Useful properties and harm of apple juice
Most of us enjoy drinking homemade apple juice. It contains carbohydrates, fructose, glucose, fats, proteins, B vitamins, vitamins C, E, PP, P, and a large amount of minerals. It is often used in health systems and diets. it contains only 47 kcal, while being a real storehouse of useful substances.
Useful properties and harm of apple juice
Benefits for women
This is the most readily available and common type of juice. The beneficial properties of apple juice apply to everyone, but there are special qualities that make women love it and bring it into their daily diet.
The elements contained in it are ideal both for a weakened organism during the recovery period and for maintaining strength. It helps to slow down the aging process due to its pectin-rich composition.
Flavonoids reduce the glycemic index, which improves the condition of the pancreas in diabetes mellitus.
The benefits of apple juice for women are as follows:
- helps to overcome tension, stress, nervous disorders, protects from depression;
- used for the prevention of anemia (raises the level of hemoglobin), regulates the processes of blood formation during menstruation;
- has a beneficial effect on teeth, nails, hair, skin;
- restores immunity;
- used for the prevention of cancer;
- stops brittle hair and gives it shine, accelerating its growth;
- fights the manifestations of atherosclerosis;
- increases the elasticity of capillaries, veins and arteries;
- helps prevent Alzheimer's disease and sclerosis;
- during pregnancy, helps a woman to reduce the symptoms of toxicosis;
- while carrying a child, they drink fresh apple fresh juice to provide the body with vitamins and minerals necessary for the mother and fetus;
- it relieves swelling and normalizes bowel function;
- juice from green apple varieties helps to reduce blood pressure;
- serves as a supplement to physical activity during weight loss, because after training provides the body with the necessary pectins.
By improving digestion and thereby increasing the quality of food absorption, the use of juice contributes to a gradual weight loss. Do not forget that the most beneficial for the body is the use of a natural home-made drink made with a juicer from fresh fruits.
It is useful for pregnant women to use apple juice in this form:
- diluting it with water in a 1: 1 ratio;
- squeezed out of green apples, without sugar;
- in 2-3 doses of 100 ml.
To prevent disruption of the intestines of infants up to 3 months, the mother should consume a fresh drink prepared at home. In adults, the juice may have a mild laxative effect.
Benefits for men
People say that a person who consumes 2 apples every day does not need medical attention. With regular use of homemade apple juice, men observe its positive effect on the following organs and systems:
- cardiovascular system - taking half a glass of juice every morning is practiced to prevent heart disease, because men are exposed to them more often than women;
- potency, due to the regulation of the balance of hormones in the body;
- improves the quality of semen;
- musculoskeletal system, because strengthens bones;
- improves immunity and prevents cancer;
- removes kidney inflammation;
- increases efficiency, endurance;
- respiratory system, preventing the development of asthma.
Juice improves immunity
Apple juice is able to remove toxic and chemical elements that accumulate in the body due to smoking, radiation exposure, and when taking pharmaceuticals. To obtain the above listed beneficial changes, you must drink natural apple fresh.
Benefits for children
Kids will love apple juice. The drink will bring many benefits to the growing body:
- strengthens the immune system, which is important in the season of colds and acute respiratory viral infections;
- will increase the level of hemoglobin and prevent the development of anemia;
- increase appetite;
- will accelerate the metabolism in the body;
- will stimulate the brain.
You can gradually accustom your baby to the drink from the 6th month of life, starting with small portions. It is recommended to introduce crumbs into the menu with freshly squeezed juices from non-allergenic green apple varieties, peeled. You need to cook them using a juicer.
To facilitate the assimilation of the new product by the body and the speedy adaptation of its digestive system to juice, it should be diluted in a 2: 1 ratio with water. Later, if you make sure that the baby has adapted to him, you can breed fresh juice in a 1: 1 ratio. It is advisable to observe this ratio until the child turns 5 years old.
Rates of fresh juice per day:
- 2-3 years - up to 30 ml;
- up to 7 years - 100 ml;
- up to 14 - 200 ml;
- older - up to 0.5 liters.
Allergy symptoms
Both the beneficial properties and contraindications for using apple juice in the baby's diet should be well known to parents. This is often the first product introduced to a child's menu. You should know the symptoms of allergies (if they arise, you need to remove complementary foods from the diet and consult a doctor):
- redness of the back of the neck;
- redness of the cheeks;
- roughness of the skin in the abdomen due to a small rash;
- an increase in temperature up to 37.5 degrees;
- hyperhidrosis (sweating);
- irritation on the hands and face;
- small reddish spots in the mouth and nasolabial triangle.
Contraindications and harm
Natural juice is harmless
People often think about the possible negative effects of apple juice on the human body. Natural freshly squeezed fresh juice, being a structured drink, is completely absorbed by the intestines, does not cause harm and does not cause allergies.
It can help not only feel the aroma of the fruit, but also cleanse the body, strengthen the immune system, and reduce the risk of disease. It has a beneficial effect on all areas of the digestive and circulatory systems without exception.
Correct use of the juice helps to restore strength, improve metabolism and stimulate the breakdown of fat layers.
Although the benefits of using apple juice are great, it can be harmful to your health:
- people who suffer from diabetes mellitus of the 1st degree can drink juice from unsweetened varieties, because it contains less fructose and glucose;
- before taking it is necessary to consult with your doctor in case of high acidity of the gastrointestinal tract;
- should not be included in the diet for children in the first six months of life;
- it is contraindicated to drink it for people who have allergic reactions when eating apples;
- an excessive amount of apple juice drunk with lingering illnesses can provoke their aggravation (especially this should be remembered for people with hepatitis, cholecystitis, intestinal and stomach diseases).
If you ignore the described contraindications, hoping for the usefulness of the drink, then the following side effects are possible:
- acute diarrhea;
- stomach pain;
- nausea and vomiting.
To improve the body, take 1 tbsp. per day for 1.5-2 months. But do not overuse apple juice, drunk at one time, because this negatively affects the functioning of the pancreas.
Excessive addiction to juice can result in a feeling of heaviness in the abdomen, bloating, irritation of the mucous membrane of the digestive organs.
In order not to harm the tooth enamel, you should drink the drink through a tube or rinse your mouth with water after taking it. But do not deny yourself juice if you have no contraindications for this. Indeed, a glass of this drink, squeezed out of selected apples using a juicer, contains more than 20 microelements.
It is a budget option for obtaining all the substances necessary for the body and beneficial to health.