Grapefruit Juice

Grapefruit Juice
Grapefruit juice differs slightly from orange juice in its nutrient profile. An 8 oz serving of grapefruit juice contains fewer than 100 cal and has the same amount of vitamin C as orange juice (72 mg, 120% of Daily Value).

One serving also provides approx 300 mg of potassium.

Grapefruit juice contains lower concentration of the B vitamin folate, thiamin and niacin than does orange juice.

Many compounds have been proposed as active components in grapefruit juice, including both flavonoids (naringenin and naringin) and nonflavonoids (6’, 7’-dihydroxybergamottin).

The principal flavonoid in grapefruit juice is the flavanone glycoside naringin.

Red grapefruit juice also contains trace elements of the carotenoid lycopene. Lycopene has the greatest single oxygen quenching capacity (in vitro) of the dietary carotenoids.
Grapefruit Juice

Sugarcane Juice

Sugarcane Juice
Sugarcane has many medicinal properties. It strengthens the stomach, kidneys, heart, eyes, brain and sex organs.

• Fevers
  The sugarcane juice is beneficial in fevers.
  
  In febrile disorders which cause fever, when there is great protein loss, liberal intake of sugarcane juice supplies the body with necessary protein and other nutrients.
  
• Jaundice
  Mixed with lemon juice, it can hasten recovery from jaundice. It is, however, very essentials that the juice must be clean, preferably prepared at home.
  
  A resistance is low in hepatitis, any infected beverage could make matters worse.
  
• Weak teeth
  Sucking juice by chewing on the sugarcane stick can prove highly beneficent to weak teeth which result from excessive use of soft foods.
  
  Chewing cane exercises the teeth and makes them strong. It also keeps the teeth clean and increases their life.
  
• Low Weight Disorder
  Sugarcane juice is a fattening food. It is thus effective remedy for thinness. Rapid pin weight can be achieved by its regular use.
  
• Eye Disorders
  The dew which collects on the long leaves of sugarcane is useful in several eye disorders. When instilled in the eyes, it is an effective medicine for detective vision, cataract, conjunctivitis, burning of the eyes and eye-strain after excessive reading.
  
• Genito Urinary Disorders
  Sugarcane is very useful in scanty urination. It keeps the urinary flow clear and helps the kidneys to perform their functions properly.
  
  It is also valuable in burning micturation due to high acidity, gonorrhea, enlarged prostate, cystitis and nephritis. For better results, it should be consumed mixed with lemon juice, ginger juice and coconut water.

Sugarcane Juice

Roselle Juice

Roselle Juice
Also known as Florida cranberry, Jamaica sorrel and botanically Hibiscus sabdariffa, the plant was popular in the subtropics during the thirties.

Now food prices are so high we should use it again It has many benefits. Roselle can be used to make jelly, juice, fruit pies and tarts.

Roselle juice looks much like cranberry juice and has much the same food value, except roselle doesn’t much contain the benzoic acid that gives the bitter taste to cranberries. Both contain malic acid and should not be cooked in thin metal containers.

According to the societies, Roselle juice is antibiotic, diuretic relieves fever and coughs, stimulates intestinal activity and is effective in lowering blood pressure.
Roselle Juice

Alcohol and Losing Weight

Alcohol and Losing Weight
Fruit juices, cordial and soft drinks, are even higher in kilocalories than some alcoholic drinks. When they’re added to alcohol (for example, brandy, and ginger ale, rum and cola, gin and tonic or champagne and orange juice (the calorie content is correspondingly higher).

Even among beers, there’s a difference in kilocalorie content. Some people ask if they should switch from beer to spirits.

Beer contains a little more sugar than spirits but so little that it’s relevant.

However, spirits are often consumed with sugary mixer drinks.

Some people find they drink less when they switch to spirits, others drink more because the drinks are smaller and less filling.

Stick with whatever you’re able to drink in the smallest quantities.

Wine is also a popular drinks, and some people wonder if it matter which wine they choose.

From the point of view of kilocalories it makes very little difference.

Sweeter wines have almost the same kilocalorie value as dry wines.

To be able to enjoy a drink and lose weight, you’ll need to do some trade-offs in the type of food you eat and the amount of exercise you do.

As a rough guide, one 10 oz glass of beer is roughly equivalent to walking or jogging 1.5 kilometers (about a mile), although the effect of the exercise on metabolic rate might mean you don’t have to go quite that distance.

Alternatively, a 10 oz glass of beer is equivalent to a couple of biscuits or a small piece of cake.

To cancel out having up to four beers a day, you can decrease the amount of biscuits, cake or equivalent fatty food you eat or increase your walking.
Alcohol and Losing Weight