The reasons are usually related to the fact that eating vegetables requires a preparation time that today’s society does not allow us to devote to preparing meals. Therefore, fruit juices, and more recently made with different types of vegetables, they become the best option for protecting our health, especially those who need to lose weight.

The daily intake of two glasses of vegetable juice, helps to lose weight and control blood pressure levels, reducing the chances of cardiovascular disease, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of California and the Faculty of Baylor.

In reaching this conclusion, the researchers studied over 12 weeks to a group of 90 healthy adults aged between 40 and 65 and another group of 81 adults with various risk factors such as overweight, high cholesterol, hypertension or high blood sugar levels. The persons who constituted the sample was divided into two groups and while one group only spoke of the importance of maintaining adequate food with a daily consumption of 4 servings of fruit and vegetables, the other group was imposed as a standard daily intake of two glasses of fruit or vegetable juice.

Occurring by 12 weeks, researchers found that people who had drunk juice were down an average of two kilos of weight without changing the rest of their habits and their blood pressure levels were more controlled than before starting the investigation. By contrast, those who had not been forced to drink juice, they had lost weight and only 20 percent had eaten in the diet recommended amounts of vegetables. As eating certain preparations could fight obesity.

Did you know …
While not a total guarantee of success in weight reduction studies like this do show the importance of eating fruits and vegetables in the amounts recommended to maintain fitness and reduce our chances of suffering a cardiovascular disease, the leading cause death in developed countries.