Juicing Guide for All

Vegetables are an important part of a balanced diet. Since 2.5 to 3 cups of vegetables are recommended per day, you may be looking for new ways to add vegetables to your diet.There is no question that eating your vegetables is good for your health, but what about drinking them?  Juicing vegetables is one of the latest health trends, so here’s what you need to know about adding fresh juices to your diet. 1. Juicing is Not Better Than Eating Whole Fruits and Veggies Vegetables are good for your body. That’s a fact—some of them even help fight cancer.  But juicing advocates often claim that drinking juice is better for you than consuming whole fruits and vegetables, because removing the fiber makes nutrients easier to absorb.  There isn’t any scientific research to support this. Your digestive system is designed to handle fiber and effectively extract nutrients from a variety of foods, including whole fruits and vegetables.[2]  While juicing is a great way to incorpora...

With new juice bars popping up around the country, and many people stocking their kitchens with a home juicer, there's no doubt juicing is the latest health craze. Fresh-squeezed and freshly bottled juices have become a popular way to get the health benefits of fruits and vegetables and are also favored by dieters looking to "cleanse" their way to weight loss. But do juicing’s health claims hold up? The Health Claims Proponents of juicing claim that juicing is a good way to get a bounty of fruits and vegetables and that it's easier to absorb nutrients from juice than whole foods. That’s only partly true. While you can, literally, squeeze out many of the vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals found in fruits and vegetables by juicing them (and thereby get a lot of those nutrients), you also lose the fiber — a component of fruits and vegetables (and other whole plant foods) that adds to satiety and helps improve heart and digestive health. The Pros & Cons Since you ...

Freshly juiced fruit has become a staple in many diets – especially those of busy, health-conscious consumers who can save time on making (and perhaps even chewing) their food without missing out on nutrients. Fruit juice also has been linked to claims that it can help you both lose weight, and ‘detox’ your system. All of which, of course, has made it highly lucrative. The global fruit and vegetable juices market was valued at $154 billion (£123bn) in 2016 and is expected to grow. But is juicing really as healthy as we think? You might also like: • Is breakfast the most important meal of the day? • Are you eating enough salt? • Cold remedies: Old wives’ tales… or legitimate science? Most foods containing fructose – a naturally occurring sugar found in all fruits and fruit juices – don't seem to have harmful effects as long as they're not contributing to excess daily calories. This is because the fibre found in whole fruits is intact, and the sugar is contained within the fruit...