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Is fruit juice the healthy answer?
Asked by ankit shivam,
27 Dec '10 09:17 am
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Fruit juices are healthy. But the logic doesn"t apply to nutrition. Even with no sugar added, zero preservatives, unstrained fruit juice would have the same amount of sugar as a cola beverage, because fruit is full of sugar!
The sugar is from fructose that"s naturally present in fruit; if it"s 10 per cent juice. most of the sugar is in the form of high-fructose corn syrup. When a fruit juice is without added sugar it means sucrose or table sugar is not added. But the sugar of the fruit obviously remains. Sugar in 340 ml of fruit juice (no added sugar) is equivalent to calories in 340 ml (one can) of Coca-Cola.
All the above basically tells us that no matter which juice you choose, they all have more calories than the same amount of Coke. It tells us that juice - 100 per cent juice, no sugar added - contains about the same amount of sugar as the same volume of Coke. It tells us that, freshly-squeezed fruit juice without straining, is no different in calories . Fruit juices are calo ...more
The sugar is from fructose that"s naturally present in fruit; if it"s 10 per cent juice. most of the sugar is in the form of high-fructose corn syrup. When a fruit juice is without added sugar it means sucrose or table sugar is not added. But the sugar of the fruit obviously remains. Sugar in 340 ml of fruit juice (no added sugar) is equivalent to calories in 340 ml (one can) of Coca-Cola.
All the above basically tells us that no matter which juice you choose, they all have more calories than the same amount of Coke. It tells us that juice - 100 per cent juice, no sugar added - contains about the same amount of sugar as the same volume of Coke. It tells us that, freshly-squeezed fruit juice without straining, is no different in calories . Fruit juices are calo ...more
Source: google.....
Answered by zohra imam, 27 Dec '10 09:27 am
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Not really. One should instead choose the whole fruit. The fibre and natural extraction of juice while munching the fruit is double benefecial.
Answered by Shiv Bhatia, 27 Dec '10 09:18 am
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No doubt, but be sure what fruit juice you are taking, will it be healthy for you. Some fruits may hamper your health. keep in mind..
Answered by Surender Rao, 27 Dec '10 09:18 am
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It is fresh n home made..but eating fruit itself more healthy option.
Answered by Manju Sikri, 27 Dec '10 10:39 am
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