Vit. C and Immunity+fertility

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Yes, taking lemon juice or aamla juice also enhances immunity.

AS you sgeested Amala is rich in Vitamin C, bioflavonoids, flavones,

polyphenols and carotenoids.

 

It is the richest natural source of vitamin 'C'. The amount of

vitamin 'C' in Amalaki is four times more than it is in oranges and

eight times more than it is in tomatoes. It is so rich that the

vitamin doesn't get destroyed whether you heat or dry it. Aamala is

said to be anti-oxidant, Immunomodulator, Hypoglycemic,

Hypolipidemic, Hypotensive, Antacid, Tonic and also mild laxative.

 

Naturopaths suggest lemon juice to take care of cold. Cough symptoms

are best treated by ginger juice and equal volume honey mixture.

Lemon juice contains hardly 60 mg Vit C per 100 gm juice, while

aamala juice has about 950 mg Vit. C per 100 gm juice. Thus 1 big

aamla is equivalent to about 15 lemon fruits. 100 gm aamla juice will

need approx. 4 big aamla fruits, but author found that combining

juice from 2 big aamla with 1 tbsp honey is a better option. author

recommends aamla juice+honey to all who wish to build fertility. if

you are diabetic, add the juice of fresh green turmeric, equal

volume. Both aamla and turmeric have started arriving in indian

vegetable markets. Take advantage of the situation. they will be

available for next two months.

 

You can preserve aamlaki for summer by making its "Murabba"

or "avaleha" using crystal sugar and a variety of other spices such

as cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, dried ginger etc.

 

If one needs Vit. C alone, amala churna will be better than trifla

churna.

 

ayurveda, "jagchat01" <jagchat01

wrote:

 

> A daily intake of 1000mg of Vit C for a few weeks every three to

four

> months also goes a long way in tackling allergies. It helps

> strengthen immunity and also helps in glutathione formation in the

> body and thus helps in detoxification also. This vitamin therapy is

> very good for those who regularly suffer from colds and coughs.

 

> How much of Triphala or Amla Churna would be equivalent to 1000mg

of Vit C?

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> Vit. C and Immunity+fertility

> Posted by: "Shirish Bhate" shirishbhate shirishbhate

> Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:41 am (PST)

>

> Yes, taking lemon juice or aamla juice also enhances immunity.

> AS you sgeested Amala is rich in Vitamin C, bioflavonoids, flavones,

> polyphenols and carotenoids.

>

> It is the richest natural source of vitamin 'C'. The amount of

> vitamin 'C' in Amalaki is four times more than it is in oranges and

> eight times more than it is in tomatoes. It is so rich that the

> vitamin doesn't get destroyed whether you heat or dry it. Aamala is

> said to be anti-oxidant, Immunomodulator, Hypoglycemic,

> Hypolipidemic, Hypotensive, Antacid, Tonic and also mild laxative.

>

> Naturopaths suggest lemon juice to take care of cold. Cough symptoms

> are best treated by ginger juice and equal volume honey mixture.

> Lemon juice contains hardly 60 mg Vit C per 100 gm juice, while

> aamala juice has about 950 mg Vit. C per 100 gm juice. Thus 1 big

>

 

according to the most recent study i have seen the vitamin C content

of amla is 0.4 % w/w, which for 100 g of juice would be about 400 mg

of vitamin C (1); this is in contrast to a previous study which

found none

 

interestingly enough, this new study suggests that processing of amla

resulted in an actually higher content (1.28%, or 1.28 g); if

processing methods include heat however, one study showed that there

is a decline in ascorbic acid content that pretty much follows the

intensity of heat (2)

 

the highest natural source of vitamin C is the acerola cherry, grown

in the tropics

however, much closer to home is the rosehip, which has even more than

amla

after the first frost the rosehips now in such a abundance can be

harvested and dried, and then drunk in herbal teas a cheap and

effective source of vitamin C and many other antioxidant compounds -

wild rosehips have always been considered an important food and

medicine for many northern peoples...

 

best.. todd

 

PS - if anyone is interested I found a scanned copy of an older study

(1936) on the protective effects of the tannic constituents on

vitamin C degradation (the source of an oft-described feature...)

see: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?

artid=1263137&blobtype=pdf

 

1. Scartezzini P, Antognoni F, Raggi MA, Poli F, Sabbioni C. Vitamin

C content and antioxidant activity of the fruit and of the Ayurvedic

preparation of Emblica officinalis Gaertn. J Ethnopharmacol. 2006 Mar

8;104(1-2):113-8. Epub 2005 Oct 13.

 

2. Nisha P, Singhal RS, Pandit AB. A study on degradation kinetics of

ascorbic acid in amla (Phyllanthus emblica

L.) during cooking. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2004 Aug;55(5):415-22.

 

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