Drinking one glass or more of 100% fruit juice each day is associated with weight gain in children and adults, according to a new analysis of 42 previous studies.

The research, published Tuesday in JAMA Pediatrics, found a positive association between drinking 100% fruit juice and BMI — a calculation that takes into account weight and height — among kids. It also found an association between daily consumption of 100% fruit juice with weight gain among adults.

100% fruit juice was defined as fruit juices with no added sugar.

  • Duranie@literature.cafe
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    10 months ago

    This has been a pet peeve of mine for years, but I’ve never voiced it because I didn’t feel like taking on the “you’re an idiot” stares.

    But seriously, I drink a diet soda and I’m supposed to feel shitty because “soda is bad” while someone chugs a sugary glass of juice and that’s supposed to be healthier? Can I compromise and drink a Fresca? Lol

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      10 months ago

      a drink being nutritious is not the same as being healthy

      100% juice is all natural stuff that you body is used to procesing for milions of years, but yeah you’re gonna get fat if you chug it like there no tomorrow

      soda is some random shit thrown together, articifial sweetners, coloring etc.

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      10 months ago

      People treating “healthy” like an essential quality something either does or does not have has irritated me for decades.

      For example, one lens of “health” is “non-toxic.” If you know, toxicity requires a quantity. Nobody ever talks about quantity, I swear to god.

      People at the restaurant I used to work in would look me dead in the eyes and say “oHh, eating healthy today, hUH?” over a salad I’d loaded with bacon, cheese and ranch. There wasn’t a single time I didn’t just flatly answer “Is it?”