Well not exactly, but bear with me.
You see last week the UK's watchdog Advertising Standards Agency ruled that Coca Cola's Vitaminwater advertisements stating their beverage was "delicious and nutritious" were misleading because,
"Because Vitaminwater contained about a quarter of a consumers GDA for sugar as well as the added vitamins, we considered that the description of Vitaminwater as ‘nutritious’ was misleading."So what's about a quarter of a consumer's GDA for sugar? 4-5 teaspoons.
What else has 4-5 teaspoons per glass?
Orange juice, apple juice and pretty much any other fruit juice. Some, like grape juice, have even more.
Of course there'll be those who argue that the sugar in the Vitaminwater is "added" sugar, but me? Sugar water's sugar water, whether the sugar was added by God or by machines is inconsequential. Think of it this way. If you took pure spring water and added to it 5 teaspoons of sugar and exactly the same amount of vitamins and minerals as you'd find in orange juice then for all intents and purposes nutritionally the beverage would just be orange juice. So if the UK Advertising Standards Agency is unhappy with Vitaminwater, I think they also ought to be unhappy with juice.
Drink water.
Eat fruit.
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Totally agree with you. Drink water and eat your fruit. I started doing that in the fall and it made a marked difference in how I feel and my ability to manage my weight. Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteAnd the fruit contains? Uhm, sugar.
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ReplyDeleteUnlike juice, fruit contains fibre. Fibre not only makes food harder to chew, so you eat more slowly, it also delays the emptying of your stomach and slows the absorption of nutrients, including sugar. So you're absolutely right, fruit has sugar, but it's released into your system much more slowly. Fruit is much better for you than juice. Not that you can never drink juice, but it shouldn't be the way you get your 7-10 servings.