Juice Is Really Good For The Skin?

Benefits: Juice can provide vitamins, trace elements and various enzymes

Even if you eat a healthy and balanced diet, it is hard to compare with the many nutrients obtained from fresh juice.

Really, you can get multiple vitamins and 13 essential vitamins from fruit juice:

Vitamin A

Vitamin C

Vitamin D

Vitamin E

Vitamin K

8 essential vitamin B (vitamin B2, niacin, B1, folic acid, B12, B6, pantothenic acid and biotin)

These 13 essential vitamins can be divided into two categories:

Water-soluble vitamins (such as all vitamin B and vitamin C). Water-soluble vitamins can be dissolved in water and easily enter your blood. Excess water-soluble vitamins can be quickly excreted through urine, and within a certain period of time, only a small part can be stored in the body.

Fat-soluble vitamins (vitamins A, D, E, K). Fat-soluble vitamins can be stored in oils and fats, and stay in the body longer.

This means that water-soluble vitamins are not easy to accumulate to reach a toxic dose. Therefore, drinking green juice once or twice a day is completely healthy.

Moreover, there are other nutrients that are difficult to obtain by taking vitamin supplements, such as enzymes, antioxidants, macronutrients and trace elements contained in fresh fruits and vegetables. Especially enzymes, they can form or promote chemical reactions to help cells grow, renew and repair. Dr. Edward Howell said, "Enzymes are a key factor in preventing chronic diseases and extending human life."

However, I believe that even if there are more enzymes to make tablets, it is still the best way to obtain enzymes from various fruit and vegetable juices. It allows skin cells to obtain macro-elements and trace elements, keeping young and healthy. state!

Benefits: Juice can detoxify and rejuvenate the liver

Speaking of this, I think my colleagues in universities and medical schools might stare at me with strange eyes. I believe that most traditional doctors will quote the classics saying that the liver is the detoxification organ, which is responsible for processing the toxins we consume every day.

However, most osteopathic experts advocate fruit juice fasting. They claim that fruit juice can detoxify and rejuvenate the liver. Although no peer-reviewed scientific research can confirm this, it is still meaningful: the liver is responsible for performing 300 metabolic functions, or changing or eliminating some substances in the blood. Thousands of toxins come from the environment, processed foods, and even the body’s natural biological processes. As long as the liver can do less work (help digestion), then it can free up more time to detoxify—— This can make your skin more beautiful!

Nutritionist Kimberly Snyder added that eating easy-to-digest foods can indeed increase detoxification time, increase digestion speed, increase hormone levels, and help absorb more nutrients when eating. A study conducted by Mark Hartman and his colleagues showed that short-term fasting can promote the secretion of human growth hormone (HGH) in men, reduce oxidative stress, and help fight disease and aging; other benefits include brain health and mental health And clear thinking.

For the skin, juice fasting can reduce skin inflammation, such as dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis and adult acne.

Frankly speaking, although I have more doubts about this statement, I have to say that the juice fasting every three days does make my skin radiant. If you think of this radiant complexion as a cleansing, then I don't think the saying of body detoxification seems so far-fetched!

Disadvantage: low fiber content in juice

One problem is the low fiber content of juice. Juice extraction usually requires removing the skins of fruits and vegetables, and this is usually where the fiber content is highest.

Fiber has many unexpected benefits to the body. Like vitamins, fiber can also be divided into different types:

Insoluble fiber. Mainly found in dark green leafy vegetables, mung beans, celery, carrots and other foods, they will not dissolve, can help increase the volume of feces, help food quickly pass through the digestive tract, is beneficial to health.

Soluble fiber. Mainly found in cucumbers, blueberries, beans and nuts, it will dissolve into a gel-like substance to help prolong digestion time. It fills you with a feeling of fullness, which is why this fiber can help lose weight.

Many whole foods, especially fruits and vegetables, contain natural soluble and insoluble fiber. These fibers can prevent diverticulitis and help prevent irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and kidney stones.

However, one of the main dangers of separating fiber from juice is causing blood sugar to spike. Fruits and vegetables contain a lot of natural soluble fiber. These soluble fibers can help slow down the body's decomposition of carbohydrates and absorption of sugar, which is beneficial to control blood sugar. When the fiber is separated from the fruit and squeezed into juice, it will cause blood sugar to spike.

Disadvantage: Fructose is the worst sugar for the skin

Where does fructose naturally occur? guess! ——In the fruit. In essence, fructose is a yellow-white crystalline water-soluble sugar, which has the most basic structure of carbohydrates-C6H12O6-but it is sweeter than sucrose. Since it is sweeter than other types of sugar and has been found to have a higher glycation rate than other forms of sugar, glycation destroys collagen (2004, Journal of Diabetes Research).

When fructose molecules circulate through the blood, they are quickly broken down into protein-structured sugars in the skin and other organs.

We all know that glycation is bad for the skin. 20% of skin aging is caused by glycation. I don't want to talk too much here, but you can read this article "What is saccharification? You need anti-glycation skin care." In short, glycation can cause wrinkles, sagging skin, age spots and loss of skin elasticity. Glycation will accumulate with age and accelerate aging.

Therefore, I rarely drink fiber-free juices. I prefer a mixed juice of fruits and green leafy vegetables that are rich in fiber, so that less sugar is absorbed into the blood vessels.

Disadvantages of eating sugar

How to make fruit juice that is good for the skin

Juicing mixed fruits and high-fiber vegetables, especially green leafy vegetables

Drink the juice immediately after squeezing it, because the fruit is easy to oxidize!

Wash fruits and vegetables thoroughly

If you have diabetes or want to lose weight, try green fruit and vegetable smoothies. Although they look "coarse", they contain high levels of soluble fiber to make you feel full, reduce appetite, and keep blood sugar stable.

Summary: Is fruit juice good for the skin?

Essentially, yes, juice is good for the skin. Juice contains many nutrients that are difficult for the skin to obtain, such as enzymes, antioxidants and trace elements.

Juices made from peeled fruits are high in sugar, but this can be compensated by adding fiber-rich green leafy vegetables or seeds.

Juice fasting has certain benefits, but I don’t know whether it can treat skin inflammations like dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis and adult acne. However, I am a fan of juice fasting!