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Conflict of interest but its interesting to note both Coke and Pepsi also own major juice brands and these get a free pass most of the time when laws are crafte
by Shivetya 10y ago
Conflict of interest but its interesting to note both Coke and Pepsi also own major juice brands and these get a free pass most of the time when laws are crafted to reduce intake of sugary food.
so if soda accounts for twenty percent of so of weight gain, what accounts for the vast majority? I would still place my bets on junk foods similar to cookies, chips and such, but cannot discount prepared breakfast and dinners.
- igor_filippov 10y agoDon't know how juices in US are, but here in Europe there's a lot of sugar inside.
- louhike 10y agoI do not think it's faire to say "Europe". In France, the situation seems fine.
- vinylkey 10y agoI'm not sure how one makes a juice with less sugar in it other than watering it down. Putting fresh fruit into a juicer still yields a drink with high amount of sugar.
- lloyd-christmas 10y agoFruit juice by nature is almost 100% sugar even with no sugar added. I don't think there would be any difference between France and the rest of the world, unless you dilute it significantly.
- ptaipale 10y agoNot 100 % sugar though... almost 90 % water and 10 % sugar, give or take, depending on fruit and variety.
- lloyd-christmas 10y agoWhen I discuss the nutritional content of my chicken-noodle soup, I don't mention the water content unless I'm comparing it to someone else's soup.
- ptaipale 10y agoI think you misunderstood. Natural juices contain a lot of sugar, and that's what you've got in France, too. For instance, apple and orange juice contains approximately 10 % sugar. Juice drinks are then another matter; they are juice diluted with water and added sugar and flavourings, thus nutritionally even worse even though the sugar content is roughly similar.
- fintler 10y agoJuices in the US are probably similar. For example, Mott's apple juice has 28g of sugar in 8oz (236ml). For comparison, Coca-Cola "original" has 26g sugar in 8oz (236ml).
- awqrre 10y agoThey are full of sugars too, for example this 100% Apple juice that I have is 28g of sugars per 240ml. But most fruit juices that they sell aren't really fruit juices and labels are really deceptive. For my kids, I mix fruit juices with equal part water to help reduce sugars. Fruit juices are fruits with lots of the good stuff removed but I still consider fruits as desserts and not very healthy...
- maxerickson 10y agoThe US has specific regulations requiring fruit juices to declare what percentage of the product is fruit juice. http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm064872.htm http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocuments... That doesn't mean that they aren't sweet, but the labeling should reliably state the fruit juice content.
- awqrre 10y agoThey do but usually the front of the label is a little deceiving and doesn't state the juice content, like "original 100% vitamin C" instead of something like "27% cranberry juice": http://blogs.longwood.edu/shakingitupatbreakfasttime/files/2014/03/Ocean-Spray-Cranberry-Juice.jpg http://blogs.longwood.edu/shakingitupatbreakfasttime/files/2... ... And I have seen worst... I'll take pictures next time I go to the grocery store... Also, many times you get juice of fruits that aren't even pictured on the label.
- maxerickson 10y agoI suppose my point is more that you don't need a great deal of information to understand how to buy fruit juice. Just buy the one with a clear claim about 100% fruit juice on the label. Given that the blends aren't necessarily worse than the pure juice nutritionally, I'm not sure what you do for the consumer that can't tell the difference between "100% Vitamin C" and "100% Fruit Juice".
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- nerdponx 10y agoThere's a lot of sugar inside fruit. Normally you would only eat one orange. A glass of orange juice is equivalent to the juice of several oranges, with little or none of the accompanying fiber to slow down sugar absorption. Sure it's nutritious, but it's also a fructose bomb in a cup.
- tkyjonathan 10y agoThere is sugar in vegetables as well. Should we all stop eating those?
- oldmanjay 10y agoYou probably shouldn't drink the juice of a dozen carrots, if you'd like it expressed in a way that doesn't miss the point
- tkyjonathan 10y agofruitarian: a person who eats only fruit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruitarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruitarianism Fruit and vegetable consumption and all-cause mortality: a dose-response analysis http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23803880 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23803880 Did I just blow your mind?
- oldmanjay 10y agoWell, not really. If it were about juice, it might have. It may be interesting to note that I am a vegetarian so I am far from opposed to eating lots of fruit.
- tomjen3 10y agoThe real problem with juices is that people perceive them as healthy. They have roughly as much sugar as soda does.
- kyriakos 10y agoSometimes more, at least with sodas many times you have the choice of a sugar free version.
- brianwawok 10y agoSugar free soda means chemicals that mess with your body. Stick to water.
- copperx 10y agoIt's a noble sentiment, but it is based on research? Or just gut feeling?
- kyriakos 10y agoThere's conflicting studies about those too. Actually the ones I read that make out artificial sweeteners bad use very large quantities which are tens of times more than what a human could consume.
- takingflac 10y agoI'll leave deciding if artificial sweeteners are bad for you to the experts, but I do know that artificial sweeteners have a bad aftertaste in my experience.
- kyriakos 10y agoThis is completely based on my experience, I find aspartame based drinks to feel more like real sugar while Stevia based drinks really alter the flavor and leave a bitter after taste.
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- harveywi 10y agoOn the juice and weight gain: If the pants don't fit, you must not acquit.
- criddell 10y agoCoke and Pepsi are both trying to sell more of their products so I don't think there's any conflict of interest there. The health groups, on the other hand, seem to have a big conflict of interest. They should either stop taking industry money OR stop commenting on industry issues.
- SilasX 10y ago>Conflict of interest but its interesting to note both Coke and Pepsi also own major juice brands and these get a free pass most of the time when laws are crafted to reduce intake of sugary food. To play devil's advocate, one reason you might want to exempt "natural fruit juices" from a "soda tax" laws is that the laws are designed to make the product more expensive, enough to scare off consumption into healthier alternatives. But natural fruit juices tend to already be much more expensive to begin with (because you have to actually grow the few pieces of fruit), so they already have a kind of built-in deterrent to overconsumption.