Sugarcane juice is delicious and nutritious, but it is important to note these things to avoid the risk of cancer, infection, and toxicity

The benefits of sugarcane juice for health

Very good liver purification when adding lemon to sugar cane juice

Sugarcane juice mixed with a little lemon juice will become a liver tonic, a super good liver conditioner. It is considered as one of the best treatments for liver related diseases like jaundice.

Jaundice occurs due to an underactive liver as well as blocked bile ducts. Sugarcane adds a beneficial, fat-free, extremely low-calorie sugar to your body, ensuring quick recovery.

In addition, sugarcane is also an alkaline food, helping to maintain the electrolyte balance in your body. Therefore, it has the effect of nourishing the liver, helping to keep the liver healthy, avoiding the liver from being overactive.

Especially the addition of lemon juice – another alkaline food that enhances the liver’s nourishing and cleansing effects. Dr. Tu Ngu (General Secretary of the Vietnam Nutrition Association) said that lemon water has a very good effect on detoxifying the liver and purifying the body. When added with sugarcane juice, it will bring a simple but extremely effective liver-healthy drink.

Fast power supply

Sugarcane juice can help you energize in a short time and avoid dehydration on hot days. The simple sugars in this drink are also easily absorbed by the body. This means that sugarcane juice can help you increase your sugar levels naturally.

Prevent liver toxicity

Sugarcane juice which is a very rich source of flavonoids and phenolic compounds. Flavonoids are known as anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, antioxidant, antiviral and anti-allergic agents. Therefore, for people with jaundice due to hepatitis, drinking sugarcane juice will protect the liver from inflammation and contribute to controlling the level of orange pigment.

Helps prevent cancer

Sugarcane juice contains a lot of calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron and manganese, so it is alkaline. Besides, this juice also contains flavonoids that can help you prevent cancer cells, especially prostate and breast cancer.

Improve the digestive system

Sugarcane juice can help you improve your digestive system very well. Potassium in sugarcane juice helps you balance the pH in the stomach, supports the secretion of digestive juices and contributes to the smooth functioning of the digestive system. Sugarcane juice also helps prevent stomach infections.

Anti-fatigue and quick recovery after fever

For hot weather, instead of using soft drinks or energy drinks, it is recommended that you use sugarcane juice. Because the abundant glucose content in sugarcane juice will be immediately supplied to the body to help replenish water and provide energy for the body in hot weather.

In case you have a fever, sugarcane juice is considered the ideal drink because they will provide a source of protein lost during the fever process, supporting the body to recover faster.

Kidney purification and anti-constipation

Also thanks to its ability to increase the amount of protein in the body, sugarcane juice is very good for the kidneys. Besides, the good moisturizing properties of sugarcane juice help the body prevent and eliminate kidney stones effectively.

If you have stomach disease or constipation, let the potassium in sugarcane juice keep your digestive system in good working order. I’m sure they will be very effective.

Relieve pain caused by some diseases

Certain illnesses such as sexually transmitted diseases, urinary tract infections, kidney stones, and prostatitis can cause an uncomfortable burning sensation. To improve this situation, you can mix sugarcane juice with lemon juice or fresh coconut water to drink.

Supports bone and tooth development

Sugarcane is rich in calcium, so it can help bones and teeth develop better. So, you can eat sugarcane besides drinking to take advantage of this benefit of sugarcane.

Improve dental problems

Sugarcane juice is rich in minerals such as calcium and phosphorus, so it can help strengthen tooth enamel and reduce the risk of tooth decay. This type of water also helps to overcome bad breath caused by the deficiency of the above nutrients.

Beautiful skin, prevent acne

The desire not only of women is to have a clear and healthy skin. With alpha hydroxy acids (also known as AHAs) that sugarcane juice possesses, they bring an important source of nutrients to help maintain a healthy and beautiful skin, prevent acne from appearing, reduce acne swelling, fight against acne. aging and moisturizing the skin.

The ‘great taboos’ when drinking sugarcane juice should be noted

Do not drink when you want to lose weight

According to research by scientists, sugar accounts for 70% of the nutrition in sugarcane juice, the rest is fat, protein and flour. Therefore, sugarcane juice provides a lot of energy and nutrients, easily causing weight gain and obesity. People who are trying to lose weight and people at risk of diabetes should also not drink sugarcane juice.

Do not drink while on medication

The policosanol present in sugarcane juice helps to reduce the body’s bad cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular diseases. However, if you are using drugs such as supplements, anticoagulants, you should not drink sugarcane juice. Because these drugs will interfere with the effect of policosanol, making its use meaningless.

Do not use much during pregnancy

To reduce the feeling of morning sickness, many pregnant women often choose sugar cane as a snack. According to nutritionists, pregnant women need to add a lot of nutrients from different food sources, while the basic ingredient of sugarcane juice is sugar. If you eat too much sugar during pregnancy, it will increase the risk of gestational diabetes, affecting the health of mother and baby.

People with weak intestinal tract, or full stomach, loose stools should not drink sugarcane juice regularly

Sugarcane juice is cold and has a very high sugar content, so people with weak intestinal tracts, full stomach and loose stools should not use sugarcane juice regularly. Also because of the high sugar content, drinking too much sugarcane juice will lead to obesity because of excess energy.

obese people

According to research by scientists, sugar accounts for 70% of the nutrition in sugarcane juice, the rest is fat, protein and flour. Therefore, sugarcane juice provides a lot of energy and nutrients, easily causing weight gain and obesity. Therefore, people who are trying to lose weight should limit this drink to avoid “counterproductive”.

People with diabetes

In sugarcane juice, about 70% is sugar. Sugar is in the top “limited” foods for people with diabetes.

Therefore, patients with a history of this disease are best not to drink sugarcane juice to maintain blood sugar levels in the body at a stable level, to avoid exacerbation of the disease.

Some potential risks when drinking sugarcane juice

Risk of cancer

Sugarcane juice is a very popular drink in the summer. For unhygienic sugarcane juicers, in addition to making sugarcane juice cloudy and of poor quality, there are many potential health hazards. In the press, there will be heavy metals that can accumulate which can be toxic and more dangerous than potentially carcinogenic.

Vulnerable to infection

The cleaning of sugarcane plants, juicers, and cups is often not clean, so sugarcane juice can easily become infected with bacteria, adversely affecting the digestive system, even causing poisoning, dangerous to life.

Bad effects on the digestive system

An inevitable consequence of regular use of unhygienic sugarcane juice is a bad effect on the digestive system. Although some people are healthier, do not or rarely have stomach pain, diarrhea due to drinking dirty sugarcane juice, but that does not mean that it is not affected. Dirt and bacteria in it can still accumulate and cause damage to the digestive system. It can become the cause of diseases of the stomach and digestive system at any time.