Orange juice benefits

Orange juice/Oranges
Quit bottled juice and squeeze one fresh orange juice glass which is most refreshing,tasty and healthy.

Sweet varieties suitable for juices are Valencia, navel, Jaffa and blood orange (hybrid species, more aromatic in flavor), clementine (loos skin and seedless).Choose loose skin varieties and extract juice when at room temperature, roll them first on a flat surface under the palm to get maximum juice. Orange juice squeezed fresh in small amount and served in glass is safer than squeezed in large quantity and stored in stainless steel jugs when heated up cause’s bacteria to grow. Orange juice can be stored up to 2 weeks at room temperature. Do not store wrapped to prevent moisture and mold. Orange juice should be consumed in small amount (high consumption can leach calcium from body and causes decay of bones and teeth) as it has high calorie content and can cause to gain additional weight.  One orange (131gms) contains nutrient % daily value, Vitamin C 116%, fiber 12.5%, folate 9.8% and considerable amount of vitamin A, B, K and calcium.

Orange juice prevents inflammatory ailments such as atherosclerosis and insulin resistance and enhances body’s essential vitamin C content up to 60% which retards hardening of arteries, stimulates white cells to fight infections and builds immune system and prevents early ageing signs of skin and tissue damage.it lowers chances of cold, flu and recurrent ear infections. Orange juice contains hesperidin which has strong anti-inflammatory effects and improves the function of blood vessels and lowers high blood pressure and cholesterol level. After being oxidized cholesterol sticks to the artery walls, builds plaque and blocks blood flow to cause heart attack. Vitamin C neutralizes free radicals and prevents oxidation of cholesterol.

Vitamin C in oranges is primarily water soluble antioxidant and prevents damage in aqueous environment both inside and outside cells. Inside cells a potential result of free radical damage to DNA is cancer.  In areas of high cellular turnover like digestive system, vitamin C prevents DNA mutations and is associated with reduced risk of colon cancer .vitamin C provides protection from asthma, osteo arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Oranges contain limonoids which help to fight cancers of mouth, skin, lungs, breast, stomach and colon. Long acting limonin is attached to glucose which is digested and utilized releasing limonin which is absorbed in amount as of vitamin C. Human liver cells produce less apo B structural protein which is necessary for LDL production when exposed to limonin.3% mixture of hesperidin and naringin which are polymethoxylated phenols from citrus fruits, work like statin drugs and inhibits the synthesis of cholesterol and triglycerides inside the liver.

Fiber from oranges keeps blood sugar levels under control and good for diabetics, also grabs cancer causing chemicals and keep them away from cells of the colon, reduces constipation(because of alkaline effects of oranges) or diarrhea in those who have irritable bowel syndrome.

Women’s  who drank  ½ to 1 liter  orange juice daily, their urinary pH value and citric acid excretion increases and significantly drops the risk of calcium oxalate stone formation. People who have highest level of vitamin C or take one orange/glass of orange juice have 25% less chances of peptic ulcer caused by Helicobacter pylori bacterium.