Vegetable Juice Helps People Increase Daily Veggie Intake

So says V8 100% Vegetable Juice, at this year’s International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables.

No surprise here, but experts estimate 80% of people worldwide don’t meet the recommended servings of vegetables each day.

And it’s probably going to get worse as McDonald’s, Double Stuff Oreos, Cool Ranch Doritos, and Pop-Tarts spread across the globe

After two studies, researchers claim drinking V8 helped participants meet the suggested 4 servings of vegetables per day.

A 12 week study revealed adults ages 40 to 65, drinking at least two cups of vegetable juice met the daily vegetable recommendations, plus the participants of the study were borderline hypertensive, and V8 helped lower their blood pressure.

In another study, also 12 weeks, overweight people who drank one to two servings of low sodium V8 shed an average of four pounds. Non-juice drinkers only lost one pound.

Scientists call this a “big win in promoting good health,” and it’s a obviously a huge win for V8 too. Funny how things work out!

But I guess vegetable juice can’t hurt. If you can’t eat your vegetables, drink them, all of them. Don’t throw out the pulp, i.e. fiber. Choke it down if you have too.

Via EurekAlert!

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