Time to Bust 5 Overly Hyped Myths About Green Veggies!

We all know, green veggies are one of the heathiest food for us. There is no doubt about it. They provide us with all the essential nutrients including vitamins, minerals, dietary fibre, phytochemicals, and anti-oxidants to make our body functional and stronger. However, there are still some very common myths and doubts related to green veggies that people tend to believe, but may not be true. We are here to bust these so called 'green veggies myths' for you ….

Eating Veggies Is Always Better Than Juicing Them

Eating Veggies

Consuming green juice is as nutritious as eating them. Plus, it’s an easy way to add more green veggies to your healthy diet. At the end of the day ingesting more green veggies is what it’s all about! You can choose your own way to incorporate into your diet as long as you are completing the daily servings of vegetables. So go for it and include in a variety of smoothie, juice and shakes. The key factor is to consume greens.

Juicing an easy way to add more green veggies to your healthy diet. At the end of the day ingesting more green veggies is what it’s all about!

Cooked Is Better Than Eating Raw Veggies

Eating raw vegetables is more beneficial than cooked veggies, as you will get more of vitamins A and C. These vitamins are highly heat-sensitive, meaning high temperatures and prolonged cooking destroy them. Also, cooking with water will lose water-soluble vitamins too, such as folate and vitamin C, because they leach out into the cooking water. Whereas juicing process, encourages nutrient retention…so you can extract more nutrients per vegetable.

Vegetable Juice Contains No Fibre

Juicing green veggies does also provide some fibre, especially soluble fibre. Juicing extracts most of the insoluble fibre out of the produce while soluble fibre remains and it's the soluble fibre that has been shown to lower cholesterol levels, acts as a prebiotic to support good bacterial growth and digestive health and exert many other health benefits. Soluble fibre also absorbs water and provides bulking matter and ease in defecation.

Fresh Veggies Are Best Than Frozen

Many people believe that only fresh vegetables are nutritious than frozen… yet that’s not necessarily true. Vegetables are great regardless of whether they are fresh or frozen. In terms of nutrient benefits, both are healthy options and do wonders for your health. In fact, all fresh, dried, juice and frozen veggies can be used to make up your daily allowance of fruits and vegetables. So, choose and combine what tastes best and fits into your life. After all, the most important thing is that you eat them!

Green Vegetables Just Don't Taste Good

Many people claim to dislike green vegetables because they just don’t taste good. Well, let me tell you, there are hundreds of varieties of vegetables. There's no reason you should not at least try at once before hating and banishing them from your plate forever. You can make your vegetables taste better by roasting them using spices and herbs or grilling or stir-frying with lean meats or beans or simply juice them with your favourite fruits.

Enjoy your vegetables in different ways whether juice, raw salad, cooked veggies, roasted veggies, soups or frozen. Try to make small changes, and build yourself up to meeting your daily nutrition

Also remember, everyone's taste buds differ, and our flavour preferences can change over time -so a spinach dish you may have tried and hated when you were child, by making it in different ways, might turn out to be your favourite dish. So give greens vegetables a second or third chance.

Take Away

When it comes to vegetables, what matters most is MORE! We as general are not eating enough vegetables especially green veggies. and studies are showing they have countless benefits on human health than we once believed. So, enjoy your vegetables in different ways whether juice, raw salad, cooked veggies, roasted veggies, soups or frozen. Try to make small changes, and build yourself up to meeting your daily nutrition goal!