Carrot Juice The carrot juice is a juice made from carrots , often marketed as a health drink . A pound (450 g) carrots yields about one cup (235 ml) of juice, which is significantly less than fruits such as apple and orange : the pulp carrot is quite hard and the main difficulty for juice Carrot is to separate the pulp from the juice. History In the United States, Norman W. Walker , dietitian and American businessman was at the beginning of the xx th century , a leading dieticians to extract vegetable juices, especially carrot, which we had never thought that they could produce juice. He decided to grind carrots and filtering result in a fabric, creating the first diet drink made from vegetables. Subsequently, Walker developed machinery to press, spray and centrifuge efficiently juices. Health Carrot juice has a particularly high content of provitamin A ( β-carotene ), but is also rich in B vitamins including folic acid (vitamin B9), and various minerals including calcium , the copper , the magnesium , the potassium The phosphorus and the iron. Drinking more than three cups of carrot juice every 24 hours, over a long period can cause Carotenosis , a benign condition in which the skin turns orange tint. An excess of vitamin A is also possible. Food coloring In the United States , carrot juice which contains carotenoids , like the petals of roses from India , was one of the first dye used to make them more attractive European cheeses in the eyes of the American consumer, who prefers, unlike other consumers, colored orange cheese rather than the pale yellow natural color. The β- carotene synthetic is still commonly used to color the cheese to the United States, where the colored cheeses are always preferred. Carrot juice can be served chilled, at the exit of the centrifuge. There are also bottled possibly organic. Carrot juice in popular culture It is commonly said that the carrot juice it makes nice or that it gives pink buttocks. Carrot juice also has the reputation to facilitate tanning. All these claims are not based on scientific evidence. Even at high doses, orange-yellow color of the skin does not protect against solar radiation.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 18:52:12 +0000
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