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The most useful drinks: hot chocolate or cocoa, tomatoe, cranberry and orange juices

April 18th, 2007

Hot chocolate or cocoa
Benefit: improves mood and protects from cardiovascular diseases. Cocoa contains set of polyphenols which protect cells from harmful action of free radicals. The use of hot chocolate increases level of hormone serotonin which low level has a negative effect on the mood. Calories: about 195 kcal for 250 of a product and 115 kcal in a powder mixture.
Tomato juice without salt
Benefit: protects from many cancer forms. Tomatoes are rich in licopen, which associates with risk reduction of a cancer of oral cavity, lungs, stomach, liver, mammas, cervix of the uterus, and large intestine. Besides it protects heart from the influence of free radicals, thus, reducing probability of cardiovascular diseases. Calories: 43 kcal in 250 of a product.
Cranberry juice
Benefit: prevents gingivitis. However, this juice very often contains sugar, therefore choose 100 % juice without sugar, or use no more than one glass a day. Calories: 140 kcal in 250 g of a product.
Orange juice
Benefit: vitamin C raises immunity, protects from many disease, such as the cataract and cancer. Orange juice is an excellent source of the folic acid necessary for prevention of fetus development defects. Calories: 115 kcal in 250 of a product.

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