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That Sneaky Fruit Juice

Posted on August 9, 2012 3:30 PM by Dr. Jo in Nutrition | 5 Comments

Lots of folks believe that drinking fresh squeezed fruit juice provides great health benefits. Doctors even tend to agree. After all you get concentrated amounts of vitamin C and lots of living enzymes.

 

And the advertising media chimes in with terms like:

No added sugar

All natural

No preservatives

Have your glass of orange juice every morning

 

But let’s take a closer look at how fruit juice affects your metabolism.

 

First of all, when you eat the whole intact fruit the sugar (fructose) comes packaged in individual compartments surrounded by fiber. After biting into that apple (or … Read the rest