Does green juice lose it's nutrition after a couple of hours?

[1] Fresh juice generally is best consumed when it's fresh. So to get the very best nutrin from it, you're talking within the first twenty minutes. Why? read more

You'll get the most nutrition from a green juice by drinking it soon after making it. However, storage for a few hours won't hurt much. In fact, good storage is likely to mean that you could drink your juice up to 3-4 days later and it would be nearly as good as fresh. read more

The reason for this is simple: Fresh juice - and all its benefits - come from its freshness. As soon as you juice fresh produce, you're breaking open the cell walls of these nutrient-rich fruits and veggies and activating the nutrients - the vitamins, enzymes, minerals, phytonutrients, chlorophyll, etc. - found in the produce. read more

The nutritional value isn't completely zapped as soon as it hits a certain point or anything like that. But as the juice ages, it slowly is reduced in the level of nutritional potency. So, gooch is right, don't throw it out! There is still a health benefit, but gailcalled is also right, the sooner you can get the juice in your body the better. read more