In this video, we’ll discuss the benefits of celery juice.
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In this video we're talking about the benefits of celery juice. Recently, I was at this huge
Food Show and the company Dole was walking around with trays of little cups of celery
juice and I thought to myself, why celery juice? It turns out it's a real popular topic
right now, a lot of people are very interested in it. I tried some of it and had some conversations
about it. In this video what I want to do is cover the celery juice topic because there's
a lot of controversy around it. What we're going to talk about is the benefits it has
to offer, the nutrient profile that it has within it and also some of the things that
people are claiming that it will do for you, but it's not necessarily scientifically proven.
Let's dive right in.
Now I want to say first of all, juicing in general is something I've never been a huge
fan of, just simply because I don't like stripping all the fiber out of the fruits and the vegetables
and just drinking the juice from it. Now a lot of people are juicing a lot of fruit,
so they're getting a very high sugar-content juice there. When we look at celery juice,
in general, it doesn't have a high sugar content and you're getting a lot of nutrients. Once
again, it's not a bad thing with the celery juice, but still the fiber does have benefits,
so take that into consideration.
The nutrient profile you're going to find in the celery juice is going to be things
like vitamins A,C, K, folate, calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium. Lots of great electrolytes
within it, very good hydration drink there. Also, Flavonoids, Beta Carotene, Phytonutrients.
Lots of great antioxidants which have an incredibly good impact on the body. It is 40 Calories
per Half a Cup, so it is going to be very low calorie. A lot of people are drinking
celery juice in the morning and claiming that they are getting a lot of great benefits.
Now when we look at a lot of these different nutrients here, once again celery juice is
very popular right now. If we juice vegetables, in general, we are going to get and find a
lot of these great nutrients within them. So finding all these nutrients is not specific
only to the celery juice.
Let's talk about some of the different benefits celery juice has to offer. It is known to
improve cardiovascular health, decrease inflammation, decrease free radicals & oxidative stress.
That is all very important because when we look at decreasing inflammation it is going
to decrease a lot of symptoms people are having, make them feel better, and a lot of aches
& pains are going to start to go away. Decreasing free radicals and oxidative stress is very
important as well. When we look at a lot of diseases and chronic conditions like cancer
and heart disease, it is an inflammatory problem, a free radical problem and a problem with
a lot of oxidative stress building up over the years. So take that into consideration
as well. Next it is going to help decrease your blood pressure. This is something that
is a little bit of a controversy on this topic because when we look at blood pressure, the
highly researched thing that is coming from the celery is the celery seed extract. You
will not actually find this in the celery juice. So when we look at decreasing blood
pressure, I have found a study that says, 'Yes, [in fact] celery juice will do it' but
it is not from the celery seed extract but from the high potassium content. There are
a lot of isolated cases of people saying 'I started drinking celery juice every single
morning and as a result my blood pressure went down over 30 or 60 days.'. So a lot of
people are claiming that, yes, they did get good blood pressure benefits from the juice
but according to the research the benefit is coming from the actual potassium content,
not the celery seed extract. This is where people are getting confused. This is where,
in general, on the internet people are correlating celery juice to having all these benefits
but they are forgetting there is celery seed extract and fiber involved. Neither of those
are in the celery juice so that is where it gets a little confusing. It is going to also
help increase hydration. It is a great drink in the morning because you are going to be
able to get all those electrolytes in your body and help with the hydration process.
After you are sleeping and not drinking water all night, this can be highly beneficial.
One of the things a lot of people are claiming is that it is supporting their digestive help
and helping in a big way. Once again, lots of isolated cases out there. When we look
at the research there is not a lot on digestive problems and celery juice. Now when we look
at some of the benefits people have found (research wise) when it comes to celery, it
is coming from the fiber. The problem is with celery juice you are taking that fiber out.
I can't argue the isolated cases where people are claiming it helped their digestion in
a huge way. But, according to the research, it is more the fiber which is not within the
celery juice, that is offering you that great benefit.
One of the things I find with celery juice is that a lot of people are bridging the gap.
When we look at all the different nutrients in it, we could say 'Celery juice is going
to improve your immune system because it has vitamin C. It is going to improve bone strength
and density because it has calcium.'. You could start bridging the gap and making a
lot of different outlandish claims. The problem is, when we look at the research, celery juice
hasn't been proven to help the body in all the ways people are claiming. There is some
validity to say 'Because it has this, it is going to do this.'. There is a good change
it will offer some of those benefits but they are not necessarily research proven. When
we look at celery juice, in general, you have to take it for what it is. The other thing
to remember is that if it is going to help decrease inflammation, free radicals and oxidative
stress, that is powerful in itself.
As a matter of fact, I did a video with a simple at home test you can do to decrease
inflammation and free radicals. Check that out, I will put it right up here for you.
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