Tangerine juice: properties, benefits and harm
Passion for fruit and berry juices is no longer as massive as a few years ago. But at the same time, their benefits remained unchanged.And the advantages of a relatively little-known tangerine juice are no less than those of the more popular types of juices.
Features and getting
The demand for juice from tangerines is hampered by the increased cost of the product. However, nutritional value and richness of vitamins fully justify this property. Getting a drink with your own hands is quite simple, especially if there are special kitchen devices. Before loading into a juicer, meat grinder or blender, sunny fruits must be cleaned beforehand. Scalding with boiling water or blanching in a colander helps to increase the juice yield.
There are some more recommendations:
- preparing the juice, tangerines are allowed to combine with other fruits;
- to increase the sweetness of fresh juice, you must add sugar, honey or sugar syrup;
- juice is recommended in the first 24 hours after receipt;
- if he obviously will not be drunk in this period, it is better to immediately preserve the drink.
The easiest way to make juice from tangerines, using a juicer. You only need to cut the fruit into two equal parts, and then squeeze the drink. If necessary, it is supplemented with sweeter ingredients. To make the juice less concentrated, pure water is added to it.
For your information: it is advisable to extract all the bones from the fruit, and ideally, also strain the resulting drink through a sieve.
When preparing the drink in a blender, it is important to check whether the resulting mass is homogeneous. When there is no blender or juicer, you can use a meat grinder. In addition to the cooking appliance, use a piece of gauze, folded in three or four layers. Through it squeezed out the developed pulp. Sometimes ice is added to the drink before serving.
How to get the benefit and avoid harm?
The properties of tangerine juice are due to the same components that exist in other citrus crops. Therefore, it can be recommended to strengthen the body tone and to improve well-being. But the drink does not just show such attractive qualities - they are even more pronounced than lemons or oranges. It is noted that mandarins contain an impressive amount of vitamins.
The clear benefit of the drink derived from them is to:
- relieving the suffering of patients with respiratory ailments;
- reducing the number of edemas;
- accelerated release of mucus to the outside;
- stimulation of appetite;
- increased production of gastric juice;
- suppression of harmful microorganisms.
The fight against microbes through the use of tangerine juice gives the best results in dysbacteriosis.
For your information: the diagnosis “dysbacteriosis” can only be made by a specialist, and self-treatment, even with very similar symptoms, is unacceptable. In addition, even with the confirmed fact of dysbacteriosis, it is necessary to coordinate the reception of such an active agent with the attending physician.
Mandarin essential oils improve mood and stimulate the nervous system. But it is necessary to take into account that such substances cannot cope with complete depression, this is a serious disease.
Beauticians have long discovered the positive effect of tangerine juice. It cleans the pores and makes the complexion better. The skin is saturated with vitamins directly, bypassing the intermediaries in the form of the digestive, circulatory systems. In addition, many other organs do not "compete" for vitamins. As for absolute contraindications, to avoid the use of tangerine juice is necessary for those who suffer:
- enteritis;
- colitis;
- stomach ulcers;
- cholecystitis;
- duodenal ulcers;
- jade;
- allergic to any citrus plants.
Even perfectly healthy people eating tangerine juice in significant quantities can be harmful. It is worth noting that this drink in industrial quantities do not produce. It is good only in a completely fresh form, and is not able to be stored for a long time.
The high cost of obtaining juice also prevents the industry from fully developing its production (there are only a few brands).In addition, the taste of the product is quite specific, as a result of which the number of adherents is reduced.
Drink options
When squeezing the juice of mandarins quite often use other fruits and fruits. The relationship between them does not matter. You can focus on the number of available products, and on your own taste priorities. Most often mixed tangerines and oranges. Honey and sugar can be added to this combination juice, and diluted with clean drinking water.
To maintain immunity, juice from a combination of mandarins with apples is excellent. It is advised to use it in a mixture with honey, after thorough mixing. It is important: if the apples grown with their own hands can be sent to the juicer almost completely, then the store ones should be freed from the skin.
But the skin of the mandarins themselves is great for getting first-class juice, but not for drinking.
A similar product is recommended for adding to pure mandarin fresh juice. The additive immediately increases the saturation of vitamins. The juice, still extracted from the peel, becomes a “participant” of various skin masks. But fresh tangerine can be used in a mixture with carrot, pumpkin juices.
Additional Information
Alas, there are no ways to determine the falsification of mandarin juice at home. There are only quite complex laboratory tests, and even experts admit that many analysis problems are still waiting to be resolved. It should be borne in mind that vodka and, in general, alcohol tinctures of tangerine juice can not be used.
The destructive impact of even the smallest doses of ethyl alcohol completely destroys all the benefits of a tasty drink. Aspiring to lose weight, the use of tangerine juice does not hurt if they drink mixes with the juices of other citrus crops.
Great cosmetic benefits of fluid extracted from the orange balls. Dermatologists note that it supports the regeneration of skin areas that are disturbed due to inflammatory processes. The best results were recorded in the fight against ringworm, harmful bacterial organisms. There are a number of recipes that help to cope with onychomycosis and improve the appearance of sick nails.
With all the benefits of tangerine juice, you should start using it with caution. The main risk group covers pregnant women, small children and people with impaired metabolism. All of them should stop drinking if allergy to other citrus fruits and their components has already been confirmed. The first samples should be made in the minimum amount and with continuous monitoring of well-being. The maximum daily dose, even for adults with impeccable health, is 0.2 liters, and a maximum of 1.5 liters is recommended for a week.
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