Categories: Food & Wine

Health Benefits of Grape Juice

The most healthiest juice you can drink along with your orange juice is grape juice. Grape juice contains powerful antioxidants in it called Flavonoids and phenols. These antioxidants are what help protect the body from several different types of cancers and diseases.

Some of the cancers and diseases grape juice can help prevent are asthma, heart disease, indigestions, fatigue, breast cancer, kidney disease, macular degeneration, Alzheimer’s disease, colon cancer, dementia, blood diseases, herpes simplex virus, and gout. The reason these cancers and disease can be prevented is because grape juice like I mentioned contains powerful antioxidants in it that help protect and fight off against damaging free radical cells in the body that cancers and diseases.

Other health properties in grape juice are the antibacterial and antiviral which help prevent and treat bacterial and viral infections in the body. This is why grape juice is an excellent juice to drink when your body is fighting off the cold, flu, or other types of infections in the body. Grape juice also contains a lot of vitamin C in it as well which is another reason it is excellent to drink when we are sick because vitamin C can help boost the immune system.

Another reason why grape juice is excellent to drink is because it helps detoxify the bodies organs such as the liver. Grape juice even helps purify the blood be removing toxins from it so it can flow better throughout the body and especially through the heart which is why grape juice is so good to drink to help keep the heart healthy and strong. Grape juice also contain anti-atherosclerotic properties to it which helps prevent blood clots from forming and damaging your heart and arteries. Drinking grape juice even relieves inflammation and high blood pressure which also helps the heart out.

The reason I drink grape juice is because it helps with my asthma. The reason grape juice helps with my asthma is it contains therapeutic properties to it that help keep the lung moist instead of dry. When the lungs are dry they can become irritated easily and cause asthma attacks to flare. The other reason why grape juice helps asthma is it contains antioxidant compounds in it that helps reduce the inflammation in the airways and lungs so breathing is easier.

The amount of grape juice you need a day to help get the full health benefits from it are about 8 ounces a day. You can drink it in the morning with breakfast or with a meal. You can even drink it whenever you please to help with thirst or at the first sign of illness to help give your immune system a healthy boost. I like to drink it when I am stressed out because it has a calming effect on me for some reason. Doesn’t matter when you drink the grape juice just as long as you do each day to receive the amazing health benefits from it.