Try These Vegetable Drinks To Improve Your Eye Health

Vegetable Drinks
Rich in Antioxidants & Good For Eye Health

Using the right vegetables makes these vegetable drinks excellent sources of antioxidants. They are good as snacks, or in combination with lunch.

Milder-tasting juices made from carrots, celery, and apple juice are ideal to start learning about juices.

Stronger vegetables, such as spinach and beets, are high in nutrients, but are best when consumed in small quantities in combination with the milder-tasting vegetables.

Plain Carrot Juice Carrot Top Popeye's Favorite Vegetable Juice Special Pepper Heaven Ginger Divine Night Vision

PLAIN CARROT JUICE

Benefits of this vegetable drink
Carrot juice is sweet, and is great alone, without any other vegetables. An excellent source of beta-carotene, one glass a day provides all you need to fulfill the requirements to preserve your vision.

Ingredients
3 carrots

Remove green leaves from carrots along with the very top of the carrot into which the green stems insert. Wash the carrots until clean, and insert in juicer.

MAKES 1 SERVING

Serving size 3/4 cup; Calories 64; Grams fat .284; % of calories fat 4; Beta-carotene 42,120 IU; Lutein and zeaxanthin 0 mcg; Vitamin C 14 mg; Vitamin E 2.0 IU; Zinc 0.3 mg; Selenium 3 mcg; Manganese 0.213 mg

CARROT TOP

The benefits of this vegetable drink
My favorite vegetable drink. It is an excellent source of betacarotene, and is very refreshing. It is good on a hot day, or following exercIse.

Ingredients
3 carrots
2 Rome apples

Remove green leaves from carrots, along with the very top of the carrot into which the green stems insert. Wash the carrot tops until clean.

Rinse apples to remove chemicals, then slice and remove seeds and stalk. Insert apples and carrot greens in juicer.

MAKES 2 SERVINGS

Serving size 1 cup; Calories 72.9; Grams fat 0.39; % of calories fat 5; Beta-carotene 21,094 IV; Lutein and zeaxanthin 0 mcg; Vitamin C 11 mg; Vitamin E 1.65 IV; Zinc 0.177 mg; Selenium 2 mcg; Manganese 0.137 mg

POPEYE'S FAVORITE

The benefits of this vegetable juice
A good source of beta-carotene, lutein and zeaxanthin.

Ingredients
3 carrots
1/2 cup of loosely packed spinach leaves

Remove green leaves from carrots, and wash until clean. Rinse spinach carefully. Make sure to remove sand. Do not remove stems. Insert in juicer.

Serving size 3/4 cup; Calories 66; Grams fat. 310; % of calories fat 4; Beta-carotene 42,623 IU; Lutein and zeaxanthin 724 mcg; Vitamin C 17 mg; Vitamin E 2.4 IU; Zinc 0.35 mg; Selenium 3.5 mcg; Manganese 0.28 mg

Vegetable Juice Special

The benefits of this vegetable drink
Similar to V8 juice, but with twice the nutrients. It is rich in betacarotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin.

Ingredients
1 stalk of celery
1/2 cucumber
4-5 medium-sized tomatoes (or 3 large tomatoes)
Small slice of lime (optional)

Remove the bitter outer leaves from the celery and use them to season a salad or soup. Then wash the stalk until clean. Wash cucumber, and slice in half. Remove the skin if the cucumber is waxed. Wash tomatoes, and slice. Remove stem. Add the slice of lime, if desired. Do not peel. Insert in JUIcer.

MAKEs 2 SERVINGS

Serving size 1 cup; Calories 38; Grams fat 0.55; % of calories fat 13; Beta-carotene 1,045 IU; Lutein and zeaxanthin 500 mcg; Vitamin C 32 mg; Vitamin E 1.0 IU; Zinc 0.226 mg; Selenium 1.5 mcg; Manganese 0.2 mg

Pepper Heaven

The benefits of this vegetable drink
Another of my favorites, rich in beta-carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin.

Ingredients
5 carrots 1/2 green pepper

Remove green leaves from carrots, and wash the carrots until clean. Wash green pepper to remove chemicals, then slice and remove seeds and stalk. Insert in juicer.

MAKEs 2 SERVINGS
Serving size 3/4 cup; Calories 58; Grams fat 0.26; % of calories fat 4; Beta-carotene 35,217 IU; Lutein and zeaxanthin 99 mcg; Vitamin C 27 mg; Vitamin E 1 IU; Zinc 0.27 mg; Selenium 3 mcg; Manganese 0.20 mg

Ginger Divine

The benefits of this vegetable drink
A different twist, which is also very good, and an excellent source of beta-carotene.

Ingredients
5 carrots 1/2 apple 1/2-inch slice of fresh ginger

Remove green leaves from carrots, and wash until clean. Wash apple to remove chemicals, then slice, and remove seeds and stalk. Peel and remove skin, if waxed. Insert in Juicer.

MAKES 2 SERVINGS

Serving size 3/4 cup; Calories 63; Grams fat 0.3; % of calories fat 4; Beta-carotene 35,108 IU; Lutein and zeaxanthin 0 mcg; Vitamin C 12.0 mg; Vitamin E 1.0 IU; Zinc 0.25 mg; Selenium 3 mcg; Manganese 0.18 mg

Night Vision

The benefits of this vegetable drink An excellent source of beta-carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin.

Ingredients
5 carrots 1/2 cup kale, mustard greens, or collard greens, loosely packed

Remove green leaves from carrots, and wash until clean. Rinse greens to remove chemicals. Insert in juicer.

MAKES 2 SERVINGS Serving size 3/4 cup; Calories 56; Grams fat 0.29; % of calories fat 5; Beta-carotene 35,453 IU; Lutein and zeaxanthin 1,835 mcg; Vitamin C 22 mg; Vitamin E 1.0 IU; Zinc 0.27 mg; Selenium 3 mcg; Manganese 0.18 mg

Vegetable Drinks Rich in Antioxidants & Good For Eye Health