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> public health establishment has been foolishly stupid (combined with industry marketing) at making people think that fruit juice is natural or healthy. Can y
by thr0wawayf00 5y ago
> public health establishment has been foolishly stupid (combined with industry marketing) at making people think that fruit juice is natural or healthy.
Can you cite specific examples of the public health establishment pushing juice as healthy? I got a minor in nutrition over a decade ago and back then, public health officials were very quick to call out the juice industry for its predatory tactics on kids and false equivalencies. This doesn't match my experience in university at all.
- JPKab 5y agoYou're exactly right. Public health in general has not pushed juice, but what I should have stated is they have been complicit in not condemning it and pushing for prominent labeling on juice. They've sat back and allowed it to be marketed aggressively, to a point where the mayor of NYC exempted fruit juices from the proposal for a sugar tax. The general public thinks juice is healthy. That's easily remedied with public health messaging, but we all know why it hasn't: farmers/USDA/lobbyists.