Exotic Juices for Disease Prevention

The healthiest way to quench your thirst? With super fruits.

By Janis Graham
From Reader's Digest
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Exotic Juice for Disease Prevention and Wellness
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While some gourmet juices tend to be more expensive, they're intensely flavored, so a little will go a long way.
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A glass of pure juice is a convenient way to get a serving of fresh fruit, not to mention disease-fighting polyphenols and protection from LDL oxidation-the trigger for the development of "bad" cholesterol.

Best sources. A study shows that some of the new "gourmet" juices -- made from pomegranates, blueberries, black cherries, Concord grapes, or açaí berries from South American palm trees-have up to 20 percent more antioxidants than orange, apple, and cranberry, the old standbys.

Where to find them. These more exotic juices are often stocked in a store's health food or fresh produce section. Pick those labeled 100 percent juice, since they'll have no added sugar or syrups, says David Heber, MD, director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition.

How to serve them. While these juices tend to be more expensive, they're intensely flavored, so a little will go a long way. Dr. Heber likes the tangy flavor of undiluted pomegranate juice (“it's like a good, full-bodied red wine”), but it's easy to tone down a pure juice's strong taste by blending it into a smoothie, mocktail, or spritzer.
From Reader's Digest - January 2009
 
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Wouldn't you be better off with 1 cup of OJ than a half cup or pomegranate juice? Since you would be having 100% more OJ you would have almost double the anti-oxidants than in a half cup of pomegranate juice.

By jonbearfla, on 12/26/2008

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