Citrus fruits are rich in vitamin C and are great for promoting health and preventing diseases, because they strengthen the immune system, leaving the body more protected from attacks of viruses and bacteria.
It is recommended to consume vitamin C daily, and having a healthy and balanced diet is relatively easy to achieve, but it is important to increase your vitamin C intake during pregnancy while you are breast-feeding, or if you are on the birth control pill or are close to the cigarette.
In addition, one should also increase vitamin C intake in the fall and winter to prevent or combat colds and flu. Here are 10 incredible vitamin-rich juice recipes that you can choose to take daily, boosting your body's defenses naturally.
1. Orange juice with acerola
Ingredients
- 1 glass of orange juice
- 10 acerolas
- 2 ice cubes * optional
Method of preparation
Beat the ingredients in the blender or mixer and drink the following. Orange and acerola are rich in vitamin C, but this vitamin is very volatile and therefore one should take this juice soon after its preparation.
2. Strawberry Lemonade
Ingredients
- 1 glass of water
- Juice of 2 lemons
- 5 strawberries
- 2 ice cubes * optional
Method of preparation
Beat the ingredients in the blender or mixer and drink the following.
3. Pineapple with mint
Ingredients
- 3 thick slices of pineapple
- 1 glass of water
- 1 tablespoon mint leaves
- 2 ice cubes * optional
Method of preparation
Beat the ingredients in the blender or mixer, sweeten to taste and take the next.
4. Papaya with orange
Ingredients
- Half papaya
- 2 oranges with bagasse
- 1 glass of water
- 2 ice cubes * optional
Method of preparation
Beat the ingredients in the blender or mixer, sweeten to taste and take the next.
5. Milk Sleeve
Ingredients
- 1 mature mango
- 1 jar of plain yogurt or 1/2 cup of milk
- 2 ice cubes * optional
Method of preparation
Beat the ingredients in the blender or mixer, sweeten to taste and take the next.
6. Orange, carrot and broccoli
Ingredients
- 2 oranges
- 1 carrot
- 3 stalks of raw broccoli
- 2 ice cubes * optional
Method of preparation
Beat the ingredients in the blender or mixer, sweeten to taste and take the next.
7. Kiwi with strawberry
Ingredients
- 2 ripe kiwis
- 5 strawberries
- 1 jar of natural yogurt
- 2 ice cubes * optional
Method of preparation
Beat the ingredients in the blender or mixer, sweeten to taste and take the next.
8. Guava with lemon
Ingredients
- 2 ripe guavas
- 1 lemon juice
- 1 glass of water
- 2 ice cubes * optional
Method of preparation
Beat the ingredients in the blender or mixer, sweeten to taste and take the next.
9. Melon with passion fruit
Ingredients
- 2 slices of melon
- 3 passion fruit pulp
- 1 glass of water
- 2 ice cubes * optional
Method of preparation
Beat the ingredients in the blender or mixer, sweeten to taste and take the next.
10. Tempered tomato
Ingredients
- 2 large ripe tomatoes
- 60 ml of water
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 leaf of chopped bay leaf
- 2 ice cubes * optional
Method of preparation
Beat the ingredients in the blender or mixer, sweeten to taste and take the next.
All these juice recipes are delicious and rich in vitamin C, but to ensure the correct consumption should be taken the juice soon after its preparation, or at most 30 minutes later, because from there the concentration of this vitamin becomes smaller.
