Fruit is one of the foods with the highest content of minerals, vitamins and digestive enzymes. In addition, fruits are highly antioxidants and each of them has active ingredients that help and protect us in terms of health. However, the alkaline diet limits its consumption a little, since most fruits contain a notable fructose content. This does not mean that we should not eat fruit, far from it! This, as I said before, provides us with very interesting beneficial properties for the body. But like everything, eating fruit without measure can have a negative effect on us. As always, it’s a matter of balance. In this article we are going to show you the best fruits for your alkaline juices.
Eat fruit in a balanced way
It is advisable to eat between 3 and 5 pieces of fruit a day. Balance is the basis of everything and also of diet. Follow these tips:
- Eat seasonal fruit, which has been picked after ripening on the tree.
- Eating fruit between meals is much healthier than after meals.
- Eat fruits of all colors, since each color indicates different nutritional properties. So color your plate and enrich your diet!
- Eat different types of fruit (citrus, sweet, acidic…) but do not mix different types of fruit in the same meal or smoothie, since each one requires different digestive enzymes and a different pH to be digested. If we mix, we can make their digestion difficult and worse.
- Keep in mind that eating the fruit is not the same as drinking it. In this way, if we make a juice, it is advisable to combine fruit and vegetables. Making a fruit-only drink will produce a glucose spike, since this, not being accompanied by fiber, passes directly into the blood.
The best fruits for your alkaline juices
Although we can actually prepare juices with any fruit, my recommendation is to prioritize the following, not only because their fructose content is more moderate, but because they have especially interesting properties.
Lemon and lime
Lemon and lime, in addition to having a high amount of alkalizing minerals, are also very rich in citric acid, which helps us detoxify the body due to its ability to dissolve mucus.
Grapefruit
Grapefruit is a diuretic fruit. It has a high content of sodium, calcium, potassium and magnesium, the four most alkalizing minerals that also enhance the body’s purifying processes.
Grenade
Pomegranate, in addition to being rich in antioxidants such as anthocyanins and polyphenols, also contains Omega 5 acid (punic acid), which helps us break down fats in the body.
Red fruits
Red fruits such as blackberries, raspberries or blueberries have an especially low sugar content but are very high in antioxidants, above most fruits.
Apple
This fruit, although it has a slightly higher fructose, glucose and sucrose content than the rest of the fruits mentioned, is also very rich in pectin, a soluble fiber whose intake has a positive effect on cholesterol and the regulation of intestinal transit. and in stabilizing blood sugar. They are also very rich in quercetin (a type of flavonoid).
Pear
The pear, like the apple, is also rich in pectin. It is also very diuretic. Due to its content of minerals potassium, magnesium, calcium and arbutin, this fruit promotes the elimination of fluids, making it ideal for those people with fluid retention.
Pineapple
This tropical fruit shares with the apple and pear the characteristic of having pectin as its main fiber. It is also rich in bromelain, a proteolytic enzyme, that is, it helps digest proteins in foods, whether of plant or animal origin.
You now have the best fruits for your alkaline juices and you can also add a few drops of alkaline water!
