Orange juice in children, can I remove the pulp?
Does your son or daughter reject the pulp of orange juice? We will tell you the differences between drinking the juice with or without it, it may be interesting in that case to eat the orange without squeezing it.
Orange juice is a drink with great benefits. Although it may seem the same as eating an orange, it is not, since the nutrients in the piece of fruit are much more concentrated in it . In addition, it is the ideal complement for our breakfast and start, both us and our children, the day with more force.
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BENEFITS OF DRINKING ORANGE JUICE
It is well known that orange juice contains a large amount of vitamin C and it is worth remembering the benefits that it can bring to our health.
On the one hand, there is the help provided by drinking orange juice, either at breakfast or at any other time of the day, for digestive problems . Some like constipation, heartburn or diarrhea find in this drink their best ally to solve
On the other, it acquires great importance when it comes to dissolving the acids that can be found in the urine and that can end up leading to kidney stones. In this way, orange juice also acquires importance to solve urinary problems .
In addition, when we get older, the properties of orange can help us age better. Apart from the hydration that it supposes to us being a liquid, vitamin C helps prevent cellular aging, helping to keep us young for as long as possible.
Lastly, it is important to review the properties of this drink to help the effects of some chronic diseases such as diabetes or gout. It should also be noted the help it provides the body to fight the flu during the coldest months of the year.
ORANGE JUICE: WITH PULP OR WITHOUT PULP?
At breakfast time, there is often the same dispute between children and adults: does orange juice have to have pulp or not? In the opinion of the little ones, the pulp can be perfectly strained since its texture is not pleasant for them when drinking the juice . But, even so, it is necessary that adults force the little ones to include orange juice with pulp in their breakfast.
First of all, there is the rush that is usually in all the houses that there are children at breakfast time. This causes, on many occasions, the use of commercial juice that does not have the same properties as a squeezed orange. Therefore, the benefits of it will be diminished and the child will not be as endowed with vitamin C.
On the other hand, there is the vitamin contribution of the fruit itself . As we have already said in the introduction, the juice has all the nutrients of the orange, but much more concentrated and, in this, the pulp of the fruit itself is included. When we strain a juice to remove the pulp, we are excluding vitamins and making the drink much poorer in nutrients than it can be.
In conclusion, it could be said that the pulp of orange juice is essential . It is possible that, for some people, regardless of their age, the texture of this is not the most pleasant, especially when compared with the rest of the juices that lack it. But we must assess the benefits described above to convince ourselves that pulp is the correct way to drink orange juice. For this reason, we will have to do an awareness-raising exercise for the little ones, trying to convince them of the benefits of drinking this fruit without the need for a strainer.
Dr. Tabriella Perivolaris, Sara's mother and fan of fashion, beauty, motherhood, among others, about the female universe. Since 2018 she has been working as a copywriter, always bringing to her articles a little of her experience and experience as a mother and woman.