Smoothies and fruit juices are a new risk to health, US scientists warn

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Smoothies and fruit juices are a new risk to health, US scientists warn



Smoothies and fruit juices are 'the next step in the evolution of the battle', says Barry Popkin. Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian
Fruit juices and smoothies represent a new risk to our health because of the amount of sugar the apparently healthy drinks contain, warn the US scientists who blew the whistle on corn syrup in soft drinks a decade ago.

Barry Popkin and George Bray pointed the finger at high fructose corn syrup in soft drinks in 2004, causing a huge headache for the big manufacturers, including Coca-Cola and Pepsi.

"Smoothies and fruit juice are the new danger," said Popkin, a distinguished professor at the department of nutrition at the University of North Carolina, in an interview with the Guardian.

He added: "It's kind of the next step in the evolution of the battle. And it's a really big part of it because in every country they've been replacing soft drinks with fruit juice and smoothies as the new healthy beverage. So you will find that Coke and Pepsi have bought dozens [of fruit juice companies] around the globe."

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[holdencaulfield]

kain lang ng kain!
alam mo ba sa pagkain ang ikamamatay mo?

[Phoenix67]

Duda ko funded ng beverage company yung professor na yun..hehehe. Another black propaganda.

[uls]

the professor is speaking against Coca-Cola and Pepsi coz both companies have entered the smoothies market

In the UK, Coca-Cola owns Innocent smoothies while PepsiCo has Tropicana. Launching Tropicana smoothies in 2008, Pepsi's sales pitch was that the drink would help the nation to reach its five a day fruit and vegetable target. "Smoothies are one of the easiest ways to boost daily fruit intake as each 250ml portion contains the equivalent of 2 fruit portions," it said at the time.

[CVT]

Everything in moderation

[_Cathy_]

Any fruit juice that is bottled or canned can't be healthy for you. Even fresh smoothies (jamba juice or big chill etc) are full of calories.

I rarely drink bottled or canned fruit juice. I take it as a treat and never thought of it as a healthy drink.

[chrismarte]

^even del monte pineapple?

[shadow]

Any fruit juice that is bottled or canned can't be healthy for you. Even fresh smoothies (jamba juice or big chill etc) are full of calories.

I rarely drink bottled or canned fruit juice. I take it as a treat and never thought of it as a healthy drink.

Everything has calories naman talaga eh. But fresh juices and smoothies w/o the sugar syrup is fine.


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[_Cathy_]

^even del monte pineapple?

Yes. It has preservatives and that's high in sugar.

[_Cathy_]

Everything has calories naman talaga eh. But fresh juices and smoothies w/o the sugar syrup is fine.


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Yes I agree on that. I was speaking of canned and bottled juices.

Real healthy fruit juice, yung fresh squeezed fruits using a juicer and no added sugar/syrup. Yung orange juice sa Rustan's rockwell and S&R healthy yun.