April 4, 2013
Is my
orange juice a better health choice than coca cola? Yes, but barely. Twelve
ounces of orange juice has a whopping 37 grams of sugar or almost 10 teaspoons.
The same amount of coca cola has 39 grams of sugar. Although orange juice has nutrients that a
coke doesn’t such as vitamin C and potassium, in my opinion it’s not a healthy
choice. One reason is because it has no fiber. Fiber is extremely important
when eating sweet things. It slows down sugar absorption, which is really
important for avoiding weight gain, insulin resistance, and diabetes. Instead
of drinking juice, eat an orange. Robert Lustig’s new book, Fat Chance: Beating
the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease, documents the
connection between sugar and high fructose corn syrup and the epidemic of
obesity and lifestyle diseases that have become epidemic in the last 30 years.
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