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Article: Juice: wading through the claims.(BRAND-NAME RATING)
- Article from:
- Nutrition Action Healthletter
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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Fruit juice is no longer on the all-you-can-drink list.
Even if it's 100% pure, not-from-concentrate, nutrient-packed OJ, juice is liquid calories. And liquid calories don't register with your brain's satiety center like the calories in solid foods do. That means you don't compensate for them by consuming fewer calories later in the day.
So unless you're that rare person who's trying to gain weight, it makes sense to aim for just one cup (8 oz.) of juice a day. But one cup of what?
The juice aisle is awash in claims. Some juices "help nourish your brain." Others "support a healthy digestive system." Still others "promote a healthy heart." And ...