Showing posts with label juice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label juice. Show all posts

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Health benefits of carrot juice


Carrot juice is an excellent nutritional health drink for dieters, providing you with a rich supply of essential vitamins and minerals and that too without being accompanied by all of the calories that a health shake might give you. Pure carrot juice is a very low calorie juice to drink, one ounce of beverage yields just 10 calories usually. 

You can dramatically increase the calories by blending the juice with rolled oats, cereal, or boiled rice if you are an athlete and need more calories you can blend it with fruit yogurt, milk, ice cream, or a protein powder supplement.
Carrot juice
Pure carrot juice in an eight ounce serving can provide up to 6% percent of your daily recommended intake level of calcium. It is very important to receive a healthy level of calcium in your daily diet. Bones and teeth are dependent on calcium for growth and formation, especially the skeletal structure and development of children. Calcium absorption should also be accompanied by vitamin D, which helps aid your body's intake of the mineral. Like potassium, calcium is important for neuro-transmition, and muscle movement and contraction. 

Vitamin A is very crucial for expectant mothers and the unborn fetus. Although vitamin A is very important for your body, eight ounces of carrot juice can contain as much as 800% of your daily recommended dosage of vitamin A. Vitamin A is essential and necessary for tissue growth, especially within the bones. Vitamin A is also very important in maintaining good vision. The old myth that eating carrots will help you see better is true, as vitamin A deficiencies can lead to vision problems such as night blindness. it is also important to maintain moderate levels of vitamin A intake, as too much can lead to liver toxicity, and other health problems.
 
Potassium deficiencies are very bad for your body, with such effects as Hypokalemia, acne, muscle spasms, dry skin, and elevated cholesterol levels. Carrots juiced with celery or turnips can provide your body with a large intake level of potassium. Carrot juice is an excellent drinkable source of potassium. Potassium is very important in helping to maintain a healthy electrolyte balance and fluid level in the cells of your body. It's also necessary in muscle movement, such as contraction, as well as neurotransmission. 
 
Carrot juice is also an excellent source of vitamin C. An eight ounce glass of pure carrot juice can provide your body with up to 35% of your daily recommended dosage of vitamin C. Vitamin C has a wide variety of uses throughout our entire body, such as collagen production of the mucous membranes, skin, bones, and teeth. Vitamin C is also a very crucial antioxidant.

 Health Benefits

Carrots are popular for its famous ingredient carotene's, it is an awesome anti-oxidant that has powerful healing virtues for many diseases. Drinking a glass of carrot juice daily will do much more for you than many bottles of supplement and tablets. Here are some disorders that can be helped by drinking carrot juice regularly: 

Acidosis: The vital organic alkaline elements in carrots help balance the blood acidity and blood sugar. 

Acne: Its powerful cleansing properties are effective in detoxifying the liver, thus overall effective for acne which are caused by toxicity of the blood.

Anemia: Carrot's molecules are closest to human's hemoglobin molecules, making it very beneficial in blood-building. 

Atherosclerosis: The highly cleansing power of this miracle juice scrubs away even the old build-up of arterial deposits, reducing the risks of heart diseases and stroke.

Asthma: The anti-oxidants effectively protects the respiratory system from infections and free-radical attacks.


Cancer: Studies show that adding one carrot per day in our diet significantly reduces cancer risks.


Cholesterol: Pectin in carrots lowers the serum cholesterol levels.


Congestion: Carrot juice is very effective in dispelling mucus from the ear, nose and throat area, easing nasal congestion, sinusitis, phlegm and mucus in the throat and other similar disorders.


Constipation: Take five parts of carrot juice with one part of spinach juice regularly toregulate chronic constipation problems. 

Emphysema: If you smoke or are exposed to second-hand smoke, taking carrot juice regularly may well save your life.

Eyes: Beta-carotene, lutein and zeaxanthin are some of the finest nourishment that help keep the optic system in tip-top condition, with special protection against astigmatism, macular degeneration and cataracts.

Fertility: One of the reasons for fertility is lack of nutrients and enzymes in your dietary. Carrot juice taken regularly, is able to nourish your body back to fertility.

Inflammations: Its anti-inflammatory effect greatly helps reduce arthritis, rheumatism, gout and other inflammations.

Immune systems: It does wonders for boosting the immune system by increasing the production and performance of white blood cells; building resistant to various kinds of infections.

Breast feeding mothers: Carrot juice helps enhance the quality and quantity of a mother's breast milk.

Pregnancy: Drinking carrot juice regularly during pregnancy, especially during the last few months, will reduce the chances of jaundice in baby. No, you won't get an orange baby!

Skin problems: The high quality vitamin C and other rich nutrients in carrot juice efficiently nourish the skin, preventing dry skin, psoriasis and other skin blemishes.

Thread worms: One small cup of carrot juice in the morning taken daily for a week can help clear up thread worms in children.

Ulcers: The abundance of nutrient present in carrots helps nourish cells that have been starved of nutrients which result in ulcers.

Water retention: Carrot juice is diuretic and helps to eliminate excess fluids from the body, reducing water retention, especially for women during their monthly menstruation cycle and in pregnant women.

Hints

Spinach is also a very rich source of Vitamin A. 

A little spinach juiced with a few carrots will deliver a vitamin A mega beverage.

A few carrots juiced with blackcurrant berries, oranges, lemons, or kiwi, can easily provide you with your whole daily vitamin C dosage, without the need to take synthetic vitamins supplements.

Carrots juiced with broccoli can provide an excellent vegetable calcium drink. For a calcium shake, you may also choose to juice your carrots and then blend it with yogurt for a carrot juice smoothie, which makes for a healthy breakfast shake, or evening dessert.


Please share how carrot juice benefited you in your life in comments section.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Natural treatment for grey hair

What causes premature graying of hairs at young age, and how can I stop it?



Having white hair at a young age can make you stand out from the crowd. Most people's hair turns grey or white as they age, But some people start seeing their first white hairs before they're even out of their thirties. there are several reason behind this premature graying let us discuss some here.

1) One of the main reason is hair follicles malfunction. It just stop to produce melanin, the pigment that gives hair its color. The pigment in your hair is actually melanin, like the pigment in your skin. And the white hairs are simply ones that don�t have that pigment.

2) Genetics is another one of the likely causes of gray hair. Ask your parents or other relatives about family history of premature white hair. If your mother or father's hair turned white at an early age, you may be genetically programmed for premature graying. Your genes determine when production of melanin stops, and If you inherited your gray hair, there might not be a way to prevent white hair from growing in the future.

3) Vitamin deficiency is also a reason in premature graying, especially a lack of Vitamin B. If you eat a balanced diet and don't suffer from malnutrition, you may have pernicious anemia. In this form of anemia, your body is unable to absorb Vitamin B-12 from the bloodstream. So consult your doctor for treatment.

4) If you suffer from hypothyroidism and your thyroid fails to produce enough thyroid hormone, this may cause prematurely graying hair, according to the University of Michigan Health System. A blood test can diagnose hypothyroidism and you can take medication to make up for the hormone your body doesn't produce naturally.

5) Smoking: Some researchers like Dr. J. G. Mosley who studied patients in the Leigh Infirmary in Lancashire, England in 1996, noticed a correlation between smoking and premature graying of hairs. Though Dr. Mosley could not prove that smoking caused gray hair, he did note that the smokers in his survey turned gray at an earlier age.

So how can u turn the table, you can certainly try to prevent white hair!

This is what I recommend:
Take charge of your health Keep fit and stay healthy, your body will work most efficiently when you are healthy, and if it�s running efficiently, it can do all the normal processes (like growing hair) better. You can try to prevent white hair by eating right, refraining from smoking and avoiding stress.

They say stress is one of the causes of gray hair, so keep yourself fit, healthy and stress-free to prevent white hair. Make sure you�re getting enough vitamins and minerals, including iron, copper, vitamin B and folic acid. Eat lots of fresh, green leafy veggies.

Deal with the grays you have
While you might not be able to prevent white hair completely, you can find ways to make yourself look good with the ones you�ve got. White and gray hairs can be beautiful, so don�t be afraid to flaunt your look a little bit! As long as you have a youthful glow, your white hair won�t make you look old. A streak of white or gray hair can look really chic and lovely! If you�re uncomfortable with the whites, you can look into hair dyes that will let you cover up the gray and match the darker hair you have on the rest of your head.

Natural treatment & home remedies for grey hair

Home Remedies for Grey Hair include lots of foods rich in iron, minerals and vitamin A and B. Green vegetables, yellow fruits, tomatoes, cereals, cauliflower, yogurt are rich sources of these nutrients. Drinking plenty of water and having proper diet rich in vitamins and zinc with plenty of fruits and vegetables help in delaying premature graying of hair.

1) Most beneficial treatment is use of Amla (Indian gooseberry) which is valuable hair tonic for enriching hair growth & hair pigmentation. Massaging the scalp with a teaspoon of amla juice mixed with almond oil is beneficial or Boil dried Amla in coconut oil till it turns black. Apply this oil on the scalp everyday. This is a very effective home remedy for turning grey hair into black.

2) The butter made from cow's milk has the property to prevent premature graying of hair. This can be massaged into the hair roots twice a week.

3) Daily morning intake of few black raisins with same amount of black pepper with hot milk is also beneficial for treating grey hair.

4) Foods rich in iodine like banana, carrots and fish should be included in the regular diet. Drinking butter milk with 2 teaspoons each of yeast and wheat germ is a great home remedy for grey hair. Protein rich foods such as sprouts of whole grains are also useful to fight greying of hair.

5) Massage regularly with almond oil to prevent greying of hair. Daily massage of the scalp with a mixture of coconut oil and lemon juice is a good home remedy for grey hair.

7) Soak grated fresh ginger in honey and store in a jar. Take a spoonful of this mixture everyday for curing grey hair.

8) Consume the juice of fresh capsicum, lettuce, carrot and alfalfa to cure copper deficiency and prevent greying.

9) Consuming yogurt with yeast is a good home remedy for premature greying of hair.

10) Massaging hair with ghee made from cow�s milk yields good results in grey hair.

11) Boil curry leaves in coconut oil and apply this on the scalp daily.

12) Use a paste made with henna powder, yogurt and fenugreek powder, coffee powder, the juice of mint and basil leaves and apply on the hair. Leave for 3 hours and wash off with mildshampoo. This gives a natural blackness and shine to the hair.

13) Fresh juice of amaranth leaves should be applied on the hair regularly as it has properties to prevent premature greying of hair.

14) Boil ribbed gourd in coconut oil and use this for daily to prevent premature greying.Always keep the scalp and hair clean

15) Combing hair regularly is a good habit, as this is another way to massage hair tissues and enhance hair growth. In addition, combing with a wide-toothed brush separates tangles and prevents hair fall and damage.

Moreover, hair is weakest when wet so, soak it dry with a towel before combing. Similarly, combing entirely dry hair is as harmful as combing wet hair. Use a comb which has soft bristles also make sure that you use it regularly as improper use of comb may also damage your hair at times.

16) Regular conditioning of hair is essential these days as hair is most exposed to pollutants, dirt, sun, wind and rain, and harsh chemicals. Covering up your hair on a sunny day will reduce browning and drying of hair. Regular conditioning will improve and strengthen the look of your hair. Hair conditioners are of two types: Natural and synthetic.

Natural and organic conditioners are less harmful and can give an additional glow to your hair.

Synthetic may be pathetic, yes it may cause some damages to your hair due to the chemicals present in it.

and finally

Go see a doctor
A doctor might be able to help you find the potential causes of gray hair and figure out which one is the reason for your problem. He or she can probably suggest some better ways to prevent white hair in the future.