health benefits of drinking orange juice?

Answer 1

Three cups of orange juice a day over a 4-week period can significantly increase HDL levels
and improve a patient's LDL:HDL ratio, suggests this small study of healthy adults with
moderate hypercholesterolemia. When Canadian investigators asked 25 men and women with
elevated total and LDL cholesterol and normal triglyceride readings to drink 1, 2, or 3 cups of
juice a day in three separate 4-week periods, those on the highest dose (750 mL) saw their
HDL levels increase by 21% and their LDL:HDL ratio decrease by 16%. The researchers also
observed a 30% increase in plasma triglycerides, but those readings remained in the normal
range.

Vitamin C
The Dietary Guidelines (2005) have identified vitamin C as a “nutrient of concern” in the American adult diet, because only about 50% of U.S. adults consume adequate levels of the vitamin.(1) As you know, vitamin C is a very important antioxidant that has many functions, such as the promotion of healthy skin and gums. Vitamin C also enhances the absorption of iron from non-heme iron sources (iron-rich grains and other plant foods such as whole-grain cereals) when ingested at the same time as the iron. An easy way to make sure you get adequate amounts of vitamin C each day is by drinking orange juice. Just one 8-ounce glass of Pure Premium orange juice provides a full day’s supply of vitamin C.

Potassium
While you are probably aware that a potassium-rich, low-sodium diet can help maintain healthy blood pressure and help decrease the risk of stroke, a majority of your clients are not. No age group in the United States consumes the recommended level of potassium.(2) For people 14 and older, the recommended intake is 4700 milligrams/day.(2)

Since potassium is found in many foods, but only in relatively small amounts, it is important to educate your clients about foods that are good sources of potassium.Pure Premium orange juice is one of these foods, containing 450 mg of potassium in an 8-ounce glass. Check out the chart below for more potassium-rich foods to recommend to your patients.(1)



If you are looking for other foods that contain potassium, try some of these: 1 baked potato (610mg), 3-ounces cooked halibut (490mg), 1/8 medium honeydew (365mg).

Folate
Folate has a wide variety of benefits including its ability to help reduce the risk of neural tube birth defects and promote healthy red blood cells. Unfortunately some Americans are not getting enough of it. An easy way to help your clients increase folate consumption is by recommending orange juice.Pure Premium orange juice is naturally a good source of folate, providing 15% of the daily value (DV).

2005 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Report.
Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board, 2004. Dietary Reference Intakes for Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and Sulfate. National Academy Press. Washington, D.C.

Answer 2

Benefits Of Drinking Orange Juice

Answer 3

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Answer 4

It has vitamin C and folate. Vitamin C is an antioxidant and is also required to produce certain substances in your body, such as collagen. Without vitamin C, you would get scurvy.

Orange juice is also a good source of folate. Folate is required in replicating cells, such as red blood cells, white blood cells, skin, etc.

These days, many orange juice companies fortify it with calcium and vitamin D for strong bones.

Be careful, don't drink too much orange juice because one serving of orange juice is about 120 Calories, which can add up pretty quickly.

Answer 5

It contains a lot of vitamin C, but also a lot of acid.

Be careful - drinking orange juice often kills your teeth and might have effects on your digestion.

Worst: drinking sips of juice for hours - rather just "ex" a glass a day, and that's it.

Answer 6

It may not be quite as good for you as freshly squeezed or made from fresh, but it should still have all the good stuff. I still make my own "isotonic" (whatever that actually means) drink from half orange juice (the cheap stuff) and half bottled water (the very cheap stuff) plus a pinch of salt.

Answer 7

Paleo diet its a diet based around eating real food unprocessed

Answer 8

Vitamin C...also good for heart.

Answer 9

yummy, good for colds, and quenches thirst :]