That adds even more sugar to the mix! Check out the sugar grams in Tropicana Berry Punch, or Ocean Spray 100% Cranberry Juice. Most often concentrated white grape juice, or apple juice is added for sweetness. And when you have a 12oz glass of apple juice, you are gulping down an astronomical 40g of sugar! That’s as much as a can of soda! But wait, that’s not the worst of it-a similar sized glass of grape juice–white or red–contains almost 60g of sugar! That’s like having a can and a half of soda!ĭrinking a mixed juice ‘cocktail’ is no better, even if it only contains pure fruit juice. When you drink a glass of juice, let’s say, for example, a 12 oz glass of orange juice, you hit your system with a whopping 37 grams of sugar in the form of mostly fructose. And while it’s okay in fruit, because you are not get large, concentrated quantities of it, drinking in tons of fructose in the form of fruit juice will lead you down a path of poor health.
Additionally, it is thought that fructose has some very definite and sinister ties to cancer.
Fructose is actually known to be a strong contributor to obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and high triglycerides and LDL cholesterol. Fructose is a non-essential dietary sugar. Fructose, unless it is wrapped up in a whole fruit, is bad news for your body and your waistline. Fructose is not a healthy sweetener, in spite of its natural source. Same as the sugar in high fructose corn syrup. The sugar that comes from fruit is fructose. So though you may have thought you were making a healthier choice over sodas or other processed drinks with added sugar, you may be drinking something equally as bad. So, in spite of the fact that you or your children may be drinking a drink that says “100% pure fruit juice”, it may as well say “pure sugar”. And in truth, it’s not much better than drinking a soda. But, contrary to popular thinking, juice, purchased from the store, is not far from a drink made of pure liquid sugar. Juice, whether it is store bought (the worst), or freshly made at home seems to be a healthy choice. It’s pure fruit juice, so it’s good for us, right? We think we are giving our kids a healthy alternative by letting them drink box after box of “pure fruit juice”. We ‘juice’ vegetables and fruit for the perfect healthy drink. We purchase fruit juice smoothies in the store, thinking that will help our health and weight loss, and start our days with a large glass of OJ-for the vitamin C. By: Cat Ebeling, c o-author of the best-sellers: The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes FixĬonventional mindset has always been that drinking pure fruit juice is healthy.
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