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Article: FORTIFIED ORANGE JUICE: COLD AND FLU PROTECTION?
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- Herald-News (Joliet, IL)
- Article date:
- December 17, 1997
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Orange juice fortified with twice the vitamins C and E is being promoted as a way to protect from colds and flu.
"A diet rich in nutrients can go a long way to help strengthen immunity during cold and flu season," says Meghan Flynn, a registered dietitian with Tropicana North America based in Bradenton, Fla. The new fortified Tropicana Orange Juice has 240 percent of the daily value for vitamin C and 35 percent of the daily value for vitamin E.
"It's well documented that most Americans don't meet recommended daily intakes for many nutrients involved in immune function."
Why not just fortify with vitamins and calcium?
"We're not trying to be the `total' orange juice," says Flynn.
"When ...