Drinking V8..

[wishbone]

So in my attempt to balance out my diet a bit, i've begun drinking a glass/can of V8 a day because i know i dont get enough vegetables every day.

Someoen told me that V8 is really just sugared up vegetables and the healthy aspect is just balanced out by the sugar content.....is that true?

No, it is blended vegetables in a can. Most recognized diets encourage the drinking of V8. It would be what they call a free drink. You can drink it without penalty.

Most vegetables have sugar, including tomatoes and carrots which are two of the main ingredients in V8.

[wishbone]

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which is what i thought, they contained the GOOD kinds of sugar. *drinks can*

Well, there is no GOOD suger per se....there are good fats, found in things like olive oil and avacado. Vegetables have unavoidable sugar....but if you want to avoid be fattened up by said sugar, you should have no more than one cup of a certain vegetable per meal. Hence, when I make dinner, I mix a whole bunch of veggies so I can have more than one cup as it acts as cheap healthy filler.

[thechix0r]

Tomatoes aren't veggies, they are fruit

And there are vegetables that don't have lots of sugar in them like spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, and beans

Other veggies like carrots, squash and things that seem sweeter not only have sugar in them but starch as well, which eventually breaks down into sugar or glucose. I think drinking a can of v8 shouldn't be too bad for you, check the Nutrition label and see how many grams of sugar is in it. A teaspoon is 4 grams, so you can calculate it in teaspoons, which is a more relatable measurement than grams. :D

[thechix0r]

Yay nutrition information

So your drink has 2 and a half teaspoons of sugar in it :D per 8 ounce serving (so a glass)

[wishbone]

obviously it's better than drinking a can of pop even if diet, but would i be better just drinking water instead of V8?

It still counts as a serving of Veggies though. And you can drink this alongside water. V8 isn't bad for you. If you were to make the juice yourself in the juicer, it would be the same caloric count as if you got it in a can of V8.

Here is some info I dug up on tomatoes to show that even though they have a high sugar content, they have a benefit.

http://www.3fatchicks.com/food/tomatoes.php

[mapleleaf4ever]

plus

Makes for a healthy wizzfish!

[thechix0r]

If you blended that stuff yourself, it would probbaly be better for oyu, as there is nothng to keep it from going bad etc.. water is always good :D

[wishbone]

buy me juicer for my birthday!
like a juiceman 6000! by the guy with the huge eyebrows!

[kiMMie]

High in sodium. Quick fix drink, but if you have the time, make your own

Originally Posted by thechix0r

If you blended that stuff yourself, it would probbaly be better for oyu, as there is nothng to keep it from going bad etc.. water is always good :D

Actually, after juicing, the nutrients in fresh juice start breaking down right away, you get best results from the juice if you drink it right after it is made. Whereas, they are preserved in V8, which is why it is a quick fix.

PS - if you get a juicer, you will find that organic veggies are better for juicing than regular veggies.

http://www.realfoodliving.com/juicers.htm#eleven

More info on juicing....

drinkin 1 as we speak! i have one everyday! i think its great! :)


mmmm v8! so good when i'm hungry!

[thechix0r]

Originally Posted by wizzfish

buy me juicer for my birthday!
like a juiceman 6000! by the guy with the huge eyebrows!

OOOK I will buy you an awesome juicer(the expensive ones :D:D) for your birthday, you can buy me those amazing Guess jeans that are so heavenly adorable <3

Yay clothes :D

[thechix0r]

^^^ less we not forget the hot brown and bronze studded belt that I am so getting you as well (ps: my show is on your birthday hehe, you gonna come :D::D:)

[Liqwid]

i like V8.....

[esoter1c]

Tomato is the most important thing for men to eat.:multi:

Originally Posted by 3507321C

Tomato is the most important thing for men to eat.:multi:

reasearchers have found that it also prevents you from getting cancer!

[Big Bank Hank]

V8 has waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much sodium, but better than drinking pop. Having a juicer is the bomb, expensive though. i bought a little box of stawberries today and it only made a little over a glass of juice! fuck ssssssssssssssso good though. nothing like freshly squeezed stuff

[Goodfellow]

Originally Posted by Big Bank Hank

V8 has waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much sodium, but better than drinking pop. Having a juicer is the bomb, expensive though. i bought a little box of stawberries today and it only made a little over a glass of juice! fuck ssssssssssssssso good though. nothing like freshly squeezed stuff

does having a juicer make your eyebrows go really big and bushy ? I always wondered.

[Goodfellow]

has anyone seen the In living color episode where Jim Carrey played this guy.. holy fack I laughed sooooo hard

[Liqwid]

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i'll c u 2mororw

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.dalyn.

[frankie_V]

what i do to get my daily source of vitamins is make breakfast smoothies...

throw in bunch of fruits and shit, mango, strawberry, raspberry.. whatever the fuck u want... blend it with juice and voila... fills u up too and makes u digest good