Best drinks to help alleviate common conditions in older people

‍Often it can be difficult for elderly people to chew and swallow their food and if this is the case, smoothies and juices can be the answer in terms of ensuring that your older relative  gets the right level of vitamins and other nutrients in their diet

Certain smoothies and juices can be very helpful with specific ailments:

• Anti-ageing: juice     grapes, blackcurrants and apple for make a delicious drink     packed full of vitamin E and C, which are the most efficient vitamins for     fighting against free radical damage, which cause ageing

• Heart and circulation:     Juice blackcurrants with spinach, which is packed full of     potassium,which helps to control blood pressure
• Anaemia: to     restore iron levels, juice carrots, cabbage leaves and cucumber
• Prevent colds: by     juicing carrots, garlic and parsley. The anti-oxidant and anti-viral     properties of the garlic help to ward off colds
• Digestion: try     juicing pineapple, plain yoghurt and a little water for a     smoothie which will restore good bacteria in the gut. Particularly good     after a bout of diarrhoea
• Urinary infections: juice     cranberries and watermelon for a fabulous pink juice drink, which will     help with urinary infections
• Prostrate problems: melons     are gently diuretic and contain magnesium and potassium, which help to     balance the hormonal system. Juice the melon with an apple and broccoli,     the latter of which contains anti-cancer nutrients
• Joint pain: this     can be alleviated by juicing leeks,which have great     anti-inflammatory properties with carrots and parsley
• Anti-inflammatory: Leeks     have great cleansing and anti-inflammatory properties. Juice the leeks     with apples and ginger, which will stimulate the circulation and can ease joint pain

• Constipation:juice tomatoes, spinach and carrots, which are all high in fibre and will help to relax the bowels

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