[Healthy Reviews] ORANG JUICE BETTER THAN VITAMIN C PILLS

Fruit juice is a source of vitamin C are useful for human health. Vitamin C, but ranged between 27-49 mg/100 g of fruit flesh.

Orange juice contains 40-70 mg vitamin C per 100 ml, depending on the type. Citrus fruits get older, usually the less vitamin C it, but the more sweet.

Vitamin C found in fruit juice, meat, and leather. Quarter of the total content of vitamin C found in citrus fruits in the juice. Beta-carotene (pro-vitamin A), which forms vitamin A contained in many skin and orange juice.

Vitamin C plays a role in the process of absorption of inorganic iron (iron and food non-animal) that can prevent and help cure anemia (blood drawn). Vitamin C also has the ability as an antioxidant, which can help prevent cell damage from free radical molecules activity.

In the body, free radicals oxidize molecules of protein, fatty acids, and DNA. Free radical damage has implications for the emergence of a number of diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular, and cataracts.

Significantly, recent studies show that intake of high vitamin C from foods, including oranges, can prevent the increase of oxidized LDL. High oxidized LDL is the main factor for heart disease development.

Several epidemiological studies have indeed shown a significant relationship between intake of vitamin C with the risk of death from cardiovascular disease.

Vitamin C in fruits, including oranges, scientifically has been shown to protect the body against cancer attacks. The results of epidemiological studies indicate that consumption of fruit (orange one) and high vegetables, have a protective effect against cancer better than vitamin C in the form of tablets or other supplements.

Since the oxidation of the eye lens plays an important role in the formation of cataract disease, the role of antioxidants (including vitamin C) becomes important. The results showed that individuals with the concentration of vitamin C and carotenoids in the blood is high, has a risk of cataracts is lower.

Orange as a source of vitamin C is also thought to provide preventive and healing effect on diseases such as bone loss (osteoporosis), kidney stones, cognitive dysfunction, and asthma.

Apart from being a source of vitamin C of orange is also a source of folic acid potential. A citrus fruit can meet the needs of 20 percent of daily folate. The level of food consumption with high folate content, such as fresh orange juice or in the form, will increase the levels of folate.

Increased levels of folate to lower homocysteine levels, which is toxic to the blood vessel wall. With decreasing levels of homocysteine, the risk of cardiovascular disease is also reduced.

Most of the ideal juice. Nutritional composition of sweet oranges per 100 grams are: energy 45 kcal; 0.9 g protein; fat 0.2 g; 11.2 g carbohydrate; phosphorus 23 mg; 33 mg calcium; 0.4 mg iron; 190 IU vitamin A; 0.08 mg vitamin B1, vitamin C 49 mg, and 87.2 g water

Water content of citrus fruit planting depends on the location, sunlight, temperature, humidity, and others. Citrus plants grown in the area enough water, fruit flesh and the skin will contain more water and minerals than those grown in dry areas.

Carbohydrate in orange are simple carbohydrates, namely fructose, glucose, and sucrose. With increasing age of the fruit, sugar content increases, but the acid content decreases. Sweet orange direct sunlight will contain more sugar, as well as its vitamin C content.

Complex carbohydrates in the form of polysaccharide nonpati (commonly known as fiber food) is good for health. Fiber foods (dietary fiber) in the body to bind nutrients in a gel matrix, which can slow the process of gastric emptying and digestion and absorption process. It will extend the state of satiety and reduce the rate of absorption of glucose, which can help prevent blood sugar spikes.

Citric acid content quite a lot of young fruit, but will decrease after the ripe fruit. Citric acid content of sweet valencia oranges that have been cooked will be reduced to two-thirds. Grapefruit juice malate acid 1,4-1,8 mg per liter.

Processed citrus products are the ideal is in the form of juice. This is strongly supported by the high water content (70-92 percent), and offset by the amount of vitamins, minerals, fiber, sugars, organic acids and phytochemical compounds in the form of juice, various kinds of citrus (including orange imports) can be enjoyed at any time , without knowing the season.

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