Fruit Juices value??- Please read & comment - Nice to have a discussion .

[Gandhi]

University of Glasgow's Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, said that drinking more than just one glass a day of fruit juice can lead to an increased risk of diabetes.

They have also argued that fruit juices should not be included in the current five-a-day guidelines as high intake is "counter-productive" to a healthy lifestyle.

Mr Sattar, who is Professor of Metabolic Medicine, said: "Fruit juice has a similar energy density and sugar content to other sugary drinks.

"For example, 250ml of apple juice typically contains 110 kcal and 26g of sugar, and 250ml of cola typically contains 105kcal and 26.5g of sugar.

"Additionally, by contrast with the evidence for solid fruit intake, for which high consumption is generally associated with reduced or neutral risk of diabetes, current evidence suggests high fruit juice intake is associated with increased risk of diabetes."

Writing in the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology journal, they called for more comprehensive labelling of high-sugar fruit juices to help the public make more informed decisions about their diet.

It comes amid a debate about whether sugar is as bad as tobacco or alcohol and should be treated as a public health issue in the same way.

Doctors told Westminster last month that the obesity crisis could be stopped within five years if the industry cut the amount of sugar it put into food by 30%.

[Gandhi]

Stef 

Nice write up. Good to read other side views too, that was my intention when I posted this write up. 

[Mary]

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@StefK wrote:

A study from 2012 showed that multivitamins can reduce the risk of cancer by 8%: The study was published online in the Journal of the American Medical Association to coincide 

with its presentation at the Annual American Association for Cancer Research's Frontiers in 

Cancer Prevention Research meeting.

Analysis of the data found men taking a multivitamin had a modest 8 per cent reduction in total cancer 

incidence, includingcolorectal, lung and bladder. Although the main reason to take multivitamins is to 

prevent nutritional deficiency, these data provide support for thepotential use of multivitamin supplements 

in the prevention of cancer in middle-aged

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Dr. Ernest Hawk, vice president of cancer prevention at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and formerly of the National Cancer Institute, told the Associated Press the study is promising but, "It's a very mild effect and personally I'm not sure it's significant enough to recommend to anyone." He added, "At least this doesn't suggest a harm" as some previous vitamin studies have.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/daily-multivitamin-may-curb-cancer-risk-in-older-men/

[Naomi94]

This is information I already knew. 

Juices are high in sugar and are empty calories. The only use I have for them, is when I add 1 oz of fruit juice to 8 oz of water. That is my version of the..."sports drink".

I let my kids have a small cup of juice, but I always mix it with some water.