We all have bacteria, yeasts and other types of microbes living in our digestive tracts and many strains of these actually provide a benefit — that's why fermented foods and probiotics are so healthy, but excessive sugar intake can throw off the balance leading to an overgrowth of normally occurring yeast and pathogenic bacteria. This can have a negative effect on our energy, skin, immune function, mood and many other consequences.

Robin Foroutan

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You do lose fiber in fruit and vegetable juices, and that results in juices having the ability to spike your blood sugar in a more dramatic way than if you ate the actual fruit or vegetable.

It is best to drink the juice right away, because antioxidant and enzyme activity decreases over time.

I don't think the heat generated would be enough that it would kill enzymes or nutrients in the way cooking does.

When your blood sugar is elevated, it negatively affects your nerve cells — specifically nerve endings on your hands and feet. That’s a really big problem that diabetics have.

It’s totally a common thing. by Robin Foroutan

It’s totally a common thing.

What’s interesting is a B12 insufficiency or deficiency can look... by Robin Foroutan

What’s interesting is a B12 insufficiency or deficiency can look like a psychiatric disorder.

That’s why B12 vitamins are perceived as energizing. by Robin Foroutan

That’s why B12 vitamins are perceived as energizing.

I don’t want to say that if somebody is depressed it’s because of... by Robin Foroutan

I don’t want to say that if somebody is depressed it’s because of a vitamin deficiency.