What Are the Benefits of Organic Celery Juice?
Kids across America fell in love with celery through eating "ants on a log," or celery topped with peanut butter and raisins. Juicing organic celery allows your body to absorb the nutritional and medical benefits of celery more quickly and easily in larger quantities.
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How to Choose Organic Celery for Juicing
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If you buy organic celery or grow your own, you won't have to worry about harsh pesticides that could have been used in the growing process. If you are able to locate organic celery that has a much darker color, it will have a higher content of chlorophyll; however the taste is much stronger so use sparingly in your juice mixture. Make sure that the celery is fresh and firm, and rinse to remove the soil before juicing. Limp celery or leaves are not ideal for juicing.
Organic Celery Juice for Medical Conditions
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Organic celery juice is a good source of potassium, magnesium, iron, fiber, sodium, and chlorophyll. Celery leaves are high in vitamin A. According to the book "Make Your Juicer Your Drugstore," celery juice is known to help inflammation in a variety of conditions including rheumatism, nerve inflammation, backaches, sciatica, and urinary tract infections. Organic celery juice is also able to dissolve calcium deposits, thus assisting in conditions such as arthritis, high blood pressure, hardening of the arteries, and cancer. Celery contains several anti-cancer compounds including acetylenics, phenolic acids and coumarins.
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More Health Benefits
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Organic celery juice has been known to cool the body, and it can be used after a workout as a sports drink. It replaces electrolytes and replenishes the body with its nutrients. Drinking organic celery juice can also curb cravings in a weight loss regimen. Organic celery juice can also assist with high blood pressure, constipation, insomnia, cholesterol, kidney stones, gall bladder stones, urinary stones, asthma, and bronchitis.
Tips on Juicing Organic Celery
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Organic celery leaves, roots, and the stalk can all be juiced. It's best to vary the vegetables that you are juicing and not juice the same ones every day, unless you are treating a specific condition. Your body can develop an intolerance to anything that you consume for more than four days in a row.
Warnings
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Be aware that celery can be a diuretic, which is great for cleansing but bad if you are traveling where there are no public restrooms. Although unlikely, look out for skin problems, which could indicate an intolerance to celery's natural pesticide mechanisms. If you already have low blood pressure, monitor your pressure while on a diet including a lot of celery, as consuming celery can lower your blood pressure even further.
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