The interest for healthy food is increasing, consumers today pay more attention to the quality of the food offered to us, because we care for our health. For that reason, we want to eat food that is genuine, energetic and full of vitamins, like a freshly squeezed orange juice. It is advisable to have one each morning and at least one more during the day to supply our body with the daily dosage of vitamins, particularly vitamin C.

Vitamine C, precious allied of our health

We have a friend, among the substances that can help us to be in good health, the vitamin C, acting as a strong and very effective antioxidant, helping the removal of the free radicals from the body, caused by the way, by not very healthy food, such as most of the fast food in the world market; contributes, together with the vitamin E, to the prevention of the premature aging of the skin; lowers the cholesterol level; protects from the mechanism that causes formation of cancer cells; protects the smokers from the damages of the smoke; stimulates the immune system and has an anti-bacterial and anti-viral action, provides a natural barrier against the flu; it's useful for the treatment of anaemia, helping the iron absorption.

Freshly squeezed orange juice, health source

Where to find many natural vitamin C? Peppers, tomatoes, green vegetables contain a high quantity of vitamin C, but fruits and vegetables suffer enormous vitamin loss (in some case up to 75%) due to high temperature of pasteurization process. On the other hand, a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice, with the juice of 3 or 4 oranges, contains a cocktail of beneficial molecules that work in synergy for our well-being and mantaining in good health.

The vitamin C is inactivated by the heat and fears the light. The pasteurization used in most juices reduces the vitamin C natural contents, that is subsequently reintegrated with synthetic vitamin C. Moreover, the packaging juices contain a variable percentage that goes from 100% to 12% and what is shown on the label, even if it reminds of genuineness and nature, it can’t be compared to a freshly squeezed and/or fresh product.

How much vitamin is needed?

A cup of squeezed orange juice, depending on the variety, can contain the necessary 60 mg to guaranty the recommended daily minimum need. In any case it’s important to keep in mind some recommendations:

• -  smokers should double their consumption of vitamin C;
• -  to the women that are breastfeeding it is recommended to add 30 mg/day, with the secret vitamin in the milk;
• -  for similar reasons, it is suggested that the pregnant women should increase the daily requirement of 10 mg/day.

The Flavonoids

In the oranges you can find other important molecules for protection of our health. We refer to the flavonoids, that improve the body uptake of vitamin C. It has been proved that flavonoids help to control the allergic reactions and in addition they have an anti-inflammatory effect, reinforces the capillaries and blood circulation.

Amongst the flavonoids, the anthocyanins are particular natural pigments that confer the particular color to the oranges pulp of the variety of the red oranges (Moro, Tarocco and Sanguinello, grown mostly in Sicily). They are well known as most effective antioxidants and they fight against the free radicals, helping in the prevention of cancer. Protects the eyes retina, improving the night vision.

Two more reasons to consume a good cup of a freshly squeezed orange juice and if available better if made of red sicilian oranges!

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