Students prefer fruit juice over milk and whole fruit: Study

Students are more likely to choose fruit juice over milk, whole fruit and water, according to a study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behaviour.

As per the report, high school students participating in school meal programs are less likely to select whole fruit, milk and water, when fruit juice is readily available. Now, this may decrease the nutritional quality of their meals.
According to researchers, the findings suggest that on the days when juice is available as a choice in high school lunches, students do not select whole fruits and milk as often. As compared to juice, milk and whole fruit are better sources of three nutrients essential for the growth of adolescents — calcium, vitamin D and fibre.

It is often said that one should eat eat whole fruits and not over-consume fruit juices instead.

Here’s why fruit juices are the wrong choice for young adults.

One of the biggest reasons that make fruit juices a wrong choice is because they lack in fibre content. When whole fruits are blended into juice, the pulp that contains fibre is strained out. Fibre is a very important part of the fruit, as it makes a fruit healthy and nutritious.

In the absence of fibre, juices are generally sugary water that may or may not have nutrition to offer. Fruits usually contain more of natural sugar; therefore, juices contain nothing ther than lots of sugar and water, that could lead to weight gain.

If losing weight is in mind, then juice is certainly not the right choice. It may be able to cleanse ones system, but won’t help in losing weight efficiently because it doesn’t have enough fibre in it. Notably, fibre promotes satiety and leads to weight loss.

Fibre is also known to keep one fuller for long, preventing from binge-eating you and other food cravings. The lack of fibre makes juices not-so-healthy.

Vegetable juices are much better and healthier than fruit juices. Consumption of fruit juices should be very limited and shouldn’t be taken regularly.

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