hi i was just wondering if i could drink vegtable juice for my 5 serves of veges a day as apossed to eating the real thing with my meals at night time. have they the same nutrient requirement ect?.
sometimes i dont feel hungrey enough to eat a big bowl of veges aswell at dinner time so any info in general would be great also what about fruit juice.which brands of store brought vege juice are the best for you thanks.
2006-10-03 18:54:57 · 9 answers · asked by nomorebabieshaha 3 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
v 8 juice is good the only thing you will miss out on is fiber. there are also low sugar drinks that are based on carrot juice but taste like fruit juice which are good for you, they are v8 splash juices.
2006-10-03 18:58:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything coming out of a can is processed! It is homogenized(blended) and pasteurized(heated to kill germs and viruses). This makes it possible to can and not rot in the can and kill you. But in the process, all the nutrients and a lot of the volatile vitamins are evaporated away. So the next step is to put back what was taken out by the process and that's called fortifying. So they put all the vitamins and minerals that got evaporated out, back in. Plus there is no fiber or trace amounts. If you want veggie juice, do it yourself, get a juicer machine, they actually work!
2006-10-03 19:13:45 · answer #2 · answered by cuttlekid 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A serving is only half a cup. That's not that much. You can do either fruit or veg. I don't know what other countries equivalent to Canad's Food guide is but they have lists of what makes a serving. You'd be surprised. You aren't eating big bowls of veggies. And V8 is better than nothing I guess.
2006-10-03 19:26:10 · answer #3 · answered by ebonyruffles 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i understand some each and every physique is fixated on uncooked however the cost of uncooked would not postpone to processed whilst speaking approximately lycopene. learn proves time and time back that V8 and processed tomato products a great deal outperform uncooked tomato products whilst it consists of offering lycopene, that's a maximum cancers buster!. in case you like tomatos and lycopene, you're some distance smarter to circulate with a V8 extremely than munching down a uncooked tomato. So, drink up and revel in all those maximum cancers-combating nutrition!
2016-10-15 12:13:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vegetable juice is better than nothing at all but by eating the vegetables you are also getting the fiber.
2006-10-03 18:58:10 · answer #5 · answered by tommygirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats right that u will miss fibre but never be sure of purity of packed juices most of the things are adultrated noways in the market
2006-10-03 19:04:34 · answer #6 · answered by Nick 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is better than nothing, but V8has loads of sodium, so by the lower sodium version and take those fiber pills
2006-10-03 19:02:57 · answer #7 · answered by moluvsmark 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
just like meat juice is a good substitute for meat
2006-10-03 19:51:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The advertisements say it is just as good.. but I don't believe it. Good Luck ! :)
2006-10-03 18:59:56 · answer #9 · answered by tysavage2001 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋