patients who had already undergone chemotherapy and radiation and were considered to be in the final stages of their disease were advised to ingest raw beetroot juice to help remedy their cancer. Later research using raw beetroot juice has had positive results. Researchers have now concluded that beetroot juice can help fight against both cancerous tumours and leukemia. In a recent clinical trial, 22 patients with advanced inoperable cancers were given 10 ounces of beetroot juice for 3-4 months and showed dramatic improvement in their condition.
The University of Newcastle and John Hunter Hospital are currently collaborating in a study with beetroot juice being trialled as a cardio aid, as well as examining its effect on exercise performance among obese people. Funded by a Heart Foundation Vanguard Grant, it is believed the abundance of nitrate found in beetroot juice will metabolise in the body into nitric oxide, aiding in the health of the lining of blood vessels.
So there you have it! There are so many benefits of adding these readily accessible vegetables. Why not pick up some on the way home tonight?
Team MOD xo
