Useful and medicinal properties of orange juice
The homeland of the orange is Southern China, where it came to India, and then to Egypt and Syria, the history of its cultivation is about 4000 years.
The juicy pulp of orange fruit contains a lot of sugar( up to 10%), a significant amount of vitamin C( up to 65 mg%), there are organic acids, especially lemon, pectin substances;many mineral salts, in particular up to 200 mg of potassium;coloring substances, B vitamins, provitamin A( carotene), phytoncides.
All over the world it is very common to prepare orange juice as one of the most useful. Presence in a juice of a complex of vitamins makes this juice an effective means of prevention and treatment of hypoavitaminosis. Orange juice excites appetite and improves digestion, quenches thirst well in febrile conditions, therefore it is taken with hypoacid gastritis, decreased bile secretion and tendency to chronic constipation. People with chronic constipation are advised to drink orange juice in the morning on an empty stomach and in the evening before bedtime.
But with peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, with gastritis with high acidity of gastric juice and exacerbations of inflammatory bowel diseases, orange juice should not be consumed. In these cases, you can consume only a small amount of juice and then half diluted with water.
Orange juice contains a large amount of pectin substances that contribute to the emptying of the intestines, thereby reducing the development of putrefactive processes and reducing the amount of intake substances harmful to the body. Oranges contain a significant amount of potassium, ascorbic acid and other vitamins.
Therefore, the juice of oranges is recommended for hypertension, atherosclerosis, liver diseases, obesity and gout.
When your child turns several months old, the doctor will probably advise you to add orange juice to his diet. The juice can be fresh, ice cream and canned. Orange juice is usually mixed with an equal amount of boiled water, so as not to have too sharp a taste. You can start with one tablespoon of juice and the same amount of water. The next day, give two tablespoons of juice and two water. On the third day - three tablespoons of both. And so on, up to 30 g each of the . Then gradually reduce the amount of water and increase the amount of orange juice until you get 60 g of undiluted orange juice. Filter the juice so that the pulp does not clog the nipples. Usually, until 5-6 months, children drink juice from the nipple, and then from the cup. Orange juice is often given to a child before bathing, because this is just the time when he wakes up an hour before the next feeding. The juice should be given at room temperature or slightly warmed. Do not heat it strongly: high temperature destroys vitamin C.
Most orange juice is popular with children, and they easily absorb it. Sometimes a child does not like juice and causes diathesis. He does not like very many children at first, but then they get used to it. If for some reason your child does not drink orange juice, put it aside for a month or two or try tomato juice( 120 g per day).Unfortunately, usually if a child does not like orange juice at first, he does not like tomato juice either. If he does not like either orange or tomato juice, give a drop of vitamin C.