Do fruit and vegetable juices give vitamins equally to raw vegetable and fruit when consuming ?!
Answers:
There is a small portion of vitamins and minerals that will remain in the pulp - depending on how well your juice extracts.
Also - some vitamins like Vitamin C start to oxidize and diminish soon after juicing, so drink it quickly after you make it and do not store it.
Eating whole fruits and vegetables is best, as all of the nutrients (not just vitamins, but antioxidants,too) are in it and the fibers help do slow the digestion to prevent a spike in blood glucose.
BTW - some nutrients are more available to your body if the vegetables are briefly cooked (like the lycopene in tomatoes, for example) and others are more available if you eat them with a little bit of oil or fat with them - such as the beta carotenes in green leafy vegetables. So it is important to have a variety of foods, made in a variety of ways throughout the week. Eat some raw, some cooked, juice some and use a salad dressing with a healthy fat in it.
No. Conventional fruit drinks or juices are pasteurized. Juices subjected to pasteurization impairs flavor and makes juices lose some nutritional value.
