Comments on: Study: Drinking Fruit Juice Worse Than Sugary Soda For Type 2 Diabetes Risk

By: David Gillespie

David Gillespie — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:09:33 +0000

All full-strength soft drinks are about 6 per cent fructose by weight. The most popular fruit juices are even worse than soft drink (this is probably why they are the most popular). Fruit juices often taste sweeter than soft drinks, but the fruit juice industry has very cleverly convinced us that they are, in fact, ‘natural’, and therefore healthy. An average apple juice will be about 7 per cent fructose by weight. This means a medium apple juice contains about 35g of fructose (equivalent to 70g [17 teaspoons] of table sugar) whereas the same quantity of soft drink would contain only 30g (equivalent to 60g of sugar).

These figures are for unsweetened juices – often manufacturers (particularly those targeting children) will add even more sugar to overcome the tart taste of citric acid in citrus juices, or just to make it sweeter.

While I think you should clarify the fact that the study is about fruit drinks, I agree with you that it doesn’t much matter – fructose is fructose whether it is added or ‘natural’.

By: LosingWeight

LosingWeight — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:13:22 +0000

jimmy I agree with you. Fruit is good in moderation, fruit juice even if it’s organic is just the sugar and none of the fiber contained in the actaul fruit.

By: A. Manechevitz

A. Manechevitz — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:18:33 +0000

Your blog about fruit juice is very misleading, it should be edited and rewritten. Fruit “drink” and say, organic orange juice are not one and the same. Own-up, Jimmy!

I stand by what I wrote. Both have sugar and cause the same health issues related to insulin. What is the difference?

–Jimmy

By: gary dempster

gary dempster — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:04:40 +0000

My first job after college was working in the warehouse of Odwalla juice… I still remember the epic sugar high my first night working there, where we could drink all the juice we wanted! I quickly gravitated towards only drinking wheatgrass juice, carrot juice or the Odwalla protein drink, and still spent much of the time in a juice-induced sugar stupor. I worked hard all night, so I burned off all the sugar, but later on, when I quit that job but still had an acquired love for fruit juice, I gained a lot of weight!

By: Chef Deora

Chef Deora — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:16:42 +0000

Back in the days of endless Weight Watcher regimes and $13 re-registrations — although I knew nothing about the effects of carbs and insulin –I was somehow fortunate to catch on to the relationship of OJ to my consciousness–i.e., I nearly passed out every time I drank a glass of Florida sunshine. Amazing to me that anything could stand out and be identified among the stream of other sugars, white flours, and HFCC, but the effect of OJ had an intensity all it’s own.

By: Tom Bunnell (TB)--TB

Tom Bunnell (TB)--TB — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:39:00 +0000

A glass of Orange Juice and a glass of Apple Juice and a glass of Pop and a glass of Kool-Aid and a glass of Milk are all the same thing! — Almost pure carbohydrates! — Shocking news when first heard and not easy to swallow and hardly believed, but factually the truth!