~Juicing with my power juicer express deluxe~
Increased vitamin C digestion lessens menstrual cramps
Peach, cilantro, parsley, Italian parsley, Sweet potato, cucumber, ginger root, broccoli, spinach, tomato, carrot
This made nearly 43 ozs of fresh, wholesome, juice!! I will admit, though, that this was not a very tasty concoction lol.. It had a very very green taste to it and the sweet potato did not add well to this combination.
With this juice, though, I had a goal-VITAMIN C!!!! I have read online that increased vitamin C intake during the week of your menstrual cycle can help relieve the cramping.
Up until last year I really didn't have to deal with cramping but when I had to stop taking oral contraceptives and get a copper IUD instead, it is accompanied by much worse cramping.
Every month, I have one or two days (I am lucky, I know there are people who have it far far worse!) of pretty heavy cramping. Last month I made a juice and for once I wish I had taken my boyfriend, Matt's advice & written it down. It had a lot of spinach and broccoli and it had two peaches and a bit of ginger root but I don't really remember what else. I may actually have a picture though come to think of it...
Anyhow, that was so delicious and I had read online that spinach is a natural muscle relaxant and that increased vitamin C will reduce the cramping. I drank that juice the first day I could feel the cramping start & I was fine that day & the following day!
This month, I waited to see whether I would have severs cramps or not (I wasn't sure if it was merely my body beginning to adjust to the IUD and therefore that month was just not as bad as the ones before had been) And sure enough, I was starting to have pretty bad cramps yesterday, so I made this juice with as much leafy green stuff as possible to get lots of Vitamin C & it worked, no cramping the rest of the day yesterday!
But I need to figure out what the juice I made last month was because that tasted a bit like a peach smoothie with a hint of green taste, not enough to overpower the yumminess of the peach. It was very very tasty. This mix, not so much lol.. It was one of the only ones I've had to really force myself to drink.
Peach: boron, antioxidants, vitamin C & beta carotene
Cilantro: Thiamin, zinc, fiber, Vitamin A, C, E, K, B6, riboflavin, niacin, calcium, iron, magnesium, folate, pantothenic acid, potassium, phosphorus, copper & manganese
Parsley: antioxidants, folic acid, iron, Vitamin A & C
Sweet Potato: Fiber, Vitamin B6 & A, potassium, manganese
Tomato: Beta Carotene & Vitamin C
Blackberries: Vitamin E, C, K, folate, magnesium, potassium, copper, fiber & manganese
Ginger root: Vitamin C, manganese, magnesium, copper, potassium & a natural anti inflammatory
Celery: Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, K, C, A, pantothenic acid, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, manganese, folate
Carrots: Beta carotene, Vitamin A &C, pectin, flourine, potassium
Cucumber: Vitamin A, C, K, pantothenic acid, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, manganese
Broccoli: Beta carotene, Vitamin C, calcium, iron, folic acid & chromium
Kale: Antioxidants, calcium, iron, Vitamin A& C
Spinach: Antioxidants, potassium, iron, calcium & Vitamin C
With this juice, though, I had a goal-VITAMIN C!!!! I have read online that increased vitamin C intake during the week of your menstrual cycle can help relieve the cramping.
Up until last year I really didn't have to deal with cramping but when I had to stop taking oral contraceptives and get a copper IUD instead, it is accompanied by much worse cramping.
Every month, I have one or two days (I am lucky, I know there are people who have it far far worse!) of pretty heavy cramping. Last month I made a juice and for once I wish I had taken my boyfriend, Matt's advice & written it down. It had a lot of spinach and broccoli and it had two peaches and a bit of ginger root but I don't really remember what else. I may actually have a picture though come to think of it...
Anyhow, that was so delicious and I had read online that spinach is a natural muscle relaxant and that increased vitamin C will reduce the cramping. I drank that juice the first day I could feel the cramping start & I was fine that day & the following day!
This month, I waited to see whether I would have severs cramps or not (I wasn't sure if it was merely my body beginning to adjust to the IUD and therefore that month was just not as bad as the ones before had been) And sure enough, I was starting to have pretty bad cramps yesterday, so I made this juice with as much leafy green stuff as possible to get lots of Vitamin C & it worked, no cramping the rest of the day yesterday!
But I need to figure out what the juice I made last month was because that tasted a bit like a peach smoothie with a hint of green taste, not enough to overpower the yumminess of the peach. It was very very tasty. This mix, not so much lol.. It was one of the only ones I've had to really force myself to drink.
Cilantro: Thiamin, zinc, fiber, Vitamin A, C, E, K, B6, riboflavin, niacin, calcium, iron, magnesium, folate, pantothenic acid, potassium, phosphorus, copper & manganese
Parsley: antioxidants, folic acid, iron, Vitamin A & C
Sweet Potato: Fiber, Vitamin B6 & A, potassium, manganese
Tomato: Beta Carotene & Vitamin C
Blackberries: Vitamin E, C, K, folate, magnesium, potassium, copper, fiber & manganese
Ginger root: Vitamin C, manganese, magnesium, copper, potassium & a natural anti inflammatory
Celery: Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, K, C, A, pantothenic acid, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, manganese, folate
Carrots: Beta carotene, Vitamin A &C, pectin, flourine, potassium
Cucumber: Vitamin A, C, K, pantothenic acid, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, manganese
Broccoli: Beta carotene, Vitamin C, calcium, iron, folic acid & chromium
Kale: Antioxidants, calcium, iron, Vitamin A& C
Spinach: Antioxidants, potassium, iron, calcium & Vitamin C
Very interesting!
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