Delicious fresh oranges are in the stores now, so give this lovely orange smoothie a go and make the most of them. Not only will it taste wonderful but you’ll get a huge boost of Vitamin C and fiber from them, plus the limonen (limonin) found in the zest.

The folks at WHFoods tell us why we should add the orange zest (& a little of the white pulp!) to our smoothies, saying …

But it is yet another flavanone [phytonutrients/flavonoids] in oranges, the herperidin molecule, which has been singled out in phytonutrient research on oranges. Arguably, the most important flavanone in oranges, herperidin has been shown to lower high blood pressure as well as cholesterol in animal studies, and to have strong anti-inflammatory properties. Importantly, most of this phytonutrient is found in the peel and inner white pulp of the orange, rather than in its liquid orange center, so this beneficial compound is too often removed by the processing of oranges into juice.

 

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