Label Reading -- Is Fruit Juice Worse Than Some Colas?
Full DVD available here: //bit.ly/VCWesB Dietitian Jeff Novick deconstructs food labels and teaches his easy 3-point system to know whether a food is good, ...
Hello. Hey I am just a touch confused and am hoping for some clarity. In
the two beverages he compares the sugar source would be completely
different correct? Grape juice coming right from the plant and soda having
a processed sugar. Our bodies run on glucose so it just seems to me that a
natural juice would be a great option. The obesity epidemic is mentioned
too but obese children are not getting that way from clean and pure fruit
juices. They are getting their sugars from high fructose corn syrup loaded
juices with little to no natural fruit juice. I guess I am not seeing
natural sugars as the issue especially compared to processed sugars added
to drinks with lots of other mystery ingredients. What are the views of
having the juice as a meal? Sure there are lots of calories but if you are
keeping your calories at a reasonable amount (around 2000) every day
wouldn't juice be okay? Any videos or links anyone can provide that might
help me better understand would be much appreciated. Thank you!
+Jordan Nicole I agree, the obesity epidemic isn't being fuel by organic cold-pressed juices. I don't have the DOI handy, but I have read studies comparing the metabolic response to processed/refined sugars (high fructose corn syrup, bleached table sugar, etc) in comparison to fructose and sucrose as a component of complete whole foods. Researchers found the effects of phytonutrients and organic acids to reduce the undesirable pathways that occur when simple refined sugars are consumed, i.e. the 'spike and crash' effect. Yes, liquid anything will be calorie dense and easy to consume in greater amounts. This shouldn't be an issue on a high carbohydrate, low fat, low protein diet.
with the organic juice you are getting phytonutrients, micronutrients,
proteins in enzymes, natural fruit sugars... NOT comparable to simply
reading a label about the "sugars" and "calories". for me juice is a back
up plan when i can't get fruit. you need glucose to feed your cells, so i
will drink juices occasionally ^_^
"you need glucose to feed your cells"Fruit sugar is fructose, not glucose. Also, you can get glucose from grains and starchy vegetables. You don't need juice.