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Sunday, July 3, 2011

Vegetable Juice Diet or Raw Vegetables

 
Increase intake of vegetables may be listed in your diet resolutions. In order for the higher intake of vegetables, then eat your vegetable juice. There's nothing wrong with this choice. However, the benefits of eating raw vegetables can not be replaced with vegetable juice.

Mayo Clinic's nutrition expert, Katherine Zeratsky RD LD, say, low-sodium vegetable juice can increase the amount of intake of vegetables in your diet program. However, he added, you should only consume vegetable juice regularly and not be a daily routine, let alone replace the intake of raw vegetables that keep your body needs.

"The lack of intake of raw vegetables would cause the risk of constipation, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and overweight," says Zeratsky.

Vegetable juices contain vitamins and minerals are high, but lower fiber content than raw vegetables because of the manufacturing process in the blender. Meanwhile, says Zeratsky, adults need at least 203 cups of vegetables every day. This amount will vary depending on each person of age, gender, and physical activity. You can get these vegetable requirements from various sources, can be either raw or cooked vegetables, fresh or chilled vegetables, canned vegetables and vegetable juices.

Importantly, balance your intake of fresh vegetables or raw vegetable juice to your diet program a success and stay healthy.

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