Juice
 

Simple enough topic, right?

I haven't ever been much of a juice drinker (the acid doesn't agree with me) and I don't eat fruit at all, but as I've been considering the CB Biggest loser, I thought I'd give juice a shot again, but just had a few questions.

I am currently drinking Orange and Cranberry juice. I've noticed that the carbs are high in both...is this a bad thing? I know that a lot of crash diets tell you to be low on carbs, but I just figured juice would be good for me.

Any thoughts on juice? kinds, brands, whatever you got, I'm listening.

Thanks

everything in moderation
 

Fruit juice IS a lot of carbs. Its fructose, maybe one step better than pure sugar. That said, fruit is good for you, though you'd probably be better to eat the actual fruit to get all the fiber and vitamins. So I would just include it in the calorie count; focus on keeping to a daily calorie limit ... and if you're not getting any "fullness" in return from the fruit juice calories, you can skip it or switch to whole fruit. Cut up an apple or orange. You can also dilute the juice if you're using it for hydration for exercise.

Eat fruit. Avoid juice. Fruit has fiber that will fill you up. Juice is just a sugar with vitamin C.

what about gatorade? I'm a water man myself, but we have some gatorade in the house... I didn't like drinking it while I ride my bike, but I enjoy it before or sometime after.

So, Jack Lalanne has been misguiding us all these years?

Gatorade has fewer calories than juice. But if you're trying to lose weight, I'd say water is the best way to quench your thirst.

I don't know. What does he say?

I'm no expert, but you get about 60 calories from an apple and about 120 calories from an 8 oz glass of apple juice. If I was counting calories, I'd drink water and eat an apple.

I seem to get really bad headaches whenever I drink juices, so I rarely do.

I also seem to develop a canker sore or two if I drink juice.

Is that an allergy thing? I honestly have no idea why that happens.