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> How about real fruit juice? Much healthier. Most fresh squeezed fruit juices have comparable levels of sugar to soda. They may have some extra vitamins but t

• jrockway 11y ago
  Indeed. Fruit is "healthy" because it has fiber in it. Fruit juice removes the fiber, making it basically the same thing as soda.
  • mbell 11y ago
    Also people tend to consume a lot more when in juice form. A 16oz glass of OJ is ~8 oranges worth of juice.
  • dghughes 11y ago
    It doesn't have to for example if you made orange juice from an orange and didn't filter it. Eat the orange or juice it it's pretty close.
    • astrange 11y ago
      Who says eating the orange is healthy? Still lots of fructose, and these days you're not going to get scurvy if you skip it.
      • jrockway 11y ago
        The obesity epidemic is probably not being caused by people binging on whole fruits, however.