Juice: Not So Sweet a Deal

[Edalgiere]

Miavita Tip of the Day

Sure, commercial fruit juice has vitamin C and other nutrients, but even 100% fruit juice is loaded with sugar. Get the same nutrients and flavor -- and skip the empty calories -- by eating a piece of fresh fruit instead. Even when sugar is "natural," it's still high in calories. And to your body, there's no real difference whether the sugar comes from fruit juice, soda or candy. Yes, there's more nutrition in juice than in soda, but the amount of sugar added to juice is still far greater than is found naturally in fruit. Fresh fruit also has fiber your body needs, which you won't get from juice.

 

[LaBettyBoop]

Oh boy, there is something wrong with everything we eat and drink today.

 

[ricanlips4u]

I hardly EVER drink any type of juice.. Im real picky. 99.99% of the time I drink WATER..

 

[damianwild]

Miavita Tip of the Day

Sure, commercial fruit juice has vitamin C and other nutrients, but even 100% fruit juice is loaded with sugar. Get the same nutrients and flavor -- and skip the empty calories -- by eating a piece of fresh fruit instead. Even when sugar is "natural," it's still high in calories. And to your body, there's no real difference whether the sugar comes from fruit juice, soda or candy. Yes, there's more nutrition in juice than in soda, but the amount of sugar added to juice is still far greater than is found naturally in fruit. Fresh fruit also has fiber your body needs, which you won't get from juice.

Ed you are so right - there is a HUGE difference between processed sugar and natural sugar nutritionally speaking, so basically even though both contain sugar your body would process candy and fruit differently. All sugar can still be converted into fat though, which is why all those "fat free" cakes and products are misleading - yes they are technically free of actual "fat" but the high level of sugar in them can still be converted by the body into fat...

 

[ChuckD]

Just drink spring water.

It's what I drink. Maybe diet soda with supper at night, but the rest of the time, it's water.

 

[Edalgiere]

i like my ruby red grapefruit juice no sugar added

 

[ChuckD]

Maybe some OJ in the morning.