The Amazing Cantaloupe

The Amazing Cantaloupe
As you know we’re getting closer to summer and it’s a wonderful time for some amazing seasonal fruit. Today I’ll be talking about cantaloupe. Cantaloupe juice is tasty, cool, and refreshing. Adding cantaloupe juice to your diet has tremendous benefits to your health. Not only delicious in taste, cantaloupe is without a doubt one of the healthiest fruits on the planet. The Center for Science in Public Interest has even ranked it number one on a list of the most nutritional fruits. Simply equipped with a quality juicer, you can start drinking freshly juiced cantaloupe and significantly improve your diet and overall health. Cantaloupes are loaded with valuable minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants that support a strong and virile body.

Cantaloupe Nutrients and Benefits
There is a wealth Good source of the B vitamins B1, 5, 6, niacin, vitamin A, and folate. It is also very high in vitamin C. Because of this, one of the main benefits is the fact that it is loaded with immune system boosting nutrients and various antioxidants. Due to its high content of vitamin C and beta-carotenes, cantaloupe has shown to be effective in combating and preventing various types of cancer. It prevents cardiovascular problems and blood clots. In addition, vitamin C is helpful in lowering blood pressure, preventing anemia, reducing effects of aging and important for the health of the body’s bones, cartilage, blood vessels and ligaments. As you can see there is a wealth of benefits in juicing cantaloupe.
How to juice a cantaloupe

It is surprisingly the most nutrient dense of all fruits and serves your body well when not accompanied by additional juicing ingredients, although there are some very delicious and healthy juicing recipes. In fact, a great deal of the nutrients are hidden away in the rind, meaning that by juicing cantaloupes you’re going to get a wealth of other benefits that you would not get by eating the fruit whole.

If at all possible, and especially if you are going to use the rind, buy the fruit organic. Whether you buy organic or not, make sure that you wash the fruit well before you begin to juice.

Slice the melon into wedge sizes that your juicer can handle and begin juicing the fruit. Drink the juice immediately after making it in order to get the most significant benefit.

Excellent Cantaloupe Juice Recipes:
Cantaloupe, Orange, and Cinnamon
¼ Cantaloupe
1 Orange
Dash of cinnamon
Oranges are one of the healthiest fruits you can eat, and juicing them only exemplifies the benefit they have on the immune system. Cinnamon provides a small metabolism increase, creates a taste sensation that adds almost no calories, and no fat or sodium, and helps lower cholesterol and regulates blood sugar.

Cantaloupe and Carrots
¼ Cantaloupe
2 Large Carrots
Carrot juice is high in the antioxidant Beta Carotene, which is fantastic for eyesight, bone health, and even a few of the more vain areas that tend to be signs of good health, such as skin, hair and nails.
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