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Prunes to Fight Constipation and Shed Unwanted Pounds

Updated on July 22, 2017

Prune Juice is loaded with several significant health benefits. Prunes help role treat constipation and a host of gastro-intestinal disorders. Prunes also play a crucial role in a weight loss regimen.

Have a Glass of Prune Juice Everyday

Prunes are plums that have been dehydrated; they offer you several important health benefits. Prunes are loaded with vitamin C, vitamin A, potassium and plenty of dietary fiber.

What’s more, the fruit is packed with powerful anti oxidants that grant strong protection against free radical damage; thus staving off age related problems such as osteoarthritis and bone pain, heart ailments and vascular damage.

Prune Juice Benefits: Prunes Nutrition

  • Prune juice supplies the body with a high concentration of vitamin C, which plays a crucial role in enhancing immunity.
  • Prunes are also loaded with Vitamin A which plays a pivotal part in eye health and improving vision. Vitamin A also is essential for improving the texture and quality of the skin
  • Regular consumption of prunes is beneficial in the management of iron deficiency anemia, since prunes are packed with Iron. Iron is vital for the formulation of hemoglobin. In addition prunes are loaded with potassium, vitamin B6 and dietary fibers.


Lose Weight and Treat Constipation

Prunes to Keep the Gastro-intestinal Tract Functioning Optimally

Prunes are excellent foods to battle constipation, even the most chronic and obstinate case. The fruit is packed with fiber and roughage; this adds bulk to the stools and aids in bowel evacuation. Daily consumption of prunes helps regularize bowel movement and staves off painful and difficult motion. It also speeds up the passage of the stools, thus reducing transit time and exposure of the colon to carcinogenic agents.

A host of gastrointestinal problems can be easily handled by incorporating prunes in to your daily diet. Irritable bowel syndrome, traveler's diarrhea and gastric disturbances, excessive flatulence, stomach cramps and hemorrhoids are just some of the GI tract ailments that can be effectively managed by prunes.

Slice off Belly Fat with Prune Juice

The nutrients present in prunes aid in the process of weight reduction. The high fiber content regularizes the appetite, keeps you feeling fuller for longer and detoxifies the entire GI tract. Prunes are decidedly beneficial when you are planning a detox program. The fiber in the fruit helps brush the walls of the colon and get rid of built up debris and undigested matter. it sluices the colon clean, thus pepping up digestion and assimilation; and consequently resulting in weight loss.

Potassium found in the fruit balances the body’s metabolism, which in turn, facilitates burning down of calories, which helps you shed unwanted and superfluous fat. Significantly, when the body is cleansed off all the noxious toxic wastes, the skin looks radiant and youthful and the hair look beautiful too.

However, it is important to bear in mind that prunes assist in weight loss only when the dietary program is combined with a regular exercise routine and a wholesome, low-fat diet.

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