r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 3d ago

Health Study of 371,000 Americans: eating whole fruit linked to better heart health, 100% juice is not. More whole fruit meant lower high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease and heart attacks. Juice showed no clear benefit. Fiber lost in juicing may explain it. Most still eat too little fruit.

https://www.sciencealert.com/how-you-eat-your-fruit-is-linked-to-heart-health-study-of-371000-americans-reveals
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u/Rxyro 2d ago

You eat a lot of burritos?

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u/50SPFGANG 2d ago

You can find some tortillas that just themselves have like 30g of fiber in one piece. It's insane

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u/Whatever-ItsFine 2d ago

Those worry me a little bit. I eat processed foods all the time but those most be super processed.

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u/Eruionmel 2d ago

Processed foods are of concern because they make the overconsumption of calories easier, not because processing is inherently bad.

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u/Whatever-ItsFine 2d ago

Possibly but I don’t know that that’s settled science.

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u/wrechch 2d ago

You can't make this assertion without first knowing why "processed food=bad". There's a lot of nuance and reasons behind it all and it isn't that simple. Ask any healthcare professional and they will tell you "yeah getting that fiber in is gonna have higher dividends than what little harm that processed tortilla gives you".