If eating vegetables is an effort, you may be one of the people who are delighted to find them in liquid form, in juices or "mixtures" that mix several vegetables and sometimes fruits (we think of the brands Nubio, Moodiz , Paf Le Jus or even those on the shelves of supermarkets). Yes, but here it is:a vegetable juice is good, it's fun and nice to drink, but does it really exempt us from eating our green beans or our spinach in the evening? The answer is no, and it's mostly a fiber issue.
Science &Future has combed through the good points of vegetable juices:they are rich in antioxidants (polyphenols in particular), vitamins, zinc, manganese (involved in the formation of cartilage), but also in potassium. And above all, the juices allow people who have difficulty following the recommendations (5 servings of fruits and vegetables, a figure recently re-evaluated to 10) to compensate a little. However, there is something missing in the juices, compared to the "real" vegetables, it is the fibers, which are "broken" during the manufacturing process. Fibers are non-assimilable carbohydrates that accelerate intestinal transit, reduce blood sugar levels, give a feeling of satiety faster and reduce certain risks of disease (type 2 diabetes, colon, rectum and breast cancer, etc.). ANSES recommends consuming 30 g per day and we are often far from the mark. In addition, some recipes display a significant amount of salt, even sugar (especially in vegetable/fruit mixtures).
Clearly, a vegetable juice in addition to our daily consumption or occasionally as a cure is great, but it does not exempt us from eating vegetables and fruits during meals. We have been warned!
