Diet Health - Beware of the Orange Juice

Orange juice is traditionally considered to be a good drink for your diet health. But major food manufacturers have turned this around.

Orange juice is healthy for you when it is consumed moderately (3-8 10 oz. glasses a week) and if it is made using organic oranges and a juicing machine. Most orange juice you find in your local grocery store is processed and should be avoided.

Why You Should Avoid Processed Juices

Most orange juice is made from concentrate in factories where tons of sugar and preservatives are added making orange juice anything but good for your diet health. There is already a ton of natural sugar in oranges. There are several oranges in one glass of orange juice. Think of all the natural sugar in one glass of orange juice. You just don't need any more than that.

Too much refined sugars (white sugar) make you gain weight, cause depression and virtually any disease, yet drink manufacturers add sugar to the juice so it tastes better. They name the brand something catchy, put a bunch of oranges on the label, and are basically selling orange soda, minus the carbonation.

On top of all that, the way they process the oranges and how they grow non-organic oranges causes most of the vitamin and mineral content of the orange to be lost. So you are not really getting the vitamin C the nutrition facts' label assumes you are.

Watch out for this with much of the juice you buy at the store and see advertised on television. I have recently seen many of the major drink manufacturers try to cash in on the goji, noni and acai berry trend, by saying their "juicy juice" contains these fruits. Please don't buy in to it. These are nothing like the real thing and, in my opinion, are a complete scam.

Have You Ever Seen Real Orange Juice?

If you actually take organic oranges, use a juice machine, and make real orange juice you will see actual orange juice. Real orange juice looks nothing like the stuff you buy in the store. It is not the same color, texture, or taste of the store brand juice. I hope that makes you think about what you are really buying from now on.

Juice Mixers Are Your Key To Perfect Diet Health

Probably the only successful ingredient of an all-orange juice diet would be a juice mixer. These machines are a great diet health tool because they will make you fresh juice from virtually any fruit or vegetable. This way you can ensure you are getting real juice that contains vitamins and minerals, and is not polluted with any additives.

There are many juicers to choose from and are easy to find online. Most work very well, my only recommendation would be to find one that has minimal parts to clean after making your juice.

Orange juice can be good for your diet health, but not the way most people drink it. Make it yourself with a juicing machine, drink it in moderation, and make juice with other fruits and vegetables if you want to go on a real "juice diet."