A longtime listener wrote with some questions about juicing as a way to boost nutrition.

Are cold-pressed juices more nutritious?

Are pasteurized juices safer?

We're spilling the juice in today's episode.

This is Monica Reinagle, and you are listening to The Nutrition Diva podcast, a show where we take a closer look at nutrition news, research, and trends, so that you can make more informed decisions about what

you eat. And today's episode was prompted by an email from a longtime listener. She writes,

I've been a fan of your show for years. Your work really inspired my love for nutrition

and my journey to eat better. And along the way, I discovered juicing as a convenient way

to get more fruits and vegetables. I agree with eating your fruits and vegetables whole, when

possible, to benefit from all the fiber. However, I'm a bit conflicted about an ongoing

debate between cold-pressed juices and pasteurized juices. And she then shared a short list of

specific claims that she had come across asking for my

perspective.

And in this episode, I will try to address each of those claims.

But first, there was something about this listener's email address that caught my attention.

And with a little research, well, actually nothing more than a Google search,

I discovered that this listener actually seems to have a business selling cold-pressed juices.

And I'll admit, at first I wondered whether she might just be looking for a little third-party validation that she could link to from her social media channel.

But you know what? I'm going to assume that

she's genuinely curious. And if juicing is something that she is invested in, whether as a

business or simply as a health practice, then I actually give her extra credit for being willing

to look critically at the various claims

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