Is it healthier to drink just vegetable juices? I find that when I juice corn kernels, that my body actually digest the corn. If I eat corn on the cob, I tend to see pieces of corn before I flush. Which indicates, my body is not digesting it.
Is anyone else here a juicearian?
2007-08-02 22:55:01 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
Michael H, I have reported you to Yahoo! Answers.
2007-08-02 23:01:13 · update #1
Your body needs fiber, aka "Vitamin F".
Juice is NOT healthier than the vegetables it's made from; just the opposite.
2007-08-02 23:00:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nobody can digest the coverings of the corn kennels, I think we're missing the enzyme that digests it. So if you don't chew it very well the inside of the corn thats covered won't be digested either.
The reason why you don't see them when you flush after drinking it is because the pieces of the covering would be too small, but they are still there, believe me.
If drinking vegetable juices is the only way you can get the veggies in then, why not, but I think the most healthy way is having them as they are, they have more fiber that way.
2007-08-02 23:00:32 · answer #2 · answered by ♥ Mummy ♥ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have been juicing for quite a few years now and I am constantly in awe as to the many health benefits it provides.
As far as corn is concnered, jucing it may be the only way for our bodies to totally digest it. Trust me - you're not the only one who sees entire kernels on their way out.
Of course I would advocate for you to keep drinking the juice, but you can (and should!) still eat the vegetables as well.
You didn't mention anything about fruit juices and if you do not really do that, you should totally get into it. Fruit juices are delicious! Just as an example, bromine is a great and rare enzyme found only in pineapple. The majority of it is found in the skin. Obviously, we have a hard time with pineapple skin, but if you stick it in your juicer, you can reap all the benefits from it. Same thing with watermelon rind and cantaloupe rind...they both contain nutrients that we normally wouldn't get w/o the juicer.
Good luck!
2007-08-03 01:53:50 · answer #3 · answered by YSIC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How could you possibly know if your body was digesting the corn juice? That doesn't make much sense to me.
And how are you reporting people to answers with as rude as you are sometimes? Get over it.
No I don't like the vegetable juice more than every once in a while... I prefer to eat the vegetables themselves.
2007-08-03 09:44:49 · answer #4 · answered by SST 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't drink juices myself, it seems like a waste to me. I like smoothies, that way you get all the fiber and nutrients from the whole fruits and veggies plus the vitamins and minerals from the added soymilk. My favorite is strawberry-banana-kiwi with some spinach for added iron (you can't taste the spinach). Carrot-apple is good as well. A smoothie and a peanut butter sandwich makes a quick and easy lunch.
As for the corn thing, that's quite disturbing. I'm glad I don't like whole corn. Is there really any point to eating it if it just comes right out anyway?
2007-08-03 06:57:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drinking vegie and fruit drinks are good , but your pic shows you as a woman and you need calcium too. I am 43 and always loved my milk and yogurt. 3 weeks ago I was hit by a car and at my age if I did not love my milk cheese and yogurt I should have shattered bones! I was going to the grocery store near my home and an idiot was on his cell as I tumbled over his car and I was walking in a safe legal manner, he started to slow down and decided to run a red light and I got hit! Luckily I am healthy and had only a knee sprain, I was pissed because I was in for running Mount Marathon in Seward, Alaska. Alaska is my home and i had to put away my bikes and feel like a gimp! I am thankful because of MRI I am only sprained but it f***** my summer and the driver is honorable and paying dearly , but the money means nothing! My point is to have a varied diet and a vegan can be healthy with vitamins and eating legumes andgrains Eat well because I know what you are going through
2007-08-02 23:23:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have thought that the difference would be minimal but as others have said you will get the fibre from eating whole.
On another point why did you report Michael H? Seems kind of petty doesn't it? He was not exactly rude or anything like that. The reporting should really be left for serious midemeanours - or am I missing a hidden message?
2007-08-02 23:05:49 · answer #7 · answered by ShuggieMac 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Although I love vegetable and fruit juices, juicing the fruit/vegetable takes away alot of the vitamins in the food.
So although you digest it better you are not absorbing the amount of vitamins you would be absorbing otherwise.
2007-08-04 08:19:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what you see out there are called fiber, which is extremely important for a healthy digestive system. fiber forms part of those carbohydrates that are not digested. even though they do not bring any nutrient to your body, they are extremely beneficial to provide roughage to your intestinal transit. so better eat vegetables whole rather than juice
2007-08-02 23:56:48 · answer #9 · answered by PSYCHE 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well it all depends on your body 's adjustment with fibres.
in general a normal person cannot do with just vege juices ...........and remain healthy .
if u are a growing up kid u cant do wid just veg juices..... but for the oldies it would be highly preffered...agreed??
and plz do chew the food properly before swallowing it .
2007-08-02 23:02:09 · answer #10 · answered by all s in mind......... 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋