For a long time, people have been eating apples, a valuable storehouse of vitamins and microelements. The homeland of the fruit is considered the territory of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, from where, thanks to Alexander the Great, it came to European lands.
An apple contains as many nutrients as no other fruit contains. It contains vitamins - C, A, B1, B3, PP, E, H, as well as salts and minerals - iron, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, copper, zinc, sodium, sulfur, chlorine, manganese, iodine and a lot others.
Apples can be consumed in various forms, but for the greatest health and healing benefits, it is best to use squeezed, natural apple juice.
The best way to get apple juice is to use a juicer. The drink is pure, concentrated. Sugar is added to it if desired. Apple juice is canned and stored in a cool place.
Drinking a glass of freshly squeezed juice every day, you cleanse the blood of cholesterol, thereby normalizing blood flow and improving the condition of blood vessels, they become more flexible, elastic. Pectin, which is contained in apple juice, has a beneficial effect on the condition of the intestines, ensuring its normal, stable functioning, clearing it of toxins. For patients with anemia, apple juice is shown to increase hemoglobin, because it contains a large amount of iron.
Apple juice contains organic acids that contribute to the production of gastric juice and increase its acidity, as well as enzymes - substances that help the body break down and digest food.
In the recovery period after surgery, patients are also recommended to drink this drink. Among other things, apple juice has a diuretic and choleretic effect, stimulates appetite, is used for constipation to facilitate the release of feces, improves the functioning of the liver, kidneys, and urinary system.
Apple juice is a powerful antioxidant, it protects against stress, cleanses the body of free radicals, promotes cell renewal and protects them from destruction. One of the important properties of apple juice is that it has a beneficial effect on brain activity and, when consumed regularly, protects against Alzheimer's disease.
Due to the high content of vitamin C, apple juice is able to increase human immunity, improve the general condition, and invigorate.
To benefit the body and as an auxiliary treatment for various problems associated with the gastrointestinal tract, high cholesterol, liver, kidneys, intestines, etc., it is enough to drink one glass of freshly squeezed apple juice a day. You can drink canned food, but its benefits are significantly reduced. Fresh apple juice can be stored for no more than one day, as it can ferment and deteriorate.
It must be remembered that apple juice is not useful for everyone, there are some contraindications for its use. It must be excluded from the diet:
- people who suffer from gastritis, stomach ulcers, high acidity;
- patients with pancreatitis, in the acute stage;
- if you are allergic to the product;
- with increased sensitivity of the teeth;
- diabetics, as apple juice contains a lot of sugar.
The most important thing is not to forget that everything is good in moderation and apple juice is no exception to this rule.
