Vegetable Juicing and Fiber

Vegetable juicing obviously has amazing benefits, and is well known and used my many people daily. Although there are a great many nutritional benefits from the various vegetables used in juicing, there is one problem.

The only downside that I've ever been able to find with juicing is the fact that you get no fiber from just the juice of the vegetables. Obviously, fiber is extremely important in our diet, and when you don't get enough fiber, you know it.

This isn't meant to suggest that you shouldn't juice, or even limit your juicing, but only to make you aware of the fact that you will to get your fiber from other sources. The are many good, healthy sources of fiber, so there should be no need to take the commercially-available fibre products. I would guess that they are conpletely fine, but why not get your fiber naturally ?

Good Sources of Fiber

Below are some very good sources of fiber

• Nuts and Seeds
• Whole Grains (bran has the highest fiber content) breads and cereals, whole-grain pastas, and brown rice
• Legunes (dried peas, beans and lentils)
• Fruits and Vegetables (not when juiced though)
• A supplement such as Metamuncil (can provide up to 6 grams of fibre in 8 ounces of water but why not get your fiber naturally ?)

White flour foods are a poor source of fibre. These include white breads, pizza crusts, and regular pasta. Normally, when foods are processed, fibre is removed.

Also, some sources of high fiber, such as many breakfast cereals also contain high amounts of sugar and salt.