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Is Juice Good For You? - With Lee Labrada

4,292 views · Published 18 July 2014 · 2:38 · Indexed 8 November 2026

Channel: Labrada Nutrition · 2014 · Sports

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Hi i'm Lee Labrada, your lean body coach and welcome to this weeks ask Lee.

You've always heard that eating fruits and vegetables is good for you, but what about juice?

Today's question comes from Annie Smith of Atlanta:

QUESTION: "Lee, thanks for your nutrition tips. And by the way, I love the lean body for her section of your website. My question is regarding fruit juice. Is it healthy or not? I'm worried about the sugar."

ANSWER: Calorie for calorie, whole fruit provides more nutritional benefits than drinking the pure juice of that fruit. That's because when you liquefy fruit, it strips away the peel and dumps the pulp, along with many nutritious ingredients like fiber, calcium, minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants.

For example a 5 ounce glass of orange juice contain 70 cal, .3 g of dietary fiber and 16 mg of calcium, but a whole orange with the same number of calories contains 3.1 g of fiber and 60 mg of calcium.

Pure fruit juice comes with an even bigger problem, and that is the high sugar content. Whether you consume sugar in the form of fruit juice or in the form of processed white table sugar, the effect in the body is the same. Blood sugar levels skyrocket, your body responds with a big release of insulin, and then you crash.
Excess sugar can make you fat and unhealthy. At least when you eat the whole fruit, the fiber and pulp slow down the absorption of the sugar, resulting in a lower insulin response.

So in conclusion, stay away from fruit juice as you would any other sweetened soft drink. It's counterproductive for a person who is trying to eat a healthy balanced diet, and manage their weight. Instead, eat the whole fruit in moderation, and enjoy the healthful benefits of all of the additional fiber and nutrients.

I'm Lee Labrada, your lean body coach. Stay healthy and stay strong.

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