“Superfruit” Juices - Australian Consumer Assoc Gives Verdict on Health Claims
A new report just released by the Australian Consumer Association (similar to “consumer reports” in the states), recently gave their two cents about the claims made for the so called “superfruit juices” such as goji, noni, mangosteen and acai.
Verdict?
Healthy? Maybe.
Overpriced? Definitely. (CRAZEE prices for “fruit juice”)
Exagerrated or false health claims? Absolutely.
What about weight loss? does it help you get rid of unwanted pounds? Not unless its part of a balanced diet and exercise program that puts you in a caloric deficit…
Eating whole berries is a great idea. They are nutritional powerhouses.
As for the juices, while they also may be very nutritionally dense, many fruit juices are also very calorically dense. Some research suggests that liquid calories are not as satiating as whole foods and people tend not to cut back on calories from food intake when taking in calories in liquid form.
Richard D. Mattes, professor of food and nutrition at Purdue University says, “Fluid calories do not hold strong satiety properties, don’t suppress hunger and don’t elicit compensatory dietary responses. In fact, “when drinking fluid calories, people often end up eating more calories overall.”
19 August, 2007 posted in Food & Nutrition
