How Juicing Basil Impacts Your Health (Juice Recipe)
People often overlook the delicious herbs that can be juiced with fruits and vegetables. Juicing Basil provides an amazing flavor and a range of health benefits.
I absolutely love basil. Starting with its pungent smell to the herb's delightful flavor. However, basil is also a great choice for health purposes. Therefore, adding basil leaves to a juice only makes sense.
I go over the reasons why basil is added to the juicing recipe below. But you can easily add fresh basil to most juice recipes. Adding a few leaves can add a subtle note of flavor. However, if you like your juices pretty, be mindful of the green tint it will add.
Pretty juices are nice and make for great pictures, but I juice for the health benefits and the process. So, taking advantage of juicing basil leaves whenever you have them on hand will help you achieve your health goals.
types of basil
There are many varieties of basil, over 150 varieties, which is crazy. Thai Basil, Holy Basil, Sweet Basil, Lemon Basil, and Dwarf Greek Basil are just a very few. Holy Basil and Sweet Basil are the types that most of us hear of often. Sweet basil is the basil variety that we are using in the recipe below.
Sweet Basil vs Holy Basil
- Shape & Color: Sweet basil is less jagged, bearing smoother leaf edges. Holy basil has tooth-like points around the leaf edges, and the stems are hairy. Also, Sweet basil is green, while Holy basil can be green or purple in color.
- Taste: Sweet basil is said to have a slightly sweet and peppery taste with a mint and licorice undertone. Holy basil, on the other hand, is described as having a spicy and more pungent, peppery taste, but also with tones of licorice and mint.
How Juicing Sweet Basil Impacts your health
Protects against viruses
Sweet basil's phytochemical components make it a strong contender for creating pharmaceutical applications, according to this research article. The reason for this is based on the antiviral benefits sweet basil possesses against both DNA and RNA viruses.
Stabilization of Blood Sugar Levels
Another way this potent herb may help the body is through blood sugar regulation. It has demonstrated significant benefits in the field of diabetes research. More research is underway to determine its exact health potential in this area.
Defends against cell damage
Cell damage protection is yet another one of the amazing health benefits you will get when drinking basil juice.
An excess of free radicals can overload the body creating oxidative stress and cell damage. The antioxidants found in basil shield the body from the destruction of these free radicals.
Supports a stronger immune system
Lastly, basil contains a significant amount of vitamin C, vitamin A, and vitamin K. These nutrients empower the immune system to be stronger. Additionally, like many herbs, basil is full of antioxidant compounds, which makes for strong immune health.
Basil Juice Recipe
(A Powerful Green Juice)
Basil juice Recipe
This basil juice is a nutritious green juice great for any time of the day.
Ingredients
- 1 Medium Zucchini (skin on)
- 1 cup Fresh Basil Leaves
- 1/2 English Cucumber (skin on)
- 1 Large Mango (peeled)
- 1/2 Apple (skin on)
- 1/2 Lemon (Peeled)
Instructions
- Wash or rinse all fruit. Make sure you only use fruit that is organic or that has not been contaminated with chemicals.
- Cut fruit into appropriate sizes to fit into the juicer you are using.
- Peel the mango and lemon and use only the flesh.
- Juice all of the ingredients in order.
- Sift the juice into a glass.
- Enjoy your Basil juice.
This post shares all of the wonderful health benefits of juicing basil and a simple and nutritious Basil juice Recipe.
- Widjaja, S. S., Rusdiana, & Savira, M. (2019). Glucose Lowering Effect of Basil Leaves in Diabetic Rats. Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences, 7(9), 1415–1417. https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2019.293
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