Red is the new orange

When health foods are thought of today, nut milks, protein balls and Himalayan berries come to mind. Whilst these are all healthy, there is a very natural yet versatile product made right here in Australia – blood oranges. These oranges are a feast to the eye and taste buds – with distinct health properties for the body.

Blood oranges have a distinct deep crimson colour, thanks to the anthocyanins produced in the flesh of the fruit. Redbelly Citrus, Australia’s premium blood orange growers call the anthocyanins found in their blood oranges VitaminRED®. The mix of anthocyanins constituting VitaminRED® have been demonstrated to reduce the impacts of modern life and improve health.

Blood orange juice counters the effect of a fatty diet

Eat yourself slim? It seems unlikely however in clinical research it was demonstrated that lab mice that were given unfettered access to blood orange juice did not get fat as compared to the control groups who were given access to regular orange juice or even water!

The authors stated that blood orange juice effectively counteracted the consequence of the high fat diet that ordinarily resulted in obesity. Other recent studies have demonstrated blood orange juice’s ability to prevent fatty livers in mice fed a high fat diet.

Blood orange extracts prevent skin spots and signs of aging from UV exposure

An effective sunscreen through eating? Two papers published in recent years have looked at the effect of the consumption of an extract made from flesh of blood oranges. Blood orange extract consumption was shown to strengthen skin defences, protecting skin from damaging processes involved in photo-aging and leading to an improvement in skin appearance and pigmentation. The same extract was shown to also prevent skin damage post UV exposure.

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