Can vegetable juice be considered a vegetable serving?
Studies have shown that people who eat a large variety of vegetables may reduce their risk of cancer, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Eating the whole vegetable is better, because the fiber is usually lost when the juice is extracted. What’s more, the whole vegetable is more likely to fill you up. By comparison, processed juices are more calorie-dense and have more sodium. However, fresh and even canned or bottled 100 percent vegetable juices contain much of their vegetables’ original vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals, and so can occasionally be a good alternative.
Studies have shown that people who eat a large variety of vegetables may reduce their risk of cancer, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Eating the whole vegetable is better, because the fiber is usually lost when the juice is extracted. What’s more, the whole vegetable is more likely to fill you up. By comparison, processed juices are more calorie-dense and have more sodium. However, fresh and even canned or bottled 100% vegetable juices contain much of their vegetables’ original vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals, and so can occasionally be a good alternative.
