We all want to eat healthier…eat more fruits and veggies, less sodium, more protein, etc. There are of course a variety of ways to go about this. Turning to a vegetable juice, like V-8, is how many people get their daily servings of vegetables. But is a quick V-8 really the answer? Dr. PK Newby takes a look at vegetable juice in today’s post and discusses the pro’s, con’s and ultimately, gives her opinion on using a vegetable juice drink to reach your daily veggie requirements…
Should’ve Had a V-8?
I have some unfinished business I need to complete regarding vegetable juices, and this is the subject of today’s post. It’s almost as thrilling as maple buttercream and pan seared bluefish, I know. (Not served together! Geesh.) In all seriousness, though, I was in fact pretty darn excited when I made homemade vegetable juice, so I’m glad to have the opportunity to revisit the issue.
Truth be told, I have no idea how many people actually drink tomato juice and/or whatever other vegetables juices in the year 2011 – and there are quite a few on our crowded supermarket shelves. I imagine it was more popular a few decades back: in an episode of Mad Men c.1960 a woman ordered a tomato juice apéritif, which came served with a lemon wedge. I laughed when the waiter brought the juice over because it looked exactly like the juice I served up on the video I posted a few weeks back. (See picture, right, and you can also click here to watch how I made it.)
Nevertheless, at least one student in my class drinks it – hence this email – and I know some people enjoy bloody or virgin marys with brunch, so in this post I’ve provided some things for you to consider if you include vegetable juices in your diet.
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Matt
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