Celery is a popular plant among people who want to lose weight, and, accordingly, among nutritionists. Celery juice is incredibly good for the body. Celery itself can be used in any form - fried, raw, stewed, and in each of them it retains a huge amount of vitamins and valuable substances.
However, celery juice is better absorbed by the body. It penetrates the body almost at the cellular level, and, getting into the blood and lymph, brings not only useful substances, but also energy. Freshly squeezed celery juice is used as a laxative, anti-allergenic and blood-purifying agent. This drink enhances overall tone, enhances intellectual and physical performance. Celery juice can also be used externally, it has anti-inflammatory properties and contributes to the rapid healing of wounds.
Celery will be useful to people who suffer from diseases of blood vessels and heart, as it is rich in ascorbic acid. It is also a find for a special category of people - smokers. Nicotine enhances the excretion of vitamin C from the body, the deficiencies of which make up for celery. It also contains vitamins A, B, C, calcium, potassium and phosphorus. Due to this, a celery-based diet does not affect the condition of the hair, skin, and overall health.
Freshly squeezed juice from celery is used in the treatment of difficulty urinating, if there are stones in the bladder and kidneys. Since it has a diuretic effect, against the background of its use, excess fluid is excreted from the body. The main advantage of celery is that it not only does not require adherence to its regimen, but also does not limit its consumption.
How to make celery juice? The most effective is the use of a juicer, the juice is obtained quickly and without much effort. But since you can’t drink a lot of juice at one time, you can use simpler options - grate celery and squeeze the juice from the resulting pulp using a bandage or gauze. Celery juice can be easily combined with juices of other fruits and vegetables - there are no restrictions, it perfectly interacts to taste with any product.
It is important not only to make celery juice, but also how to drink it properly. It will depend on what your goals are. To improve the general tone, it is enough to drink freshly squeezed juice from celery, 1 glass a day. To improve the digestion process, drink 3 teaspoons of juice half an hour before meals. Exactly the same principle of application, if you want to lose a few extra pounds. If your goal is to lose weight significantly, in addition to juice, you need to introduce a variety of celery dishes into the diet .
Like any other product, celery juice has contraindications. It should not be consumed by weakened and very elderly people, since it is not recommended that they remove a large amount of liquid. Also, you can not drink juice with peptic ulcer, with diseases of the duodenum. If you doubt that the juice will benefit, and not harm your body, it is not superfluous to consult a doctor.
A few recipes from celery for a healthy diet:
- To combat the deposition of salts, you need to take 4 grams of celery root (chopped), pour water - 1 liter. Insist at least 8 hours and strain. Take tincture 3 times a day for 1 teaspoon.
- To combat insomnia - take about 35 grams of celery (chopped), pour 1 liter of water, which you need to boil and cool before that. You need to insist for about 8 hours and then strain. Use this tincture 3 times a day for 1 teaspoon.
- To neutralize the acidic environment in the body, you need to drink a mixture of apple juice and celery juice.