To Juice Or Not To Juice

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18TH, 2011

7:00pm

To Juice Or Not To Juice

From NorCal Strength and Conditioning

My thoughts are that juice tastes so yummy. I would love to drink juice every day. But the reality is that juice is concentrated forms of flavored sugar.

There are a number of reasons why juice is not ideal.

#1- It takes 4 large naval oranges to create only 1 cup of orange juice (Can you eat 4 oranges in one sitting?)

#2- Juice often times has just as many calories and sugar as a can of soda

#3- Juice is one of the number one causes of cavities in kids. 4 million kids at or under the age of preschool suffer from cavities

#4- More often than not, juice contains high fructose corn syrup

#5- Juice processing eliminates the actual fiber content of the fruit being juiced so all you are getting at the end of that cold glass of fruit is the sugar, carbohydrates, and lots of empty calories.

#6- Fiber is the filling portion of fruit so without it, it’s easy to drink more than 1 cup of juice in a sitting, let alone throughout the day.

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