Experience the benefits of this potent juice to boost your immune system, featuring freshly squeezed pomegranate, red cabbage, and blueberries. Rich in antioxidant compounds and anti-inflammatory properties, this immune-boosting juice can be a supportive addition to your wellness routine alongside other healthy strategies.
Why This Red Immune System Booster Juice is So Potent?
Since the cabbage juice has a natural therapeutic effect for our gut lining, the red cabbage in particular is even more rich in nutrients due to its pigmented color, and makes a perfect ingredient when making an anti-inflammatory juice. The pungent taste of red cabbage is pleasantly offset by the sweet and sour pomegranate and blueberry flavor, yielding a beautiful red and magenta hued drink.
If you’re willing to try other red juices to aid your immune system, make sure to check out this beetroot juice blend, this energizing pomegranate beetroot juice or a simple green celery juice.
This fresh juice is a great way to add more servings of phytochemicals and vitamins in your diet that help lower cancer risk. The ingredients in this state are easily absorbed by the body and is especially beneficial for people that have digestive issues and poor assimilation.
Ingredients For this immune system booster juice
- Pomegranates
- Red cabbage
- Blueberries
How To Make The Juice
To extract the juice you either use a slow masticating juicer or a blender. I found the taste more pleasant when using a juicer since the pomegranate seeds (arils) tend to exert a bitter flavor when crushed. But both work well.
It also important to use a berry” friendly” juicer, especially wen you opt for a slow masticating juicer. Blueberries have a soft pulp and the juice extraction is not optimal with a cheaper one. Most of the juice goes out with the pulp.
Alternatively you can squeeze the blueberries by hand with a cheese cloth and add it later to the pomegranate and cabbage juice.
Once made enjoy this juice right away in order to prevent the nutrient loss.
The taste itself is not bad, it’s actually pretty delicious. The only thing is you might want to cover your nose while drinking it, the cabbage smell is somewhat intense for some people.
Video: How To Make A Potent Juice To boost Immune System
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How Is This Red Juice Working
Pomegranate Effects
Pomegranate has been shown to possess many medicinal properties such as being antioxidant and anti-inflammatory which help prevent cancer formation and progression.
Recent research has shown that pomegranate extracts selectively inhibit the growth of breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer and lung cancer cells in culture. Pomegranate has also been shown to boost the effectiveness of certain chemotherapy drugs while protecting against their harmful side effects.
The Role of Red Cabbage And Blueberry
Is already known that cruciferous vegetables are rich in bioactive compounds including sulfur-containing substances which demonstrated a cancer preventive role. But what sets red cabbage apart from other sulfur-containing compounds is the presence of anthocyanins – that have a strong anti-oxidant activity.
Anthocyanins (present in red cabbage and blueberry) have exhibited multiple anti-carcinogenic effects and pro-apoptotic effects (programmed cancer cell death). Moreover vivo studies have shown that dietary anthocyanins can inhibit cancers of the gastrointestinal tract and inhibit metastasis.
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Note: If you’re taking any medications, talk to your doctor before drinking this juice. Statin, medications used to lower cholesterols may interact with pomegranate juice.
Powerful Juice To Boost Immune System
Ingredients
- 2 large pomegranates - de-seeded
- ¼ medium red cabbage - (or purple cabbage)
- 1.5 cup blueberries - or other berries
Instructions
- Prepare and wash the ingredients. De-seed the pomegranate as shown in the video.
- Cut the cabbage into smaller chunks in order to fit in the juicer's feeding tube. Use a cold press slow masticating juicer that will preserve the nutrients intact.
- Run all ingredients through your juicer and enjoy the juice right away.
What You Need
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Notes
- It’s important to use a berry” friendly” juicer, especially wen you opt for a slow masticating juicer. Blueberries have a soft pulp and the juice extraction is not optimal with a cheaper one. Most of the juice goes out with the pulp.
- Alternatively you can squeeze the blueberries by hand with a cheese cloth and add it later to the pomegranate and cabbage juice.
- If you don’t have a juicer, you can use a blender and then squeeze out the juice with a nut milk bag. The taste will be slightly bitter though, due to crushed pomegranate seeds.
Nutrition
The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator.
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