Rich in precious nutrients for health, they are sometimes the solution to consume more fresh fruit and vegetables. However, there are different types and each has different benefits. An expert explains which to choose
The mixes of fruit and vegetables to drink are now found everywhere. From the bar to the supermarket. The advantages? They make it possible to increase the consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables, ensure many valuable nutrients for health, from vitamins to minerals, and are practical to prepare even at home. However, finding your way around is not easy. Better in "juice" or "juice" version? Let's see with the help of the nutritionist Nicoletta Bocchino which to choose and why.
What are they different?
«The centrifuged juices are obtained with the centrifuge, a device that separates the liquid part from the fibrous part. The same happens in the extracted juices, that is in those prepared with the extractor, which however remain a little richer in fiber. They have the advantage of being more digestible. However, compared to the former, the latter better conserve minerals, antioxidants and heat-sensitive vitamins, such as vitamin A, C and E, of which fruits and vegetables are particularly rich , explains nutritionist Nicoletta Bocchino. With the extractor the juice is in fact cold extracted at a much lower rate than that of centrifuges. "The juices obtained mechanically with the citrus squeezer instead allow to better preserve the fibers essential for regular bowel movements and to keep the circulatory system healthy: they can be added directly to the liquid part". The advice to ensure the fullness of all the virtues of vegetables, the expert suggests, "is to alternate the different types of drinks without giving up whole fruits and vegetables, which, compared to the one to drink, ensures so many fibers that make them absorb less sugars and satiate more .
How to prepare and consume them
«To prepare juices and juices it is better to choose fruit and vegetables of biological origin and not too mature. In addition to being more rich in nutrients, the organic one is produced without pesticides. Vegetables at the right degree of ripeness ensure more vitamins and antioxidants. The fruit that is not too ripe has less sugar . To avoid losing the benefits, they should be consumed immediately after preparing them. "In contact with air, antioxidants such as vitamin C tend to oxidize."
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