Is V8 vegetable juice drink healthy, really?
I don’t believe unrefined salt is bad for you, but refined salt is unhealthy. I am torn by juicing and recommend whole fresh vegetables instead. V8 juice contains no fat source, so any vitamins & minerals are wasted. I would suggest eating nuts with it at least. Juicing fruits & vegetables, will have a much different reaction in the body than eating the whole fruit or vegetable. Fruits encapsulate fructose (the sugars) in fiber, as one lecturer* states – providing the antidote to the poison. *Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-… Another study done a few years ago at Ohio State University showed that salad dressing with oil brings out the best in a salad when compared to no-fat, low-fat dressings. When the seven test subjects consumed salads with no-fat dressing, the absorption of carotenoids was negligible. When a reduced-fat