Fruit juice is overflowing with sugar. One serving (8oz) of orange juice is OVER the daily recommended amount of sugar for women. And orange juice is so good, that it’s easy to have more than that one small glass.

Well wait, what about juices that arn’t so sweet like cranberry or pineapple?

Still over the daily recommended amount for women, in ONE serving! Think about it, in order to make up for the sourness of the cranberries, they have to add in more sugar! (Some part of me used to think that I was doing myself a favor by mixing vodka with cranberry juice, haha!!)

Other high sugar drinks to nix from your shopping list

Apple Juice- 21 grams of sugar

Naked Drinks- 53 grams of sugar

Odwalla Smoothie- 51g of sugar

Bolthouse Farms- 51g of sugar

Innocent Pure Fruit Smoothie-51g sugar

Capri Sun-  13g sugar- sugar is the 2nd ingredient

Kool-Aid Jammers- 10g sugar- sugar is the 2nd ingredient

Eating fruit is a different story. Fruits contain fiber, that slow down the process of digestion. This is a good thing when it comes to fruit. Fruit does have sugar in it, but when we EAT it, rather than drink it, the fiber in the fruit is able to help prevent our blood sugar from spiking.

Vegetable juice is a different story. Vegetables by nature have less sugar in them, and therefore won’t spike your blood sugar as much.

While you are missing out on necessary fibers when you juice vegetables, it does allow for a higher concentration of nutrients to enter into your system.

To sum it all up, it’s a much better idea to eat fruits instead of juice them. 1 serving of fruit in a smoothie is OK too. But be aware here too, as its easy to throw in more fruit than is proportional to one meal.