{"id":10951,"date":"2019-04-13T07:49:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T14:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gotcareerlink.com\/?p=10951"},"modified":"2022-06-18T18:57:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T01:57:33","slug":"are-fruit-juices-liquid-candy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gotcareerlink.com\/?p=10951","title":{"rendered":"Are Fruit Juices Liquid Candy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Sugar Alert \u2013 Are Fruit Juices\nLiquid Candy?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Dean L. Jones, C.P.M.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Medical experts agree when\nblood glucose levels fall, an offsetting amount of adrenaline is released into\nour bodies.&nbsp; Whenever our blood glucose\nlevel falls below normal this is called hypoglycemia. The basic signs and\nsymptoms include shakiness, sweating, altered thinking and even a subtle change\nin behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For children, this\nadrenaline release occurs at higher glucose levels than it does in adults. The\npeak of their adrenaline surge comes about 4 hours after eating.&nbsp; It is not exactly caused by high sugar\namounts, but highly refined sugars and carbohydrates that enter the bloodstream\nquickly and produce a more rapid rise and fall in blood glucose levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Refined sugars also\naffect insulin control, which decides how much fat our children will store for\nthe rest of their lives.&nbsp; This is why it\nso important to know that sugar is not just found in sweets or junk\ncereal.&nbsp; Food product labels show sugar,\nsucrose, glucose, dextrose, sorbitol, or corn syrup in just about everything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For that reason, be sugar\nalert about consuming most fruit juices that I call liquid candy.&nbsp; Packaged fruit juices contain lots of simple\nsugar without much fiber.&nbsp; Unfortunately,\nadvertising campaigns want us to think of fruit juices as a health food.&nbsp; It is not, for example an 8-ounce serving of\nMinute Maid 100% Apple Juice contains 21 grams of sugar.&nbsp; Likewise, the same size serving of Tropicana\nHealthy Kids Orange Juice is 22 grams of sugar.&nbsp;\nThose small 6.7 ounce serving sizes of Minute Maid Coolers are each 27\ngrams of sugar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the same, whether\nwe chew it or drink it, too much sugar is part of an addictive cycle.&nbsp; Addiction can occur from consuming white\nsugar, brown sugar, powdered sugar, honey, and sugary syrups, which are all\nsources of refined sugar. &nbsp;When you eat\nsugar, it is quickly digested and burned that causes peaks and valleys in your\nenergy level that leaves you craving more, similar to addictive habits derived\nfrom smoking nicotine, taking drugs, and drinking alcohol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Giving your child a\nbreakfast that contains fiber (such as whole-grain oatmeal, shredded wheat,\nberries, bananas, etc.) should keep adrenaline levels more constant.&nbsp; Packing their school lunch box with\ndelicious, fiber-containing treats (such as whole-grain breads, peaches,\ngrapes, or a myriad of other fresh fruits) will improve their afternoon and\nevening appetites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose fresh fruits for\nsnacks and desserts instead of processed high-sugar foods. Natural sugars in\nfoods are part of a complex carbohydrate package that provides fuel and energy\nfor your body.&nbsp; Eating natural-occurring\nsugars in fruits, vegetables, and grains is a healthier way to get your\nsweets.&nbsp; Sugar combined with fiber and\nother solid foods metabolizes more slowly and keeps your blood sugar more\nstable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.SugarAlert.com\"><em>www.SugarAlert.com<\/em><\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Mr.\nJones, is a marketing strategist with the Southland Partnership Corporation (a\npublic benefit organization), sharing his view on mismanagement practices of\npackaged foods &amp; beverages.<\/em>\n\n\n\n\n\nfffff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sugar Alert \u2013 Are Fruit Juices Liquid Candy? By Dean L. Jones, C.P.M. Medical experts agree when blood glucose levels fall, an offsetting amount of adrenaline is released into our bodies.&nbsp; Whenever our blood glucose level falls below normal this is called hypoglycemia. The basic signs and symptoms include shakiness, sweating, altered thinking and even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sugar","eq-blocks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotcareerlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotcareerlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotcareerlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotcareerlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotcareerlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gotcareerlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10952,"href":"https:\/\/gotcareerlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10951\/revisions\/10952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotcareerlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotcareerlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotcareerlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotcareerlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}