Friday, May 29, 2009

The dangerous misconceptions about the benefits of juice

Many are accustomed to believe that because the juice - it is natural and useful product, then you can drink it as you want. However, this is not quite true. 

1. The fact that the juice and juice drinks a lot of sugar. The experts found that the sugar content in them at times could reach up to six teaspoons of sugar in 250-gram package. Therefore, they are high-calorie. So in the liter of grape juice contains about 1100 kcal, and per liter of apple - about 900. In addition, most juices increase the appetite. In addition, all of this, as we understand it, helps to add extra kilos. In addition, excessive consumption of sugar can cause diabetes. 
2. Some of the drinks are written that they made «without adding sugar» or «low in sugar». However, deceive ourselves in this case is not worth - sugar are replaced by artificial sweeteners - saccharin, aspartame (E951), -K (E950), which although do not contain unnecessary calories, but still no better than sugar. 
3. In addition to juice contains a lot of acid, which contributes to the destruction of tooth enamel. In addition, a very acidic juice binds calcium and takes it from the body, so with osteoporosis such juices should be consumed with caution. 
4. A large number of drunken juices can lead to chronic diarrhea. 
5. Also, do not forget that there are contraindications to the consumption of juices, such as ulcerative colitis, gastritis with increased secretary activity, peptic ulcer disease and others.