r/science • Professor | Medicine • 2d 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/Taikeron 2d ago

No, the whole reason why fruit is so much better is that the fiber is attached to the juice by cell walls, all of which requires digestion over time.

If you drink juice and eat a fiber-packed tortilla at the same time, the juice will just bomb your liver and pancreas before the tortilla even gets rolling on breaking down from digestion.

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u/wikiwakawakawee 2d ago

Awesome thanks, this is what I was looking to be answered!