Emma's pediatrician early on asked us _not_ to allow Emma to drink fruit juice because for the most part juices are high sugar (fructose), low nutrition liquids that would contribute to obesity. We were pretty good with that for a long time. Basically, we only fed her orange juice (relatively healthy) mixed with water 1-2 parts juice to 1 part water. As she got older though, this year mainly, she's insisted on full strength orange juice, which we've allowed.
Well, new research says that there is no link between obesity and consumption of...now this is the important part... non-sugar-added juice.
There is a hierarchy of juices though...
Pomegranate
Orange
Cranberry
Blueberry
Of course the first and the third are a bit.. say we say.. bitter without added sugar.
Apple juice and grape juice aren't so good health-wise because they are high-sugar and don't have the same vitamin/mineral content the ones above do.
So, basically, we are doing it right letting Emma have orange juice at home but not having grape or apple juice at home (and definitely not "juice drinks" which are part juice and part sugar water). Nice to know research is backing up our intuition/study :D.
Now if we can get her to like Pomegranate juice (perhaps mixed with blueberry?), we can add some other drink to her list.
We have a difficult time getting her to drink water, unless it is 'vitamin water' (which has sugar, low-sugar, but sugar nonetheless).
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Just dropping by to say hello and let you know I haven't forgotten you.
Been offline for almost 3 weeks and updating "granny" sporadically.
Comment #30809 on September 7, 2007 6:46 AM |
Hi Anne, hope all is well. Glad you checked in!
Comment #30878 on September 7, 2007 6:49 PM |