CARROT JUICE

Traditionally Used For:

Acne	Arthritis
Asthma	Bladder Problems
Cancer	Cataracts
Eye Problems	Hay Fever
Liver Problems	Skin Problems
Ulcers	Weight Loss

A Good Source Of:

Calcium	Phosphorus	Potassium
Sodium	Vitamin B	Vitamin C
Vitamin D	Vitamin E	Vitamin K

Freshness Test:

If you can grow carrots yourself, then that's ideal. Otherwise, look for carrots which a dark orange color. Ideally you want to buy carrots without cracks, although this is almost impossible to get away from nowadays. Some organic growers sell juicing carrots.

Important:

I personally do not juice carrot greens.

Some may find drinking too much carrot juice turns their skin a yellowish orange color. If this happens, it is a sign that the carrot juice is making your liver work. When your liver begins working, it releases toxins thus causing the yellowish orange color. If this happens, simply reduce your amount of carrot juice or dilute the carrot juice with water or other vegetables.

General:

Everyone that I know loves carrot juice. It is so versatile and you will probably find that you will be using carrots and apples the most.

I tend to add carrots to all of my vegetable juices due to its naturally sweet flavor.

When possible, try to buy organically grown carrots from an organic farm. I have done this in the past and my carrot was so fresh, it was picked right from the ground a few seconds before I purchased it. I actually washed the carrot at the farm and bit right into the carrot and you know, the carrot was so sweet it was like eating candy.

Carrots on the market today simply don't compare to the carrot I bought from the farm. You can really see and taste the difference in those vegetables that are organically grown by a good farmer.

Although carrots are famous for helping improve one's eyes, the fact is that carrots are not as good at helping the eyes as led to believe. The whole story about how carrots are good for the eyes started during World Was II when the German pilots couldn't figure out how the Royal Air Force could see them so well.

The Germans were told the British were eating lots of carrots. The truth is that the British had invented radar. Radar alone didn't help give the British better vision of what was happening though. The fact is, the British did have good eye sight but it wasn't totally from carrots.

Almost all of the British air fields were next to bilberry bushes. As a result, the pilots were eating a lot of bilberries all the time. It was the nutrients in the bilberries that helped the pilots. All berries such as blueberries help benefit the eyes, but nothing compares to the bilberry.

Research done since World Was II has helped determine just how effective bilberry is. So although carrots are beneficial for the eyes, it all started as a lie to mislead the Germans.

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Carrots - Nutritional Analysis:

Nutrient	Units	Value per 100 grams
Proximates
Water	g	87.79
Energy	kcal	43
Energy	kj	180
Protein	g	1.03
Total lipid (fat)	g	0.19
Ash	g	0.87
Carbohydrate, by difference	g	10.14
Fiber, total dietary	g	3.0
Minerals
Calcium, Ca	mg	27
Iron, Fe	mg	0.50
Magnesium, Mg	mg	15
Phosphorus, P	mg	44
Potassium, K	mg	323
Sodium, Na	mg	35
Zinc, Zn	mg	0.20
Copper, Cu	mg	0.047
Manganese, Mn	mg	0.142
Selenium, Se	mcg	1.1
Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid	mg	9.3
Thiamin	mg	0.097
Riboflavin	mg	0.059
Niacin	mg	0.928
Pantothenic acid	mg	0.197
Vitamin B-6	mg	0.147
Folate, total	mcg	14
Folic acid	mcg	0
Folate, food	mcg	14
Folate, DFE	mcg_DFE	14
Vitamin B-12	mcg	0.00
Vitamin A, IU	IU	28129
Retinol	mcg	0
Vitamin A, RAE	mcg_RAE	1406
Vitamin E	mg_ATE	0.460
Amino Acids
Tryptophan	g	0.011
Threonine	g	0.038
Isoleucine	g	0.041
Leucine	g	0.043
Lysine	g	0.040
Methionine	g	0.007
Cystine	g	0.008
Phenylalanine	g	0.032
Tyrosine	g	0.020
Valine	g	0.044
Arginine	g	0.043
Histidine	g	0.016
Alanine	g	0.059
Aspartic acid	g	0.137
Glutamic acid	g	0.202
Glycine	g	0.030
Proline	g	0.029
Serine	g	0.035