Diet Tip: Eat Fruit Instead of Drinking It
>> Tuesday, January 19, 2010
If you're trying to lose weight, when picking out between fruit and fruit juice, stay with fruit. The whole fruit not only provides more fiber than fruit juice, it holds fewer calories as well. Eating On fiber not only prevents certain types of cancers and keeps you regular, but it also facilitates fill you up so you're less likely to take as many calories. I'm not saying you should surrender juice entirely, but if you have a choice it's best to choose the original source. If sweet beverages are your weakness, fruit juice is unquestionably a better option than soda for its nutritional benefits, but it still contains just about as many calories (8.1 ounces of Coca-Cola contains 97 calories). So if you're watching your calorie intake, you may want to restrict yourself to one eight-ounce glass a day, and opt for water or herbal teas for the rest of the day.
To emphasize my point I have made a neat little chart comparing an orange to a serving of orange juice. To see it, just read more.
Calories Total Fat Sat Fat Chol. Sodium Carbs Fiber Sugars Protein Calcium Potassium
One orange 62 .2g 0g 0mg 0mg 15.4g 3.1g 12.2g 1.26g 52.4mg 237.1mg
8 oz. orange juice 112 .5g .1g 0mg 2mg 25.8g .5g 20.8g 1.7g 27.3mg 496.3mg
Source
If you're trying to lose weight, when picking out between fruit and fruit juice, stay with fruit. The whole fruit not only provides more fiber than fruit juice, it holds fewer calories as well. Eating On fiber not only prevents certain types of cancers and keeps you regular, but it also facilitates fill you up so you're less likely to take as many calories. I'm not saying you should surrender juice entirely, but if you have a choice it's best to choose the original source. If sweet beverages are your weakness, fruit juice is unquestionably a better option than soda for its nutritional benefits, but it still contains just about as many calories (8.1 ounces of Coca-Cola contains 97 calories). So if you're watching your calorie intake, you may want to restrict yourself to one eight-ounce glass a day, and opt for water or herbal teas for the rest of the day.
To emphasize my point I have made a neat little chart comparing an orange to a serving of orange juice. To see it, just read more.
Calories Total Fat Sat Fat Chol. Sodium Carbs Fiber Sugars Protein Calcium Potassium
One orange 62 .2g 0g 0mg 0mg 15.4g 3.1g 12.2g 1.26g 52.4mg 237.1mg
8 oz. orange juice 112 .5g .1g 0mg 2mg 25.8g .5g 20.8g 1.7g 27.3mg 496.3mg
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