Can Drinking Juices Keep You Slim?

One of the commercials I saw on TV over the weekend was trying to sell you on the idea of drinking its fruity vegetable juice.  If you drank only 2-3 cans a day you would get the equivalent of a days worth of vegetables.

Well, there are a couple of problems with this ad.  One is that they don't tell you that you will also get the sugar content of drinking about three sodas a day.  Way too much sugar.

But, the more important thing is, that you are not getting the equivalent of eating vegetables.  If you buy your vegetables, steam them and then eat them you will get almost all of the nutrients and fiber that vegetables give you. 

If you buy a canned drink, these vegetables have been pretty much destroyed.  The nutrient levels are much lower than if you just ate the vegetables.  And the fiber levels (which we all need) are also much lower. 

Plus it is going to cost you a heck of a lot more paying for three of those drinks every day than it would if you just ate your vegetables. 

Yes, it is much easier to drink a can of juice than it is to cook some vegetables. 

And beyond boiling water, my cooking skills are pretty much non-existent.  Fortunately, there is an answer. 

Frozen vegetables.  For the most part these vegetables have been cut and flash frozen to preserve most of the nutrients.  So buy a large bag of your favorite vegetable or a bag of mixed vegetables and pour some into some boiling water and in a few minutes you have an inexpensive side dish of vegetables. 

You do lose some nutrients because the skin has been taken off, but you also don't have the added sugars of the vegetable drinks. 

By the way, the same goes for your fruit juices.  Stick to the fruits and forego the sugars in the fruit drinks. 

Thanks,

Mike Val

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