My Foodie Call

Do you buy orange juice? Let’s stop the nonsense. First of all, there is entirely too much concentrated sugar in orange juice. Yes, all orange juice.

You say, “But I buy 100% orange juice. No high fructose corn syrup. That has to be good right?”

Well, no. It takes about 4 oranges to make an 8 ounce serving a juice. That’s a lot of sugar. Not only does orange juice have loads of sugar, but it also spikes your blood sugar because there are zero grams of fiber. *Remember when choosing a snack,  3+ grams per serving….

Just buy these. No seeds, no problem.

Check out the fiber on this label. 3 grams of fiber. That’s the white peel-y stuff on the outside. This SLOWS DOWN how fast your body absorbs sugar. A good thing.

Check out this label. Vitamin C? 150%. Yow-za.

Sugar, sugar, sugar. 27 grams in 8 oz. Yikes.

You say, “But it’s a faster way to get my Vitamin C for the day…”

My response?

Although it says 100% Vitamin C on that label, did you know that the second you open that OJ bottle it starts to lose some of that handy-dandy vitamin? Yup. Exposure to air aka oxidation strips that Vitamin C from the orange juice and by the time you get to the bottom of your jug…3+ days later, the Vitamin C is pretty much nil.

Let’s just skip it okay?