What is the difference in eating fruit and having fruit juice?

Whole fruit provides you with a whole lot more nutrition that fruit juice. Focusing upon two components of fruit – the skin and the pulp – will help to clarify why there is such a difference between the two.
Skin of the fruit contain nutrients that protect our health and provide nourishment. And the [...]

Is fruit juice a good substitute for real fruit?

You really should eat fruits. Eating them in the raw and not processed is always the best way to get nutrients! Eating the fruit provides not only fiber but other nutrients not found in the fruit juice. Loss of fibre renders the juice half empty.
Although, Fruit juices are good for those who dislike [...]

Does drinking natural fruit juice have the same benefits as eating the fruit itself?

If you have fruit juice then you will miss fiber and protein found in fruit. The reason fiber is so important is because it slows digestion, which means the energy you get from a piece of fruit will last much longer than a glass of fruit juice.
And most experts agree that whole fruit is better [...]

What are some good sources of fiber?

There are all kinds of good fiber foods that you can get day in and day out. Remember whole grains, wheat bran, brown rice, Ragi, Bulgur or Dalia, seeds, and vegetables like carrots, cucumbers, zucchini, celery, tomatoes, carrots and lettuce. And fruits like apples, bananas, berries and many more are good in Fibres.
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