LA Times: It's time fruit juice loses its wholesome image, some experts say

Alissa Hamilton is interviewed in a recent Los Angeles Times piece that argues fruit juice "poses the same obesity-related health risks as Coke, Pepsi and other widely vilified beverages." As readers of Squeezed will note, it's often these same companies who formulate the fruit juices that find their way into our grocery stores.

There is also the question of a more concentrated serving size. As Hamilton points out in the piece, "You consume more oranges if you drink them than if you eat them whole," indicating that fruit juice drinkers are ingesting more calories than they might if they simply ate the orange itself. To read more, click here.

Comments

[Sarah Wally, MS RD (Juice Products Association)]

As a registered dietitian who understands the science behind the headlines, I was troubled to read Karen Kaplan’s article (“It’s time fruit juice loses it’s wholesome image, come experts say,” November 8) that outwardly questions the healthfulness of 100% fruit juice.

The claims made in the article that fruit juice poses unique obesity-related health risks are absolutely without merit. In fact, members of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee - the nutrition experts who will lay the foundation for U.S. federal food and nutrition policy - recently presented the results of a comprehensive literature review, reporting that the preponderance of evidence does not support a link between 100% fruit juice and weight status.

One hundred percent fruit juices are an important source of valuable nutrients. The 2005 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee noted that levels of vitamin C, folate and potassium are often higher in certain 100% fruit juices than in their whole fruit counterparts. In addition, studies suggest that appropriate consumption of 100% juice is linked to an overall healthier eating pattern, including reduced intake of total dietary fat, saturated fat and added sugars. For many Americans drinking 100% fruit juice is an important strategy to help meet current targets for daily fruit intake

The article’s false claims will only further confuse a public that is already far too distrustful of (and disheartened by) conflicting nutrition advice from those who have not invested the time to review the full body of scientific research on 100% juice.

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We should try to go in depth of this issue.Is it true that we are consuming more calories when we drink same orange rather than when we eat them??So I want to know are these juices are bad for our health...Then these should be banned if they have bad effect on our health..thanks for raising this point..

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