Cabbage juice, healthy properties

In the diet, each of us has cabbage. And do you drink cabbage juice, whose useful properties are so necessary? Today we will talk about this drink!

Cabbage is a favorite vegetable, used both in the daily diet and on the festive table, but in addition it will always take a worthy place in our "folk medicine cabinet" due to the huge amount of vitamins. It contains almost all vitamins necessary for the human body. It is rich in vitamins of group B, contains vitamins C, R, K, A, U, selenium, magnesium, choline, carotene, iodine, various antioxidants, etc. For example, vitamin C in cabbage so much that 150 grams of raw cabbage can provide up to 90 % of the daily requirement of the human body in this vitamin. And it should be noted that this vitamin remains in the cabbage for a long time (about six months), not only fresh, but also in salted, but instantly destroyed by its heat treatment. Thanks to the aforementioned cabbage vitamins (whether fresh or sour, or its juice or brine) has many useful properties.

Fiber, which is abundant in cabbage, improves gastric motility, and a low calorie content makes cabbage one of the best products for dietary nutrition. Cabbage is useful in the prevention of diseases of the organs of vision and heart, digestive organs and gastrointestinal tract.

The recipe for cooking cabbage juice is quite simple. There are two options for cooking: squeezing pre-chopped scalded leaves of a ripe cabbage head or fresh leaves. For this, the household juicer is perfect. It is worth noting that the juice of fresh leaves for drinking is more pleasant and more refreshing. It is advisable to drink juice fresh. If you still have to store it for a while, then it's best to do it no more than 1-2 days and always in the fridge. After this period, the taste deteriorates, an unpleasant smell of hydrogen sulfide arises because of the decomposition of vitamin U, other vitamins, especially vitamin C., are destroyed. In order to preserve the beneficial properties, it is better not to add sugar and salt to the juice. Do not pasteurize, filter or lighten cabbage juice.
You can also use dry cabbage juice, for which the fresh cabbage juice is dried, the powder is mixed with milk sugar in a ratio of 1: 1 and stored in a dark dry place in a tightly closed container.

Cabbage juice is an excellent means for cleansing the body. In the intestine, the juice decomposes the products of putrefaction. That's why after taking the juice sometimes there is bloating, heartburn, pain in the stomach. In such cases, cleansing enemas will help, which will remove gases and slags from the body. As another way to avoid this kind of reactions, we can note the use of cabbage juice with the addition of carrot juice. A mixture of these two juices is a storehouse of provitamin A and vitamin C. This mixture will also help cure gum disease. Also, cabbage, due to its low caloric content and the ability to slow down the process of converting carbohydrates into fats, is an excellent food for those who want to lose weight.

Cabbage juice, diluted with water, excellently stimulates the secretory function of the stomach, so its use is extremely useful for the prevention and treatment of peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, due to the low acidity of the gastric contents. Whole cabbage juice helps to reduce the acidity of gastric juice, so it helps to cure gastritis with reduced acidity. In the treatment of colitis, liver and gall bladder diseases, some stomach diseases will also help cabbage juice. It is useful to drink when poisoning with poisonous mushrooms.

Cabbage juice and its gruel are very effective in treating long-term healing wounds and burns. In the literature, its effectiveness in the treatment of tumors is noted.
Cabbage juice can reduce the unpleasant symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.
Cabbage juice with the addition of sugar is an excellent expectorant for coughing, and diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 1 is used for rinsing with inflammation of the throat.

Cabbage juice is very effective in the treatment of constipation. This is also true for people with bad skin, as often the cause of deterioration of the skin are constipation. Also, cabbage juice is often used in mixtures with others for use as a curative and preventive beverage of a broader spectrum of action.

All of the above gives us the full right to pay tribute to this vegetable and to give it a place of honor in the range of the means we use to prevent and treat a number of diseases that cloud our lives. Now you know how important the cabbage juice is, the useful properties of which we advise you to check not yourself!