DIY Fruit Juice Recipe – Benefits of drinking cactus juice
Have you heard about the benefits of drinking cactus juice ? or how many pieces of cactus to produce 1 cup of juice ?
There are many type of the cactus plants in the market, but most probably cactus plants are displaying in the garden landscaping accessories shop or depot as a decoration plants. You will not thinking making cactus fruit juice for drinking.
A type of edible cactus is called prickly pear (Opuntia), mainly comes from Mexico.
Ingredient of cactus juice:
- Cactus stem 100 gm
- Pineapple 100 gm
- fructose (up to taste)
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| Cactus | Pineapple |
Method :
- Peels the cactus and pineapple.
- Rinse all the ingredients.
- Put cactus, pineapples into the blender.
- Put in some ice cubes.
- Put in 150 ml drinking water.
- Blends until all materials mix up.
Benefits :
- Decreases the level of high blood sugar.
- Decreases the cholesterol.
- Good for weight loss.
| Pros | Cons | |
| Cactus | - Great source to reduce the blood sugar and cholesterol. - Proven to be an effect of anticancer agent. | - |
| Pineapple | - Excellent source of Vitamin C (80% daily value per 100 grams) - Contains manganese (45% daily value per 100 grams). Manganese is good for human brain daily metabolism. | - For gastric ,not suggest to take it on empty stomach. |
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No way! You can eat cactus? It’s so ugly, it has to be good for you.