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  • Mango Juice

    Mango Juice

    A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by a tropical tree known as Mangifera indica whose origin can be traced to northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India. It’s cold juice is refreshing, giving a feeling of relaxation and tranquility, A very pleasant sip during a hot day especially if you live in hot Asian region or tropical Africa.

    India is the leading mango producer in the world with an estimated 24.7 million tons of mango production per year followed by Indonesia at 3.6 million tons per year and china at 2.4 million tons per year. Other major producers of mangoes includes Pakistan, Brazil, Mexico and Nigeria. Many other countries produces mangoes and mango tree is a common tree in many places. Therefore, it is not difficult to find mangoes. Mango Juice is therefore cheap to obtain but with numerous health benefits. It is a juice you can easily make because it does not need sophisticated tools or expensive ingredients.

    Health benefits of mangoes includes:

    • Has compounds that shields cells from the DNA damage that can leaf to degenerative diseases like type 2 diabetes and cancer.
    • supports heart health in terms of managing the levels of lipids you have in your blood
    • is a great source of carotenoids which is very important in boosting immune system functionality
    • contains high level of vitamin C which produces collagen tissue that gives our skin elasticity it needs preventing wrinkles and sagging.
    • It ease constipation
    • Have an antioxidant called beta-carotene that helps promote eye health

    Making of mango Juice

    INGREDIENTS

    • Mangoes
    • Milk
    • Sugar
    • 3 ice cubes (optional)

    Tools

    • Blender
    • Peeler
    • Tablespoons

    Procedure

    • Wash an rinse your mangoes
    • pat with a kitchen towel to dry for easy peeling.
    • peel and dispose of the stones
    • chopp into chunks and into the blender.
    • add 3 tablespoons of sugar at this point to add sweetness or 2 tablespoons of honey or palm sugar or coconut sugar.
    • add 2 ice cubes (optional) which help to thicken the milkshake.
    • blend till smooth. There should be no chunks of mangoes in the shake. if the shake is too thick you can opt to add more milk to be slightly thinner.
    • pour in glasses and serve with a topping of diced mango chunks or sprinkles or whipped cream

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