Fruit Drinks Aren't Much Better For You Than Soda: Study (vox.com) 221
An anonymous reader cites a study on Vox: One of the biggest public health wins of recent decades has been America's slow shift away from soda. But there's pretty good evidence that Americans are still getting hoodwinked by juices and other sugary beverages. Data from Euromonitor, which analyzed U.S. retail beverage sales over the past five years, shows that while the soda category is shrinking, juice sales have held steady, and sales of energy and sports drinks have been growing. An article in BMJ Open demonstrates the extent of the problem: The researchers looked at how much of the American diet is composed of ultra-processed foods and added sugars. They found that 58 percent of total energy intake -- more than half of the calories Americans consume! -- came from foods that are packed with lots of flavors, colors, and sweeteners. And almost 90 percent of the added sugars Americans consume came from heavily processed foods -- the two main sources being soft drinks (17 percent) closely followed by fruit drinks (14 percent). (In this case, 'fruit drinks' refers to processed juices with added sugars.)
Sugar is sugar... (Score:2)
It's so easy to justify consuming almost anything, because there are thousands of web pages that say "that is good for you!" Coffee, chocolate, fruit juice, whatever. Some of these are, of course, created by the companies that sell these foods and drinks -- but I think most of it comes from the fact that everybody eats -- and while almost any other subject will only address a fraction of people, foods and drinks are obviously part of everybody's life. So, there's talk about food every day in the newspaper,
Re:Sugar is sugar... (Score:5, Insightful)
It's so easy to justify consuming almost anything, because there are thousands of web pages that say "that is good for you!"
The old standby that almost everything we eat is 'good for you' in limited quantities. A pack of cards sized steak is good for you, a couple times a week. Same with fish, chicken, coffee, wine, etc...
The problem is when you're having 24oz of soda with every meal.
Personally, from what I've read fruit drinks are basically only lacking carbonation to be a 'soda'. Even fruit drinks aren't as good as, well, eating the fruit involved because there's lots of nutrients you're losing out on that was in the pulp of the fruit, and besides, the pulp has carbs and fiber that help you feel 'full', which the juice alone will shoot through your system and not satiate you.
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Sure, sugar is sugar but...
Just go into any American Supermarket and look at the ingredients of the things that you put in your basket.
How many have lots of 'High Fructose Corn Syrup'?
You don't need all that sugar. IT is used to mask the crap/cheap ingredients the food processors use.
In some markets it is almost impossible to buy bread that does not contain the evil syrup. I bake my own bread and the amount of sugar (Honey) I add to it is tiny when compared to supermarket bread.
I don't have any other sugar
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The danger from lead pipes can be managed. Lead doesn't dissolve well in water and chemicals can be used to reduce this further. The Flint water was safe until the source was switched to water that was acidic which greatly increased the lead in solution.
Re:Sugar is sugar... (Score:5, Informative)
Even fruit drinks aren't as good as, well, eating the fruit involved because there's lots of nutrients you're losing out on that was in the pulp of the fruit, and besides, the pulp has carbs and fiber that help you feel 'full', which the juice alone will shoot through your system and not satiate you.
Well also they're talking about fruit drinks, not fruit juice. Whenever you see something labelled "fruit drink", it should trigger alarm bells and the question, "why aren't they calling it juice?"
Even things labelled "juice" sometimes have additives, including additional sugar. When it's labelled a "fruit drink", it means that they've doctored it so much and added so much sugar that they're not allowed to call it "juice" anymore. It's sort of like if you go to a mexican restaurant and the stuff they put in the tacos is referred to as something like, "beef-based taco filling." That should immediately make you question what that stuff is.
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Well also they're talking about fruit drinks, not fruit juice. Whenever you see something labelled "fruit drink", it should trigger alarm bells and the question, "why aren't they calling it juice?"
It holds true even for many fruit juices. Consider apple juice, at 14 calories per ounce, matches my 12 ounce root beer can. 168 calories for the juice, 170(mandatory FDA rounding) for the root beer. Now yes, it does have less sugar(36 vs 35). Orange Juice has the same number of calories - but less sugar still, and actually has some protein.
I maintain that eating fruit is normally better than drinking just the juice.
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Also, the time taken to digest the cell walls and release their contents delays and spreads out the release of the sugar from whole fruit, whereas with juice the sugar hits your bloodstream in one spike.
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I think most of it comes from the fact that everybody eats -- and while almost any other subject will only address a fraction of people, foods and drinks are obviously part of everybody's life. So, there's talk about food every day in the newspaper, on the news cable channels...and now on Slashdot.
Trust me, people weren't always so obsessed with food as medicine as they are today. Another thing I can tell you as an older person: These "studies" that refute previous common wisdom come and go with some regularity. First we hear that "food X" is bad for you. Later, that "food X" is good for you. Live long enough, and you'll see it go back and forth a few times. Just eat food, people. You'll be fine. Whether it's drugs, alcohol, soda pop, or whatever - moderation is the key.
You are confused (Score:2)
"Juicer" typically indicates that you make your own beverage from fresh fruits and veggies, which is not at all unhealthy (1)(2). "Fruit Juice" as TFA is discussing is processed fruit juice, generally chemically reduced to concentrate and added to sugar water (HFCS specifically). The primary difference between soda and 99% of the commercially produced "Fruit Juices" is the lack of carbonation in the latter. In many cases, there is more sugar added to juices than there is in soda.
1. Eating large quantiti
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"Juicer" typically indicates that you make your own beverage from fresh fruits and veggies, which is not at all unhealthy
That depends on the ratio between fruit and veggies. Most fruit is high in sugar, while most veggies are low. If you juice from pure fruit, it's quite unhealthy.
Fruit drinks are bad... (Score:5, Informative)
How you get too much sugar is basically irrelevant.
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Lol, the fiber myth keeps rearing it's ugly head. Tell me how eating 1 apple is and better for you than eating 1 apple worth of apple juice. They both have exactly the same amount of sugar. Are you telling me that if I put 1 apple worth of fiber in my 1 apple worth of apple juice, it suddenly makes it healthy? Fiber which is an undigestible substance that has no nutritional value and somehow magically makes sugar more healthy.
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Eating doesn't stop in the stomach, what happens after the stomach is likely very important i.e. absorbing the stuff.
It's possible that nutrients like vitamins and stuff are easily more absorbed if there's fiber and stuff to slow them down, else your body could opportunistically absorb the sugar and let the rest go down the crapper. Although it should be very unlikely that you're deficient in vitamins (or proteins)
Apple juice? I can't stop at one glass, if I have apple juice I'll likely drink half a liter :
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Shades of betacarotene, there are new things added to our vitamins all the time.
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Yes, for example if you take processed sugar and mix it with oat bran, that will cause less harm than if you just eat straight sugar.
BTW, there are 2 types of fiber in food, and they are very different. A statement like "Fiber which is an undigestible substance that has no nutritional value" is complete idiocy. Fiber not only has nutritional value, it is necessary for good health.
Read a little bit about how excess sugar consumption causes diabetes. You might discover that eating straight sugar all at once i
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Yes, for example if you take processed sugar and mix it with oat bran, that will cause less harm than if you just eat straight sugar.
BTW, there are 2 types of fiber in food, and they are very different. A statement like "Fiber which is an undigestible substance that has no nutritional value" is complete idiocy.
Yes, there are soluble and insoluble forms of dietary fiber, both of which are indigestible. Care to try again?
Fiber not only has nutritional value, it is necessary for good health.
Read a little bit about how excess sugar consumption causes diabetes. You might discover that eating straight sugar all at once is much more harmful to your body than eating the same amount a little bit at a time mixed with fiber.
OK genius. What is the nutritional value of 1 gram of soluble fiber, and 1 gram of insoluble fiber.
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Go. Look. It. Up. And. Find. Out.
I'll give you a hint, one isn't digested; the other is.
Don't even use the word "genius," you are not even a functional reader. To prove you can read, don't write; go and read. Then, when you don't reply I'll know you actually read something about the subject.
Since you didn't know how to google:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pu... [nih.gov]
http://www.mayoclinic.org/heal... [mayoclinic.org]
You also seem confused about the word "nutrient" (in nutritional) so I'll also show y
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So which of your links says that fiber is digestible? Sure, fiber has nutritional value for animals that are capable of digesting cellulose. So technically yes it has nutritional value when you eat it, and it still has the same nutritional value after you shit it out. All of those articles say that fiber "may" have all sorts of benefits. We highly subsidize agriculture in this country, so it's important to get consumers to eat lots of agricultural products that are bad for us. Most of these contain fib
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So which of your links says that fiber is digestible?
First link, first paragraph. Readers can read.
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First paragraph says:
Dietary fiber or roughage is the indigestible portion of food derived from plants. It has two main components:
Yes. Readers can read.
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You can't read. Learn to read, then try again at writing. Did you check the link where it explained that it doesn't have to be digestible to be a nutrient, and to have nutritional value?
read words before writing replies
You're getting pedantic about something where you don't know the details, and the details don't support your position.
It literally lists fiber on the nutrient page I linked above. But you can't read, do you don't know that.
Futhermore, you ended your quote before the end of the paragraph. No
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First, I want you to quote me the passage that says that any type of dietary fiber is digestible. Then I would like to know the nutritional value of that fiber as digested I am going to be waiting for quite some time, because none of your links contain that information.
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And here is the quote from your Nutrient page:
Non-essential nutrients[edit]
Non-essential nutrients are substances within foods can still have a significant impact on health, whether beneficial or toxic. For example, most dietary fiber is not absorbed by the human digestive tract, but is important in maintaining the bulk of a bowel movement to avoid constipation.
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So, what drinks are good? Just water? :P
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You simply cannot do everything right, because what's good for you seems to be an evolving position. Not surprisingly, what is healthy for you is not necessarily longevity promoting in everyone else.
Centagenarians [mercola.com] most often report happiness as the common thread, so don't deny yourself a pleasurable treat once in
Here's a recent study with the opposite result: (Score:2)
Healthy != Profitable (Score:5, Insightful)
Only the Food Industry could make fruit unhealthy.
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Yes it is. While it still contains sugar the article is talking about ADDED sugar. So unless you fresh press your own juice and than add a teaspoon into every glass you drink fresh pressing your own juice is far healthier.
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Freshly pressed orange juice still has the same amount of sugar as regular cola.
And? There's a very big difference between natural sugars, refined sugars and the all American favourite HFCS.
There's even more of a difference in what it is you eat with the sugars and how your body processes the mix i.e. a teaspoon of raw sugar, not as good for you and definitely lacking the nutritional value of eating a whole orange, even though the latter contains more sugar.
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Only the Food Industry could make fruit unhealthy.
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Fruit isn't that healthy for you in the form of fruit either.
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How does sugar get trapped in fiber? Please tell me.
Nope (Score:2, Insightful)
Sugar is sugar is sugar. If you want fruit, eat an actual piece of fruit and get the benefits of the other raw and whole nutrients it contains. It's never a great idea to drink your calories.
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It's never a great idea to drink your calories.
...except maybe when you're actually exercising. A 24 oz bottle of Gatorade has 160 calories in it, which would only take 10-15 minutes to burn off while running or cycling.
Overconsumption of sugar is a big problem, but there's also lack of exercise. We've structured our lives (and cities) in such a way that we don't have to lift a finger to do anything. The only way to exercise is to actively go out of your way to do it; people just can't burn off all that sugar in their day-to-day suburban lives.
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Even then if you are exercising a lot you can simply eat big portions and fatty foods. Goes well with a typical diet that has too much starch/bread/pasta/rice/potato.
Where I love the equivalent to your Gatorade is when you're ill, most notably with gastroenteritis. Can't eat anything. but the sugar, electrolytes and water == good, good, good!
Perhaps it is especially stupid to be afraid of your food, and if your soda makes you feel better go for it. Daily intake and soda at the meal's table is where I think
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if your soda makes you feel better go for it
Yeah, heroin too; if it makes you feel better, it must be good!
And if you're happy when you're drunk, then alcoholism is probably good for you.
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Drinking it isn't the problem, it is all the peeling and extracting that is the problem.
Put that same fruit into a blender and make a nice smoothie from the whole food, and then you can drink it with no change in healthiness.
"Fruit drinks" are basically uncarbonated soda (Score:4, Informative)
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This should not be a surprise to anyone who reads the nutrition label of what they are eating and drinking.
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Did you get dropped on your head? Did you even think before you typed that?
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It's quite healthy if you resist the temptation to smother it in butter, which is difficult because the little ridges could have been designed for that purpose.
Follow the money (Score:2)
I have to watch out my sugar intake and investigated typical sugar content of several juices as I like them.
The result is there is nearly as much sugar in a good (freshly pressed) apple or orange juice than there is in the same measure of soda.
So I've moved to eating the whole fruit, it is just as or even more satisfying than drinking the juice because it fills you up and even
"Heavily Processed" (Score:5, Insightful)
Yeah, when you see a doom-and-gloom article like this one, and one of the phrases is "heavily processed" or the new catchphrase "ultra-processed," you can safely ignore it.
"Heavily processed" is such a wide definition that it's effectively meaningless. Anything that contains extra sugar (in any amount), white flour (or any other refined grains), anything that has "artificial" coloring (even if the color comes from natural sources), refined oils (like soybean oil, which was a "health food" twenty years ago), or even low-fat foods (whether or not they're naturally low in fats).
When you get right down to it, these sorts of articles are trying to get you worked up about processed foods - in other words, ANYTHING that comes in a package. "So buy our Cool New Healthy Food, at only three times the price!"
Of course, the people who are worked up about processed foods are just the spiritual descendants of the people who used to tell you to switch to processed food because the older, natural foods were supposed to be bad for you. I remember when the health nuts told us to switch from butter to margarine because butter was bad - and now we know that margarine is immensely worse for cardiovascular health.
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Why bitch about simple statements of facts? The study finds that 90% of added sugars come from so-called heavily or ultra processed foods, which is enormous and something sgnificant to know.
Just stating it does not make it a conspiracy from Nanny State, advertisers and "health nuts" to talk you down as if you're a little child. I'll allow myself to tell you that's ridiculous.
You're trying to fit facts around preconceived notions that they must come from that PETA bitch, the teacher assistants, the pale-skin
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Why bitch about simple statements of facts? The study finds that 90% of added sugars come from so-called heavily or ultra processed foods, which is enormous and something sgnificant to know.
...except that it becomes a circular definition.
When you say that adding sugar MAKES it a "heavily processed" food, then the fact that 90% of added sugar comes from that food is a given.
You cited one source for definitions for "heavily" and "ultra" processed food - but when you read other sources, you get different definitions. That's the problem - you don't get to pick one you sort of agree with and pretend that it covers everything else.
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I was looking for some reason to assume that sugar is the great devil, but they just take that as a given, something that everyone is supposed to know.
One thing that I know is that you should worry about exercise first-- but that's apparently too horrible a thought for most people to contemplate, they prefer to obsess about what they're shoving in their mouths.
Worried about your health? Let your sugar intake ride, but cut down on gasoline.
People should learn how to shop ... (Score:2)
Setting aside that whole juice vs. drink bit, which can only be used as a high level filter, processed foods have ingredient and nutrition labels. People should check them when they are buying a new product rather than depending upon manufacturer's claims.
Also learn how to check the products next to it. Those cheap alternatives are often better for you than the expensive brands.
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The only brand of shredded wheat that I can find that is "100% whole wheat" is also the cheapest store brand on the market. :)
The only brand of stone ground horseradish mustard without added sugar, emulsifiers, or mystery ingredients like "natural flavor"... cheapest store brand.
But then I have to pay double for the cheapest brand of ketchup that doesn't have corn syrup. Same for pickles without polysorbate 80.
In the end, I think reading labels lets me buy only quality foods, and for about the same price as
Fruit drinks aren't *any* better for you than soda (Score:2)
Water (Score:4, Insightful)
>"the two main sources being soft drinks (17 percent) closely followed by fruit drinks (14 percent). (In this case, 'fruit drinks' refers to processed juices with added sugars.)"
It really doesn't matter much if the juice is 100% natural or a dilution with added sugars. It is still sugar without the rest of the fruit solids (which contains fiber, pectin, and other components). Drinking a glass of fruit juice is not a natural way to consume fruit... it is rapidly taking in a huge quantity of unregulated simple calories.
Fruit juice is just mostly sugar water. If you want to be "healthy" and/or lose weight and/or prevent insulin spikes then drink water. Then, optionally eat a single serving of WHOLE fruit (like one apple or one peach or something) if you want fruit.
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IMHO, this is perfectly on topic. Fructose is fine when eating whole fruits,
So far so good, this is well established by research.
because they are digested more slowly due to fiber and all that.
But that part goes off the rails; they're still trying to figure out why. That is one hypothesis.
Best time to be alive (Score:5, Funny)
I love it! There simply isn't a better time to be alive. Give me diabetes and obesity any day over dying at 12 from starvation. I, for one, am grateful to our new corpulent overlords.
Old news... (Score:3)
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Please explain why this isn't suitable for Slashdot, other than the fact that you care so little about it that you felt obliged to tell us how little you care about it.
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Tired Of Hearing These Assholes. (Score:4, Insightful)
Its all bad for you (Score:2)
so we shouldn't drink anything
Vacuum bottles and water (Score:2)
Vacuum steel bottles and water.
I have a one-liter hydroflask for the house and disc golf, and a 16-ounce Bubba with a barrel shape for the car (so as to fit the minuscule cupholder in my car)
Bottle water is a racket. Don't feed the plastic monster
As for soda.. completely kicked the habit after spending some time in a hospital. When I came back I found I couldn't stand the taste of any of them.. except for Boylan's Birch Beer. So I cut soda out cold turkey.
Fruit drink? Rarely. An Izze here, a smoothie t
No surprise to any adult (Score:2)
I can't drink that stuff, tastes like candy syrup! Pretty much the only thing I can stand to drink (apart from beer or coffee) is water or milk, or a slightly sweetened iced tea. I'll eat a fruit but I can't stand the candy drink.
Be Safe..Drink Beer... (Score:2)
Drinks with 0 vitamins ... (Score:2)
... yet labeled as juice is the normal. Many times I picked up bottles that call itself juice and then there are no vitamins listed under the nutritional info. How Minute Maid, for instance, manages to do that while using real fruit as an ingredient is beyond me.
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I would guess that the processing destroyed most of the vitamins, and the amount varied too widely to even get a reliable minimum level, so they simply didn't list 'em.
I tried to switch to juices (Score:2)
Back in college, I tried to lose my soda habit for something healthier. Frozen concentrates were the best option, saving me from lugging bulky jugs of colored water home in my backpack. I tried "Mr. Pure Papaya Juice". Tasted like ass and made my tongue sting.
Ingredients: no actual papaya at all, just grape and apple from concentrate and tons of HFCS.
"Mr Pure", folks.
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I suppose soft drink vendors could turn this around and say "as healthy as fruit juice" as show by this study.
Re:This Just In (Score:4, Informative)
It seems to claim 'orange juice' is very high in sugar, but then implies it means orange juice with added sugar, not pure OJ.
Pure orange juice has about 8.5% of sugar and about 2% of other carbohydrates. That could be called 'very high'
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Pure orange juice has about 8.5% of sugar and about 2% of other carbohydrates. That could be called 'very high'
Not only that, but it's pretty close to what most sodas are, and most juices are have similar numbers as well. It also doesn't take much juice (14 oz, even if it's "natural" or "organic" fruit juice to meet food religion requirements) to exceed the FDA recommendation for simple sugars per day, which is likely too high at this point.
Overconsumption of simple sugars are likely *THE* reason why a lot of people have high cholesterol and fatty liver, and in a 2,000 calorie diet you should probably be consuming less than 20g but ideally zero (there's no nutritional or other physiological need for it.) Cutting out dietary cholesterol and saturated fat from your diet is and always has been the wrong advice for treating these.
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Research consistently shows that processed mono-sugars are harmful in ways that fruit isn't, even where the total sugar content in the fruit is the same.
And yet, if you process the fruit to extract mono-sugars, they are just as bad as any other mono-sugar, in some cases they're in the worst group.
So it makes no sense to just measure total sugar and presume it is harmful. What appears to matter a lot more for health is added sugar and highly processed foods generally.
Just like white flour is harmful because
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Wouldn't part of the issue be the type of sugar as well? I mean sugars are, like fats, an entire subcategory of complex hydrocarbons. So to compare percentages alone is far too simplistic.
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Similar in the U.S.
Beverages that are 100% juice may be called “juice.” However, beverages that are diluted to less than 100% juice must have the word “juice” qualified with a term such as “beverage,” “drink,” or “cocktail.” Alternatively, the product may be labeled with a name using the form “diluted ____ juice,”
Other rules applies for blends and %-based mixes.
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Problem is orange juice is bad for you.... Would you EAT 6 oranges? no. but you will happily drink 6 oranges.
The problem also stems from the fact that americans wont drink a 4oz glass of OJ.
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But they also won't drink a 64 oz glass of OJ either, but a soft drink that size is available at any US gas station.
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You don't get nearly that much in the cup after you fill it with ice.
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Not really - "And even pure fruit juices that deliver vitamins and nutrients — like freshly squeezed orange juice — also deliver a lot of calories and sugar" makes it clear that all juices are high in sugar. Just, sugar-water-based "fruit drinks" are criticized for having very little/no nutritional value.
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I think there's a problem with so called sports drinks, which are just sugar water with some other ingredients. Power-Ade for instance. Parents probably thinking it's ok for the kids.
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The story here on /. is not any better. This whole thing almost reads like a fuzzy religious argument, not a fact-based one.
32 oz of OJ (Score:2)
when was the last time you saw someone drink 32 oz of OJ at once. But Coke? yes.
sugar in your OJ is not OJ either.
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Tequila and OJ
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Yeah, if you care about health and ingredients you have to really learn the vocabulary of food marketing in order to understand what the different things being discussed are.
"Fruit drink" and "soda" are both words for Earth Sugardrink. "Fruit Juice" is not a "Fruit drink." They try really hard to conflate this, but they are simply different products.
We already knew that adding juice to Earth Sugardrink didn't magically make it healthy; Mt Dew contains orange juice, Dr Pepper contains prune juice, etc.
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Yeah, fruits are high in sugar, but that doesn't mean I want even more sugar / corn syrup to make up for the bad flavor that corn syrup drink makers have to mitigate.
Fruits aren't necessarily high in sugar, but juicing typically keeps the sugar while removing a lot of other materials, making fruit juice have a higher concentration than fruit. The same applies to vegetables by the way, which is why "juicing" or "juice diets" are a pretty dumb idea if the whole point is to be healthier.
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Yeah, fruits are high in sugar, but that doesn't mean I want even more sugar / corn syrup to make up for the bad flavor that corn syrup drink makers have to mitigate.
Fruits aren't necessarily high in sugar, but juicing typically keeps the sugar while removing a lot of other materials, making fruit juice have a higher concentration than fruit. The same applies to vegetables by the way, which is why "juicing" or "juice diets" are a pretty dumb idea if the whole point is to be healthier.
A lot of the "other material" is the fiber from the whole fruit, which slows the digestion of the sugars/carbs. Furthermore, a cup of orange juice contains the juice of several oranges, which would be difficult to consume from whole fruit in one sitting.
You might be interested in this (90min) video, Sugar: The Bitter Truth [youtube.com] by Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, in which he explores the damage caused by sugary foods. He argues that fructose (too much) and
Sodas are also fruit juice (Score:2)
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If you're paying for someone's health care, it's because you offered to pay. Rescind the offer if you don't like where the money is going.
It's a democracy. I can choose to vote one way or the other, but I can't just decide not to follow the law without nasty consequences.
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Votes don't justify bullying or oppressing people.
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No : stop obeying your moms, called Kraft Foods, Pepsi, Coca etc.
If enough people do that, then the co-pay on your healthcare could be eliminated, for example (in theory).
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This is not so much a study about basic physiology, I see it more as a study about demographics (esp. the one on BMJ.com)
Also, common sense is something that can get lost, along with popular culture or folk culture and little know-how like sewing and such.
One example : nowadays, you can find yourself learning how to handwash a few clothes or how to polish shoes for the first time ever in your life, at 30-year-old. Did you know how to polish shoes at 10-year-old in the 60s? Sure, I guess. Now it depends on a
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"Yes.. sugar does in fact have calories and amazingly those drinks have their calories and sugar content listed on them.. "
Yes, it's just thermodynamics! Except that it isn't because there's a human being in the loop acting as a control system, and so there are complicated psychological and physiological effects going on that no one seems to understand terribly well.
Are high carbohydrate diets bad? Then how do you explain the Japanese?
Are high fat diets bad? Then how do you explain the French?
Co
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Silly rabbit. As an American I can explain this to you. We don't add sugar to juice.
What some people add sugar to is water, flavored by 5 to 10% juice.
It is just a variety of Earth Sugardrink that is not carbonated. I suspect it is also sold in your country, although you may use different words for it. In fact, if you looked into it you would find that while the most popular brands of Earth Sugardrink are American, nevertheless Americans do not have the highest rate of consumption of Sugardrink.