#7 Whole Fruit vs Fruit Juice

Did you know: Eating a fruit lowers your chance of diabetes, while drinking fruit juice increases the risk?

When we plan to go on a diet or aim at weight loss, the one thing we majorly tend to do is drinking fruit juices, be it making your own fruit juice or buying processed ones. But how many of you have thought about the sugars you consume by doing so?

                                   

You might tell me that you do not add any sugar to you fruit juice; it is fresh, natural and healthy; and you get your quota of vitamins and minerals from the juice. It is natural but how many fruits do you use to make a glass full of fruit juice? Definitely more than one right? By using more than one fruit for your fruit juice, you end up consuming more sugars than you imagine (as you all know fruits contain sugars), increasing the caloric level, spiking up your sugar level, and losing on the most important factor, fiber, required to minimize the effects of sugar on your blood sugar level. 

Fiber? Where are they present?

Fibers aids in proper digestion and are majorly present in fruit skins and membranes (which are not included while making fruit juices). 

What are so special about fruit skins?

Fruit skins (the outermost layer of the fruit) interact with the sunlight, forming a variety of pigments such as Carotenoids and Anthocyanins. These pigment-containing fruit skins are a very rich source of antioxidants, which are required to protect our health from various diseases and aliments.

Consuming a whole fruit will keep you full, balances your fiber and sugar intake, and ensures you get all the needed nutritional requirements to the fullest without compromising on calories. 

Its now up to you to decide!

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