Shakes and Juices

Ingredients
• 1 large banana.
• ¼ cup of raw oat.
• 1 cup of milk.
• 1 spoonful of honey.
• 1 spoonful of peanut butter.
• ½ spoonful of vanilla.
• Ice as needed.

Directions
1. Peel the banana.
2. Bend it with all the other ingredients.
3. Once it is perfectly mix, pour into a large glass.
4. Drink it immediately.

Properties
This milkshake is an excellent source of proteins and carbohydrates. It is an energy drink ideal for sports people because it helps recover from exercising. It is also rich in calcium, and fibre, combats weariness, prevents cramps, tones up tissues and reduces appetite.

Ingredients
• 4 large tomatoes.

Directions
1. Cut the top part of the tomatoes.
2. Cut then into pieces and take them through the juice extractor and drink it immediately.

Properties
Tomato is one of the most complex vegetables in vitamin, mineral, like potassium, phosphor, calcium and iron. Tomato is a great nutrient for anemic and weak person, tomato is excellent at relieving pain caused by burn, it also prevents blisters, prevents obesity, cancer, it is germicide, revitalizes the liver and provides minerals to mothers who are feeding their babies.

Arginine is a precursor for nitric oxide, which has been shown to lower blood pressure, reduce blood clotting and protect against myocardial infarction and strokes.

Researchers from the ARS, Texas A&M University, the University of Nevada, and Oklahoma State University, have reported that blood arginine levels increased by 22 per cent after three weeks of drinking watermelon juice with every meal.

“Some studies have reported that high oral doses of arginine were associated with nausea, gastrointestinal discomfort, and diarrhoea in humans. A solution to this potentially severe problem may be the alternative use of l-citrulline, an effective precursor for arginine synthesis,” explained lead author Julie Collins in the journal Nutrition.

Indeed, L-citrulline is a neutral amine acid, meaning it does not compete with basic amino acids for transport by cells. Conversion of L-citrulline to arginine consumes ammonia, said Collins, meaning the amino acid could be useful for people with elevated ammonia levels, arginine transport problems, or enhanced intestinal arginine breakdown, as is found in people with stress and infection.

The researchers recruited healthy volunteers (between 12 and 23 per intervention group) and assigned them to receive 0, 780, or 1560 grams of watermelon juice per day, providing a daily L-citrulline dose of 0, 1 or 2 grams. The interventions lasted three weeks and subjects were later crossed over after washout periods of two to four weeks.

Arginine Functions
Arginine plays an important role in cell division, the healing of wounds, removing ammonia from the body, immune function, and the release of hormones. Arginine, taken in combination with pycnogenol[2] or yohimbine[3], has also been reported to improve erectile dysfunction significantly.

In proteins
The geometry, charge distribution and ability to form multiple H-bonds make arginine ideal for binding negatively charged groups. For this reason arginine prefers to be on the outside of the proteins where it can interact with the polar environment. Incorporated in proteins, arginine can also be converted to citrulline by PAD enzymes. In addition, arginine can be methylated by protein methyltransferases.

As a precursor
Arginine is the immediate precursor of NO, urea, ornithine and agmatine; is necessary for the synthesis of creatine; and can be used for the synthesis of polyamines (mainly through ornithine and to a lesser degree through agmatine), citrulline, and glutamate. For being a precursor of NO, (relaxes blood vessels), arginine is used in many conditions where vasodilation is required. The presence of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), a close relative, inhibits the nitric oxide reaction; therefore, ADMA is considered a marker for vascular disease, just as L-arginine is considered a sign of a healthy endothelium.

Sources:
NutraIngredients-usa.com
Wikipedia.com

Ingredients
• 2 oranges.
• 1 lemon.
• 2 spoonfuls of honey.

Directions
1. Wash the orange and lemon perfectly.
2. Extract their juice.
3. Pour in into a glass and honey.
4. Tell the kid to drink it little by little.

Properties
This juice is rich in vitamin C, so it increases considerably the defences in kids, thus preventing respiratory infections; it also relieves the flu caused by the sudden change of weather temperature.

*Decoction: Put herbs in cold water first, than heat is for some minutes.
*Infusion: Add the herbs in boiling water and let them steep for short time.

Most Common Infusions
In order to make kind of teas, we should know that we can use one kind of plant or we can combine two or more herbs, stems or fruit, as long as they can be mix as presented in the following recommendations.

One Plant Tea
Chamomile tea: It is recommended to drink chamomile tea to control slight digestive problems like diarrhea, indigestion, and cramps. This tea may also be used when we get swallowed or tired eyes by placing two small cotton balls on the eyes, previously soaked in this tea.

Its beneficial properties can help control nervousness, acting as sedative and relaxant the same that the tila. Drinking this tea should be carefully consumed.

Mint Tea
Mint is a very aromatic plant, nice to the taste when sweetened with honey or sugar, its properties are beneficial are to relive cough, asthma problems, and lack appetite.

Anis Tea
Its properties regulate menstrual functions, at the some time it helps combat those uncomfortable intestinal gases, since this tea helps the digestive system.

Zarzaparrilla Tea
Its properties eliminate liquid retention in the body; you can enjoy its benefits by taking a cup of this tea everyday.

Marrubio Tea
This is tea is anti – inflammatory and helps loose weight, just to mention some of benefits. Take 2 cups daily.

Apple and cinnamon tea to relieve flu and common cold
• 4 apples.
• ½ liter of water.
• 2 cinnamon.
• Honey as desired.

Directions:
1. Wash the apples perfectly.
2. Cut them in thin slices.
3. Add them in water with the cinnamon sticks.
4. Cook it over low heat.
5. Pour it through a strainer and then serve it in a cup.
6. Sweeten with honey as desired.