Curious on behalf of my inner 5-year-old…
I’ve read that there is something about whole vegetables that make them more beneficial for your health, compared to eating ‘powdered’ vegetables in pills or shakes.
I’ve seen things like, “pills are unlikely to replicate the powerful, nutritional effects of whole food”, or… “supplements can help, but are not intended as a replacement for real veggies.”
But I’m confused: the (albeit not that trustworthy) marketing for powdered vegetable pills always sounds like they are literally just mashed-up and super dehydrated vegetables or something. So… if true, wouldn’t that have the same effect? Or is that a total misrepresentation of what the pills really are?
Thanks!
In: Biology
Different answer. Fiber is nice, but not the main difference. It’s that within the natural vegetable, a thing that’s alive, the enzymes, vitamins, nutrients are in an unoxidized, fully potent state.
Dry the veggies out, and the nutrition value goes down, vastly.
I juice veg every day, throw the pulp out, and have strong health.
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