Fresh Focus - Just Carrots 17 AIM Just Carrots

Carrots are considered to be an ideal health food. That’s why back in 1991, AIM introduced a whole-food concentrate containing just carrots to its nutritional lineup. No juicing of this root vegetable required!

In spite of being naturally sweet, carrots have a relatively low impact on blood sugar levels. One serving of Just Carrots contains 7 grams of natural sugar from this healthy vegetable. No other sugar, sweeteners or artificial coloring is added.

Beneficial for overall

wholebody

health, Just Carrots delivers particularly effective nutrition for the eyes and skin.

The beta-carotene in carrots is an antioxidant carotenoid that your body converts to vitamin A, essential for red blood cell production, immunesystem support, good vision and healthy skin.

Creating Just Carrots

A three-step process is used to make pure, extracted juice from carrots with the fibre removed. Preserving the carrot’s nutritional bounty, AIM’s process involves freeze-drying at low temperatures in a vacuum-sealed chamber to create carrot crystals that are clearly, healthy gems!

Twenty-two pounds of raw carrots go into each canister of Just Carrots powder, delivering their wealth of vegetable nutrients, including a rich source of beta-carotene and active enzymes.

AIM Just Carrots

By Charlotte Meschede - Nutritionist

• Highly nutritious: 1 serving of AIM

Just Carrots will provide 9 grams carbohydrate (7 grams sugars), provitamin A 6370mcg, 68 mg sodium and 358 mg potassium. • Carrot juice may maintain eye health.

Specifically, one cup (250 ml) carrot juice provides over 250% of the recommended intake for vitamin A. In carrot juice this is in the form of beta-carotene which is converted into vitamin A by the body.

Carrot juice also provides the carotenoid pigments, lutein and zeaxanthin, which act as antioxidants in your body. These two carotenoids accumulate in the eyes and shield them from damaging light.

The main carotenoid in carrot juice is beta-carotene, which is responsible for carrots’ orange color. Your body converts it into the antioxidant vitamin A. • Improving your immunity: everyone in the medical fraternity will agree that if individuals improve their nutritional status, their immunity could also improve. • Although carrot juice does contain some sugars (7 grams per serving in AIM Just

Carrots), this amount is considerably lower than that found in fruit juices, sweetened cold drinks and other sugary beverages, so it makes a suitable replacement for that daily juice fix. All diabetics need to be aware of any extra sugars in foods and beverages that they consume as this will affect their blood sugar levels. However, since carrot juice

AIM Just Carrots has been extracted from whole carrots. Carrot juice has long been known for its health benefits and is thought to boost immunity and maintain eye health. The main benefits of carrot juice are the following:

is low in comparison to other sugary drinks and fruit juices, drinking carrot juice is a great alternative, ensuring superior nutrient intake.

The only side-effect of drinking too much carrot juice is beta-carotenemia, which is due to the excessive accumulation of betacarotene in the skin. Some people are more vulnerable than others, but if you drink one cup of carrot juice per day, then this is unlikely to happen. However, if your diet also consists mostly of yellow and orange pigmented fruits and vegetables like butternut, pumpkin, papino and oranges, then you may only need to drink carrot juice on alternate days. Beta-carotenemia is a benign condition and will not cause any ill-effects.

In summary AIM Just Carrots has the following benefits: • Helps maintain whole-body health • Delivers powerful antioxidants that can prevent free radical formation • Provides beneficial nutrients for the eyes and skin • Contains active enzymes • Nearly three decades of safe and beneficial use by AIM Members • Tested pesticide-free • Each canister contains nearly 139 large carrots • No added sugars, artificial colouring or sweeteners • Eliminates the task of juicing