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Fruit juices are easier to digest so it is possible to drink a big amount of them: 3 up to
4 glasses per day between meals.
Juices should be consumed immediately after preparing, and drunk in sips. When
drinking juice slowly, it mixes with saliva, which makes digestion easier. Drunk too
fast and in too big quantity the juice is not properly absorbed.
You should not mix fruit with vegetables apart from apples. Melon juice shouldn't be
mixed with other fruit juices.
You shouldn't store juice for later consumption.
Vegetable juices can be diluted with lukewarm, boiled water, mineral water, milk,
whey, sweeten, or flavoured another way.
You can prepare chasers of juice.
The following fragrance spices can be used for vegetable juices: pepper, dill,
caraway, nutmeg, thyme, marjoram, and for fruit juices: vanilla, cinnamon and clove.
It is necessary to mince the spices carefully to obtain full fragrance. The spices
should be used in small amount to keep natural fragrance and flavour of the juice
basic products. Due to low caloricity, fruit and vegetable juices are recommended for
people on a slimming diet.
Fruit and vegetable juices are served in room temperature or cooled with ice cubes.
Salty sticks, crackers and toasts can be good snacks for vegetable juices, as
biscuits, cakes, sponge cakes for fruit juices.
The juice obtained of some fruit and vegetables has tendency to self-condensing.
Such phenomena results from the properties of used products and does not depend
on the appliance.
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Fresh juice is healthy
Carrot juice
The elements of this juice level the harmful influence of nicotine restore the natural, healthy
colour of skin. A half glass of carrot juice and half glass of milk is recommended for small
children. Carrot juice mixed with apple juice is recommended as an energy drink for elderly
people.
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t precipitates metabolism, as it contains microelements and vitamins necessary for
organism proper functioning. A vitamin being a product of carotene improves the
sight.
Ripe and fresh tomatoes give an excellent quality juice. You can mix it with all other
vegetable juices. The juice contains a lot of A and C vitamins. Two glasses cover
a daily demand on C vitamin. Flavour it with salt and pepper to improve the taste.
Tomato juice
Beetroot juice mixed with orange juice gives a drink of an excellent taste. This
juice in pure form can be consumed on doctor's recommendation only.
Beetroot juice