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I'd prefer to do all my juicing 1 time per day after work. This means some of my juice may be up to 24 hours old when drank.
So oxidation occurs over time that reduces the nutrient content of the juice, but to what extend? Over 24 hours: is it 50%? If it's 10%, then couldn't we just drink "a little more"? If it's 1%, couldn't we consider that negligible?
To say simply say there's nutrient loss over time is too vague a piece of information. Any studies or data on this?
So nutrient loss in the juice after a short period of time is just one of those things that someone heard from someone who heard it from someone who heard it from someone else? Sort of like the "drink 8 glasses of water a day to be healthy" myth.
I figure if you like the taste of it after 24 hours then drink it. I like the taste when it's fresh. Even my hens have a thing about the pulp from juicing. They like it fresh but If I make a lot of juice and there is more pulp than I want to give the hens right away, they won't eat it 12 hours later!
I have no idea about the nutrient values but I do know that what happens when you juice or smoothie things is that you speed up the rotting process.
Agreed, it tastes great fresh but it's not a big enough deal to make me get up 20 minutes earlier in the morning versus making all the night before, lolQuote:
Originally Posted by MysticTree
I still haven't found any scientific papers, journals or studies on nutrient loss over time due to oxidation. Any studies I've seen on nutrient loss in vegetable matter are measured days and weeks. If all we can do is speculate on how fast nutrient loss occurs I would suspect that juice in an air tight doesn't lose a substantial amount of nutrients in the short span of 24 hours. Can anyone prove this wrong?
I don't know if anyone can prove it wrong ... can you prove it right? If you are happy with the way you are doing it then carry on. I'm a morning person so I don't have any trouble with getting up early.