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| Taka... |
 Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:05 pm |
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Is this really true for the 100% orange juice? It doesn't look to me
like a soda or Coke ... Taka
"Why Orange Juice is Not Healthy
Many people start their day off with a glass of orange juice,
typically thinking the vitamin C and other nutrients it contains are a
smart and healthy choice.
But a glass of juice, whether fresh-squeezed or not, has about eight
full teaspoons of sugar per eight-ounce glass! This is nearly as much
sugar as is in a can of soda (one can typically has 10 teaspoons of
sugar).
When the sugar is combined in its natural form in the whole fruit it
causes far less of a problem as the fiber tends to slow its absorption
and prevents over consumption.
But process the fruit sugar out of the fruit and remove the fiber and
you have an entirely different setup.
The sugar in orange juice is typically a fruit sugar called fructose,
which many mistakenly believe is a “healthy” form of sugar. But
fructose is every bit as dangerous as regular table sugar since it
will also cause a major increase in your insulin levels."
SOURCE: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/11/05/The-Great-Orange-Juice-Scam.aspx |
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| trigonometry1972 at (no spam) gmail.com |... |
| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:50 am |
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On Nov 5, 1:05 am, Taka <taka0... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
[quote]Is this really true for the 100% orange juice? It doesn't look to me
like a soda or Coke ... Taka
"Why Orange Juice is Not Healthy
Many people start their day off with a glass of orange juice,
typically thinking the vitamin C and other nutrients it contains are a
smart and healthy choice.
But a glass of juice, whether fresh-squeezed or not, has about eight
full teaspoons of sugar per eight-ounce glass! This is nearly as much
sugar as is in a can of soda (one can typically has 10 teaspoons of
sugar).
When the sugar is combined in its natural form in the whole fruit it
causes far less of a problem as the fiber tends to slow its absorption
and prevents over consumption.
But process the fruit sugar out of the fruit and remove the fiber and
you have an entirely different setup.
The sugar in orange juice is typically a fruit sugar called fructose,
which many mistakenly believe is a “healthy” form of sugar. But
fructose is every bit as dangerous as regular table sugar since it
will also cause a major increase in your insulin levels."
SOURCE:http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/11/05/The-Gre...
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While better than a carbonated sugar drink, orange juice is
a young persons drink as it requires a youthful isles of langerhan
to produce the insulin to handle it. The juice has potassium, traces
of nutrients, vitamin C, and some flavonoids. This old man
however avoids orange juice but he does eat a half of
an orange now and then.
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| montygraham... |
| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:54 pm |
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This is why I drink coffee and tea cold, with a small pinch of salt
only. Also, when people say that some of the items I eat are "empty
calories," I tell then that the body needs energy, and I'm not
drinking the high-sugar beverages they are. By not doing that, I get
to eat these "sugary" foods, though I always eat such things with high
protein items and fat that will not make me hungry again in an hour
and a half (plenty of butter, cream cheese, sour cream, shredded
coconut). |
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