A study conducted by the University of California reveals that vegetable juice provides exceptional health benefits. Although this ‘discovery’ is not news to many natural health dieticians and enthusiasts, it is still important that it is backed up with scientific data.
The researchers studied 3 groups of men and women who were in good health. Each group had meetings with a dietician who recommended ways to incorporate a larger amount of vegetables into their diet.
Additionally, they were requested to drink a minimum of eight ounces of 100% vegetable juice every day.
Those who did drink the vegetable juice, as a result, fulfilled their daily requirement of 5 servings of fresh fruit or vegetables that is needed for good health. Only 25% of the study group who did not consume the vegetable juice fulfilled their requirement.
The study was actually aimed at establishing eating habits as it is known that over 70% of Americans do not consume even the most minimal recommendation of fresh vegetables. This is important as a lack of fresh vegetable intake leads to a variety of conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and even cancer.
After a few weeks into the study, the people consuming the vegetable juice said they enjoyed drinking it.
The study author, Professor Carl Keen, from the department of nutrition and medicine at California University, said “We found that drinking vegetable juice seemed to address some of the key barriers to vegetable consumption such as convenience, portability and taste, so individuals were more likely to meet their daily recommendations.”
The results of the study are being shown at annual conference of the American Dietetic Association.
Source: healthypages.co.uk
