Fruits should be an essential part of your daily diet as they are packed with essential nutrients, vitamins, minerals and fibre. It is always advisable to eat whole fruits, especially those that are in season. However, people often take fruit juice instead, thinking they are getting the same essential nutrients.
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not actually. According to Dr. Siddhant Bhargava, celebrity nutritionist and doctor known for guiding celebrities like Alia Bhatt, Ananya Panday and Sara Ali Khan, fruit juices, especially the packaged juices available in the markets, are nothing but sweetened water.
In an Instagram video dated March 16, Dr. Bhargava highlighted why fruit juice is not good for your health; Rather, they only add sugar to your body.
Why is fruit juice bad for your health?
Stressing that fruit juice is poisoning us, the nutritionist said, “I have been saying the same thing again and again. Saying it once again with another entertaining video. Please remember that fruits are healthy, but without their fibre, vitamins and minerals, they are nothing but sugar water.”
According to nutritionists, the notion that fruit juices are healthy is just a myth, as they are nothing more than colored, sugary water. But then how come whole fruits are healthy, but fruit juice is not?
Nutritionists said whole fruits contain vitamins and minerals you won’t find anywhere else. “But they also have a lot of sugar. And any sugar in fruits is not healthy, which is why the fruits you eat have a lot of fiber,” he said.
How does the fiber in whole fruits help?
The nutritionist said the fiber in fruits prevents the sugar in fruits from being rapidly absorbed into your bloodstream, preventing insulin spikes and keeping fruits healthy.
“But when juice is extracted, the fiber gets separated. Moreover, due to the increased heat during the juicing process, vitamins and minerals are also destroyed, leaving only sweetened water, which is causing a loot in the market in the name of being healthy. So, next time you feel like drinking juice, eat fruits instead of juice,” he warns.
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