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Juices:
Can you get too much of a good thing?
THE FOLLOWING EXCERPTS ARE FROM
"ENVIRONMENTAL NUTRITION:
THE NEWSLETTER OF FOOD, NUTRITION & HEALTH"
www.environmentalnutrition.com
To help protect against chronic diseases like cancer, obesity, diabetes, and heart
disease, we've been encouraged to eat five or more servings of fruits and
vegetables daily. This goal, while seemingly simple, is one that many find difficult to
achieve. In the quest for 5 A Day, we often turn to juice. Is that a good thing? Yes
and No.
Including quality juices in your diet can be a healthful way to benefit from fruits and
veggies. Juices should be 100% juice, not a juice drink or blend. Even good quality
juice should be substituted for no more than one of the five recommended daily
servings of fruits and vegetables, simply because fruit juices are higher in simple
sugars than their whole fruit counterparts and it's easy to get a lot of calories from
juice in a short time.
Here are some links for
further information on Juice:
http://pediatrics.about.com/library/weekly/aa111401a.htm
http://www.parents.com/articles/health/2174.jsp
Can you get too much of a good thing?
THE FOLLOWING EXCERPTS ARE FROM
"ENVIRONMENTAL NUTRITION:
THE NEWSLETTER OF FOOD, NUTRITION & HEALTH"
www.environmentalnutrition.com
To help protect against chronic diseases like cancer, obesity, diabetes, and heart
disease, we've been encouraged to eat five or more servings of fruits and
vegetables daily. This goal, while seemingly simple, is one that many find difficult to
achieve. In the quest for 5 A Day, we often turn to juice. Is that a good thing? Yes
and No.
Including quality juices in your diet can be a healthful way to benefit from fruits and
veggies. Juices should be 100% juice, not a juice drink or blend. Even good quality
juice should be substituted for no more than one of the five recommended daily
servings of fruits and vegetables, simply because fruit juices are higher in simple
sugars than their whole fruit counterparts and it's easy to get a lot of calories from
juice in a short time.
Here are some links for
further information on Juice:
http://pediatrics.about.com/library/weekly/aa111401a.htm
http://www.parents.com/articles/health/2174.jsp
