Fruit juice is Most Good for the Heart

All fruit juices have their own benefits, both of which are made only from one type of fruit or a mixture of several kinds of fruit. But to get the maximum benefits of juice, a combination of the following 7 pieces proved most beneficial for the heart.

Fruit juice concoction called supersmoothie, among others, consists of 4 types of fruit that is quite popular and readily available in any supermarket. The four fruits are grapes, apples and two kinds of berries and blueberries which stawberry.

Enhancements may sound a bit familiar, among others cowberry or Lingonberry, namely red fruit that is still closely related to cranberries. There was also a Acerola, cherry-like fruit containing vitamin C and 30 times more than oranges.

Mixture of the latter is also rather strange, namely a kind of chokeberry Aronia blackberries or American origin which is touted as the world's most healthy berries. There are 3 variants of chokeberry, but used in a mixture supersmoothie is a variant of black.

To obtain approximately 200 ml of juice supersmoothie, the mixture is as follows, as quoted from Dailymail, Sunday (08/05/2011).

126 ml grape juice (about 30 grains)
20 ml blueberries (about 15 grains)
20 ml stawberry (about 9 points)
20 ml of apple (about half a point)
Lingonberry 10 ml (about 8 cloves)
8 ml Acerola (about 5 grains)
8 ml chokeberry (about 5 grains).

This recipe is obtained in a study at the University of Strasbourg, which compares the 13 kinds of fruit juice combinations. When tested on pigs, the most effective combination supersmoothie maintain healthy artery or vein walls.

The findings are then tested on 80 volunteers and the results are not much different. Giving supersmoothie juice can increase blood flow, so that it can maintain a balance of nutrients and oxygen delivery to various organs in the body.

The researchers believe, this benefit is derived from the content of polyphenols contained in each fruit used. Some polyphenols are known even to ward off free radicals, one of the trigger cell damage, premature aging and cancer.

"However, we do not know for sure why certain fruits have a higher polyphenol. A clear, more diverse fruit we eat the more diverse the benefits," said Tracy Parker of the British Heart Foundation commented on the results of such research.

Parker also reminded, however, fruit juices contain less fiber than fresh fruit. Calorie content is also higher because it is often added sugar, so it is not advisable to drink more than 5 times a day.