My local supermarket started stocking organic vegetable juice recently. I took the plunge and bought their beetroot and carrot juices (separately). I have experienced carrot juice before and it is fairly innocuous — especially when mixed with orange juice.
Beetroot, however, is pungent and, although I don’t mnd the taste, it can be rather invasive smell-wise, stain-wise, urine-wise (you’ll know what I mean if you eat beetroot!).
So what keeps me buying these juices every week and literally has me force-feeding my husband, who is vegetable intolerant, with a funnel?
I looked up the health benefits of both. Let me start with beetroot. If I haven’t got you galvanized, by the end of this blog, to shoot off down to your local grocers then I need throw in the towel.
Beetroot Benefits:
- Anti-aging properties
- Fights cancer
- Improves digestion and metabolism
- Stimulates weight loss
- Detoxes the liver
- Helps with Glandular Fever
- Boosts the immune system
- Stimulates brain function
- Radiation protection
Footnote: If you are not accustomed to eating or drinking beet, be warned that your excretions — both no.1 or 2 — could be tinged red due to the colouration of this vivacious veg.
For a more detailed article on beetroot, please CLICK HERE
Carrot Wise:
- Lowers the risk of cancer
- Improves vision (so Bugs Bunny was right!)
- Prevents heart disease
- Reduces the risk of having a stroke
- Anti-aging properties
- Helps with skin tone
To read more about carrots, CLICK HERE
I hope I have convinced you to add a glass of these super juices to your daily diet. And on that note, here are your free e-card downloads for this week. I thought I could inject some humour into this juicy subject with an ‘I’m sorry’ card and a ‘Birthday’ card:
To download: Click on the picture, then right-click and ‘save as’
To check out more of my fruity produce designs, please feel free to peruse the many optical delights of my VEGE-TATE GALLERY — Click Here.
Happy Friday!