At this point, sugary beverages are the number-one problem in the American diet. They're the number-one source of calories on average. Sugary beverages are also the number one sales item in terms of dollars at grocery stores, and a lot are consumed at McDonald's and other fast food places.
They're like cigarette smoking. They're only bad and they have no redeeming virtue. And the adverse effects are weight gain, diabetes, heart disease, gout, cavities, and maybe some cancers as well.
Q: Even fruit juice is a problem?
A: Yes. It's associated with a higher risk of diabetes. And you'd expect that because fruit juice has about the same number of calories per serving as Coke or Pepsi, and it will have the same metabolic effect. So,e nutrients come along with fruit juice, but there's a bit metabolic price to pay for getting nutrients that you could get from foods that have fewer calories. And most peopler are getting those nutrients anyway, so two glasses of orange juice a day doesn't have many health benefits and has many harms.
Walter Willett is chair of the Dept. of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health and professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School. He has published over 1,400 scientific articles on diet and disease. Excerpt from Nutrition Action Healthletter
They're like cigarette smoking. They're only bad and they have no redeeming virtue. And the adverse effects are weight gain, diabetes, heart disease, gout, cavities, and maybe some cancers as well.
Q: Even fruit juice is a problem?
A: Yes. It's associated with a higher risk of diabetes. And you'd expect that because fruit juice has about the same number of calories per serving as Coke or Pepsi, and it will have the same metabolic effect. So,e nutrients come along with fruit juice, but there's a bit metabolic price to pay for getting nutrients that you could get from foods that have fewer calories. And most peopler are getting those nutrients anyway, so two glasses of orange juice a day doesn't have many health benefits and has many harms.
Walter Willett is chair of the Dept. of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health and professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School. He has published over 1,400 scientific articles on diet and disease. Excerpt from Nutrition Action Healthletter
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