Annie,
Marshall is right. Don't focus so much on the sugar, but instead on
slowing
the absorbtion rate. In general eating an orange is always better than
drinking the juice. Regardless if there is sugar added or not.
Don
"Annie" <no.spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Marshall Price" <d021317c@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Annie wrote:
>>> The organce juice I drink is from frozen concentrated real orange
juice.
>>> I do not think they add any sugar to the juice, or do they?
>>> I read the label, it does not specify any added sugar.
>>
>> No. If they added sugar, it would be on the label, and the fructose in
>> orange juice is actually sweeter, gram for gram, than table sugar.
>>
>> Eating fat, protein, or fiber immediately afterwards would slow the
>> absorption of sugar, too -- though not as much as if you'd eaten the
food
>> before drinking the juice, or for that matter, if you'd eaten oranges
>> instead.
>>
>> It's drinking orange juice alone (especially low-pulp or filtered, or
any
>> quickly absorbed sugar-rich beverage) that can be a problem, especially
>> if
>> you're satisfying a craving that way. Chances are, you'll "crash" half
>> an
>> hour later, and be hungrier than ever, and possibly depressed; the
>> insulin
>> will lock down the fat in your body, making it tem****arily inaccessible
>> (perhaps for one half to three hours, depending on your metabolism),
and
>> the cortisol will break down elastin and collagen in your tissues --
not
>> a
>> good idea unless you like thin, sagging, wrinkly, inelastic skin.
>>
>> If you do drink orange juice alone on an empty stomach, make a note to
>> ask
>> yourself half an hour later how you feel. Some people are more prone
to
>> low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) and some less, but generally speaking,
if
>> you blood sugar is low, you'll feel less energetic and possibly
somewhat
>> moody. And you may be tempted to eat, especially some sort of "comfort
>> food."
>>
>> (Coffee -- even decaffeinated and without sugar -- can have similar
>> effects, but for different reasons.)
>>
>> --
>> Marshall Price of Miami
>> Known to Yahoo as d021317c
>
> Well, now I learn. But the Costco frozen orange does not show any added
> sugar. I used to get up every morning around 8am and drink one glass of
> orange juice from frozen concentrated.
> Then, work until around noon or 1pm. Then, I feel hungry and eat a light
> lunch. Typically a cup of whole wheat mix with some dry fruit, such as
> resins.
> Then, not until 6pm, then, I have a dinner of a small plate of veggie
and
> rice and couple pieces of fish.
>
> I do like to loss 10 pounds. I ran few miles, if the weather permits.
>
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