Disappointed

[poliphilo]

Ailz- who has been educating herself on the skulduggery perpetrated by food companies and supermarkets- tells me the "fresh" orange juice I drink for breakfast contains as much sugar as coca-cola and is quite as worthless nutritionally. "Basically, just sugar water," she says.

And I thought I was doing myself so much good...

Comments

[craftyailz.livejournal.com]

Fibre is what you need - eat the whole apple - the juice is just sweet.

It's why fruit juice seems so much sweeter than the fruit. Fructose needs fibre to keep it under control. Glucose is digested throughout the body, but fructose has to go to the liver. If the liever is busy with the rest of the meal it just dumps it with triglycerides - not good for your blood. If you eat the fibre it slows down the digestion of fructose and then the liver has time to deal with it.

Athletes can get away with fruit juice, after they've exercised, but it's a reason why there are so many people who are suffering from being thin on the outside and fat on the inside. Fructose turns into fatty liver if you're not careful

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

But surely if one has a glass of juice with breakfast, the fibres will be provided by the rest of the meal anyway - or at least they ought to be. I think you're right that we all need to pay a bit of attention to what we eat - some more than others, of course, but generally all of us. And at least here in Denmark the advice is that juice can only replace one of the recommended 6 portions of fruit and veg per day.

And in terms of preservation, preserving juice for a full year is simpler than preserving entire fruits. (Though I do like to freeze at least some of my apple bounty or using them as a base for marmalades.)