Carrot Juice and Nutrients

The aim of this article is to point out the goodness that is inside carrot juice, and to list the nutrients that are in it. Carrot juice on its own can be pretty boring although at the same time being very good for you, and by adding different ingredients into your juicer it can be both tasty and good for you at the same time.

It’s a common known fact that a liquid nutrient is far superior to any other of the tablet variety. Once the liquid is in your mouth it starts to work straight away providing excellent nutrients for the body, where as a tablet has to let the acid in the stomach do the work, and only a small percentage of goodness actually goes into the system.

With carrot juice you have an abundance of vitamin A and vitamin C. Another ingredient sometimes over looked is Potassium which helps with muscle control as well as being an excellent way of reducing cholesterol levels.

It is true that carrot juice on its own or any other vegetable that you make into juice can be an acquired taste, and if you’re thinking about trying to induce your children into taking these healthy juices they will probably take one taste and spit it out.

Now it is a fact of life that children do love smoothies or shakes, and by making fruit smoothies with bananas, strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrants or any other of these types of fruits and then mix in a little carrot juice the battle is then won.

For a healthy option to thicken the mix up you can add natural yoghurt and you find that in normal circumstances that it is trial and effort to get things right.

By using milk in a shake the children will also get a good dose of Calcium. Please note that you don’t have be a child, to drink these, as things like Calcium, vitamin C (in the fruit and the carrots), and vitamin A are a good prevention against things like Osteoporosis.

All together the nutrient value of carrots is superb, and when you work out that a cup of juiced carrots and fruit can be between 70 and 100 calories per cup depending on which fruit you mix with the carrots, so it’s ideal for those on diets and it also acts as a good antioxidant.