How do you feel about V8?

crazyola26
crazyola26 Posts: 109 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I have a juicer at home, and I'm wanting to drink more juice, maybe do a cleanse. However, I love V8 Fruit Fusion. Can't stand the tomato kind, but love the fruit. What do you think -- is v8 also healthy to drink for the majority of the day?
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  • kumanekochan
    kumanekochan Posts: 88 Member
    Heyo! there's a lot of wonderful veggie juices out there that ISN'T tomato based. I tried commenting earlier on the sick fat and nearly dead comment on your wall. I have played around with them, but I personally also love the v-fusion juice/veggie drinks.

    Personally, I've done spinach/kale/apple based from them and like it. It tastes like very fresh but it turns on you after a while before you get used to it.

    http://myjuicecleanse.com/juicer-recipes/mean-green-juice-recipes/ here's some more.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    Most canned juices are really high in sodium not to mention a lot of calories for a little nutrition.
  • Kellyeee2013
    Kellyeee2013 Posts: 221
    Be careful of the sugar content.
  • Superchikanthem
    Superchikanthem Posts: 362 Member
    My husband love V8. I'm not sure why there is lots of sodium (Even in the low sodium) plus it just makes me not feel so great.
  • kumanekochan
    kumanekochan Posts: 88 Member
    I tend to agree with them, buying things tend to have lots of sugar/sodium/chemicals in it. I just like doing fresh from home for the most part if i can and have the energy to
  • stephdeeable
    stephdeeable Posts: 1,407 Member
    I would never do the juice cleanse, but I do love original V8, it's delicious. I buy the low sodium mini cans, only 35 calories and counts as a serving of vegetables. Also, throw a little vodka in there and you've got a party.
  • skoblinka
    skoblinka Posts: 22
    You can never go wrong with something that you make yourself, so fresh homemade juice is alway preferable! The v8 can be a quick fix if you are looking for a healthier snack or to supplement a couple of fruit/veggie servings you're missing a day.... However, be careful with sodium and sugar in those!
  • crazyola26
    crazyola26 Posts: 109 Member
    I'm feeling like I have a lot of "junk" in my body and I want to kind of flush it out... I know obviously water is great, and I love drinking water and loads of it (although for the past couple of weeks I've been hardly drinking any). Just trying to figure out what is the healthiest route for getting the sludge out of my body. :)
  • emcdonie
    emcdonie Posts: 190 Member
    I like them, and once in a while it is fine. Especially if you are in a really big hurry. Probably better than soda or something, but not by as much as you would think. Especially ones with a lot of fruit, because that will end up being a lot of sugar.

    If you are going to drink a lot of it, avoid it as much as you can. Store bought juices (even those marked "no added sugar" are way higher in sugar and/or salt where applicable. They concentrate them far more than they are naturally. Plus a lot of that cooking kills some of the goodness in it.

    Once you try fresh juices, you are shocked at how much less sweet and concentrated it is. Night and day difference. I think if someone really wants the health benefits of some juice, it is far better to use the fresh stuff. You can save some money by buying frozen frutis and veggies too. Those juice up just as well.

    And for veggie juices, instead of tomato....try basing with cucumber. Very mild. You can also base it with carrot. Top off with a tad of fresh ginger....yummy! Very nice and refreshing.

    I need to pull my juicer out today. I am fighting a bug and that is when I usually juice. Makes for wonderful medicine and it truly helps me to feel better.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    Goes great with a corona and lime!
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    I'm feeling like I have a lot of "junk" in my body and I want to kind of flush it out... I know obviously water is great, and I love drinking water and loads of it (although for the past couple of weeks I've been hardly drinking any). Just trying to figure out what is the healthiest route for getting the sludge out of my body. :)

    There's no sludge in your body that needs flushed out. Your body is a wonderful machine that is very good at keep itself clean without any help from us but eating nutritious food and staying hydrated.
  • MizTerry
    MizTerry Posts: 3,763 Member
    I would never do the juice cleanse, but I do love original V8, it's delicious. I buy the low sodium mini cans, only 35 calories and counts as a serving of vegetables. Also, throw a little vodka in there and you've got a party.

    Great minds think alike. LOL

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    I'm feeling like I have a lot of "junk" in my body and I want to kind of flush it out... I know obviously water is great, and I love drinking water and loads of it (although for the past couple of weeks I've been hardly drinking any). Just trying to figure out what is the healthiest route for getting the sludge out of my body. :)

    There's no sludge in your body that needs flushed out. Your body is a wonderful machine that is very good at keep itself clean without any help from us but eating nutritious food and staying hydrated.

    Thank you. Geez! I get so tired of the body cleansing stuff it's such total BS. That's what the bodies entire function is. Lol.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Not healthy since it's processed
  • mhk0719
    mhk0719 Posts: 255
    Do not like it at all. I stay away from pretty much all juices.
  • 970Mikaela1
    970Mikaela1 Posts: 2,013 Member
    Way better than four cylinders and v6 but lacking horsepower when ccompared to say v10 or v12.
  • avasano
    avasano Posts: 487 Member
    I love V8 Low Sodium
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    V8 fusion has less sugar than most fruit juices, but it is still a *lot* of sugar.

    Otherwise, I would totally have that for break at every morning!
  • raiderrodney
    raiderrodney Posts: 617 Member
    I love regular V8 and drink it a lot. It is also my go to drink after a basketball or football game. It's the best thing I've found to keep you from cramping up later that evening (yes, even better than bananas :P).
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    Read the ingredients on the label. I know that V8 has a lot of different, but most of the fusion have added sugar (often in the form of High Fructose Corn Syrup :noway:. You'll be much better off with something that is 100% juice.

    (note, it's not the overall grams of sugar I worry about, so much as whether there is added sugar - ie, something that doesn't come naturally from the fruit. Usually those will have more sugar content anyway)
  • NatalieWinning
    NatalieWinning Posts: 999 Member
    I want food, not to drink my calories. Unless it's a green smoothie to get more vegetables, with the fiber and not just the juice. Naked Juice Green Goddess is in the grocery store by the produce. It's a green smoothie prepackaged. Also Boldhouse Farms has one. They taste like fruit juice but have green stuff, natural and goodness. Consider it an addition, high sugar and maybe high sodium, not your "food". Eating "clean" is a better way to go than juicing your way to eating better. I treat juice as a treat. I buy the green smoothies I mentioned because my husband and daughter will drink them and hate vegetables. I need water, so when I drink, I drink water.

    That said, I'm not against V8 (the lower sodium one). I have recipe's with it, but I can't stand to drink it. I tend to get plenty of tomato in my diet no matter what. I don't need to drink it, too. I definitely need to be drinking more water instead.
  • Serendipityunt
    Serendipityunt Posts: 120 Member
    I'm feeling like I have a lot of "junk" in my body and I want to kind of flush it out... I know obviously water is great, and I love drinking water and loads of it (although for the past couple of weeks I've been hardly drinking any). Just trying to figure out what is the healthiest route for getting the sludge out of my body. :)

    I know the feeling, where you feel like you're lugging around the extra crap you've eaten recently, and you feel like you need to flush it out. When it hits me that hard, I usually do Dr. Oz's 3-day cleanse. It's a lot of veggies in three different smoothies. I'm never hungry on it, but I feel better after having done it. Best part, your body feels so good that the thought of putting something unhealthy in you is disgusting. The smoothies are thick, so it keeps you fuller (as your body still has to digest it) than a juice cleanse would.
  • Kerri_is_so_very
    Kerri_is_so_very Posts: 999 Member
    I'm feeling like I have a lot of "junk" in my body and I want to kind of flush it out... I know obviously water is great, and I love drinking water and loads of it (although for the past couple of weeks I've been hardly drinking any). Just trying to figure out what is the healthiest route for getting the sludge out of my body. :)

    There's no sludge in your body that needs flushed out. Your body is a wonderful machine that is very good at keep itself clean without any help from us but eating nutritious food and staying hydrated.

    Thank you. Geez! I get so tired of the body cleansing stuff it's such total BS. That's what the bodies entire function is. Lol.

    This might be true if people only ate a natural, whole food diet.....but I'm pretty certain the body wasn't designed to "filter out" all of what is added to some of the processed foods. There is nothing wrong with going to a whole, unprocessed food diet for a period of time to rejuvinate your "system". I'm sure most of our bodies would thank us and many of us may see results (reduced or no acne, less bloat, less restlessness etc) that we didn't even anticipate. I'm not suggesting go to a store of a 24 hour colon cleanse, a strictly liquid diet or anything like that, but there is nothing wrong with cleaning up your diet for better/improved health.
  • crazyola26
    crazyola26 Posts: 109 Member
    Thank you everyone for your input! I had a feeling V8 wasn't the way to go in the long-run, it's just so tempting because it's so easy to just scoop it off the shelf and drink it. :) Sounds like fresh fruits and veggies and water will do the trick even better than premade V8. Excited to pick up some fresh produce and take a break from all the carbs and sugar and salt!
  • nre820
    nre820 Posts: 77 Member
    I don't think you necessarily need to do a juice fast, although juicing is a good way to get rid of junk in your body...

    Honestly, you should just eliminate processed foods. It's cheaper to make things from scratch and you have control over exactly what you are eating. An example? pre-flavored rice/soups-tons of sodium and weird other ingredients. Just make your own rice or soup with a low sodium-all natural stock (veggie stocks are really easy to make, too!) and add in your own flavoring-this automatically cuts down on sodium and all that "junk" you're talking about.

    My husband and I don't eat a lot of processed foods to begin with, but we did the Daniel Fast not long ago, it's basically a vegan diet with more restrictions. If you're hesistant about juicing, something like this fast may be the way to go. You're still eating whole foods, but you're cutting out sugar, meat, dairy, processed foods, all that good stuff.
  • Firefox7275
    Firefox7275 Posts: 2,040 Member
    I have a juicer at home, and I'm wanting to drink more juice, maybe do a cleanse. However, I love V8 Fruit Fusion. Can't stand the tomato kind, but love the fruit. What do you think -- is v8 also healthy to drink for the majority of the day?

    Juice counts as one serving towards your seven to nine a day regardless of how much you drink, fibre and other nutrients are lost in the juicing process and the sugars are concentrated. It's healthy if you can get all the servings of all the other healthy foods you should be eating into your daily diet, stay at a sensible macro split and healthy weight. Not healthy if it's replacing nutrient dense wholefoods in your diet. Contrary to popular belief vitamins are not more healthy than minerals or essential fatty acids.
  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    I'm feeling like I have a lot of "junk" in my body and I want to kind of flush it out... I know obviously water is great, and I love drinking water and loads of it (although for the past couple of weeks I've been hardly drinking any). Just trying to figure out what is the healthiest route for getting the sludge out of my body. :)

    There's no sludge in your body that needs flushed out. Your body is a wonderful machine that is very good at keep itself clean without any help from us but eating nutritious food and staying hydrated.

    Thank you. Geez! I get so tired of the body cleansing stuff it's such total BS. That's what the bodies entire function is. Lol.

    This might be true if people only ate a natural, whole food diet.....but I'm pretty certain the body wasn't designed to "filter out" all of what is added to some of the processed foods. There is nothing wrong with going to a whole, unprocessed food diet for a period of time to rejuvinate your "system". I'm sure most of our bodies would thank us and many of us may see results (reduced or no acne, less bloat, less restlessness etc) that we didn't even anticipate. I'm not suggesting go to a store of a 24 hour colon cleanse, a strictly liquid diet or anything like that, but there is nothing wrong with cleaning up your diet for better/improved health.

    Clean diet is one thing.

    Juicing or "cleansing" is another.
  • reneegee23
    reneegee23 Posts: 232 Member
    What I'd really like to know is how V8 feels about me.
  • RobfromLakewood
    RobfromLakewood Posts: 684
    Thank you everyone for your input! I had a feeling V8 wasn't the way to go in the long-run, it's just so tempting because it's so easy to just scoop it off the shelf and drink it. :) Sounds like fresh fruits and veggies and water will do the trick even better than premade V8. Excited to pick up some fresh produce and take a break from all the carbs and sugar and salt!

    Excellent conclusion, at least I think so, because I feel the same. I use them as a healthier snack than a doughnut, but not for everyday.
  • BOYZ2MENORAH
    BOYZ2MENORAH Posts: 9
    not fuel efficient, i prefer a V6

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