Fruit Juices – to Drink or to Eat?

The everyday foods that we consume are sometimes not healthy but many of us know that.  There is a big concern that some of these foods may cause a larger issue than we expected.  The same goes for ingredients in cosmetic where I wrote an article on(read it here).  

 Yes we all know that fats and sugar can be bad if he consume too much of it every day.  The question becomes how much do most common food have of sugar or bad fats.  Another thing that we tend to overlook is that sometimes the food may contain things much worse such as growth hormones, antibiotics and pesticides commonly used in agriculture.  

 Right of the bat, I can say that the best way to avoid this is to grow your own vegetables and purchase locally if possible.  I understand that sometimes you may be living in a colder climate where growing your own garden year-round is not possible.  One way to combat this is to have a garden in the summer and to store the leftovers for the winter in freezer bags.  There are many tricks to do this.  Another viable way of having a good amount of vegetables for the winter is to have a community garden.  This is a good set up to have in your community.

Juice troubles

Many of the so-called healthy foods you find in the supermarket may not be in fact healthy at all.  The confusing issue is that sometimes these are misleading because of how advertising works in America.  Just because it says the word healthy on a package does not mean that everything in the ingredients is good for you.  The one thing that I truly recommend you doing is to eliminate process fruit juices.  I’m specifically talking about the commercial brands because they are loaded with too much sugar.  Sometimes the sugar is more than any sort of drinks.  

How is it processed?

Another issue is that the juices are pasteurized and this will actually remove any of its healthy good minerals.  Furthermore, many of this liquid from the actual fruit which are stripped of his minerals already is stored in a tank and it can be in their depending how much the company’s is selling.  Because of this, the oxygen’s will be removed in order to preserve it but the taste of the actual juice is essentially gone.   

What happens next, is that these companies will add artificial flavour’s as well as aromas to help it simulate the taste and smell of the real stuff.  And you guessed it, one of the main ingredients to enhance the flavour is the syrup of fructose corn.  The best way to have your fruits is eating it.  Be aware that fruits on its own does have a lot of sugar but is loaded with so much minerals and vitamins.  When you’re making a smoothie and adding fruits, tried to add more leafy green vegetables to counteract the amount of sugar and fruits.  A good combination is bananas and spinach.