I know what your thinking! Orange Juice! Bad for me? Well, all in moderation however, it’s certainly something I don’t drink, it’s awfully sweet with a lot of sugar which is why people drink it like water!
“It’s OK, I drink 100% Orange Juice!” Wrong! This is still full of sugar and it’s not pure. The one thing we need to learn about diet is that if it’s processed it’s not going to be a healthy choice to sustain a long term healthy lifestyle. Orange juice is seen as the healthy option compared to other soft drinks but the truth is, it’s just as bad as the rest. The worst thing about Orange Juice is the combination of the consumers lack of knowledge about food labelling and the manufactures overwhelming desire to ensure you believe their drink is good for you. While keeping to the ‘legal’ food labeling guidelines, it’s still going to confuse you and look like a good choice by looking at the label.
Most Orange Juices will show No Fat & a bunch of Vitamin C! Good right! Well lets look at a popular Orange Juice Drink label