{"id":4284,"date":"2019-09-19T12:42:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T16:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/newsroom\/?post_type=fdoc-news-item&amp;p=927"},"modified":"2019-09-19T12:42:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T16:42:08","slug":"100-fruit-juice-can-help-increase-fruit-intake-research-shows","status":"publish","type":"fdoc-news-item","link":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fdoc-news-item\/100-fruit-juice-can-help-increase-fruit-intake-research-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"100% fruit juice can help increase fruit intake, research shows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One-hundred percent fruit juice benefits large segments of the population who struggle to get enough fruit in their daily diets and should be distinguished from sugar-sweetened beverages for its superior nutritional profile, concluded a review and commentary in the journal <em>Nutrition Reviews<\/em><sup><a href=\"#references\">1<\/a><\/sup>. The article examines the role of 100% fruit juice, such as 100% orange juice, in helping meet 5-a-day fruit and vegetable intake. There are many barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption, including cost, access, and convenience, and fruit juice can help overcome these. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Except for fiber, 100% fruit juice contains the same beneficial nutrients\nand compounds as whole fruit. Removal of juice from the diet could result in\nnutrient shortfalls, including vitamin C, carotenoids, and polyphenols, which\nhave been linked to reducing the risk for chronic disease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>100% fruit juice is often discouraged because of its sugar content and fears\nof contributing to obesity. However, the majority of research does not support\nthis and there are still substantial levels of overweight\/obesity despite the\nfact that most people drink no 100% fruit juice, juice intake declines with\nage, and overall intakes have declined over the years. Recommendations to\ninclude fruit juice should be made in the context of the entire diet because\nthe addition would provide value and benefit to the diet. As the authors point\nout, no one would think to discourage consumption of fish because it does not\ncontain fiber as it clearly has dietary benefits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consumption of whole fruit and 100% fruit juice should not be viewed as competitors\nas they are often consumed under different circumstances. Recommendations to\nconsume 100% fruit juice offers a \u201cstep in the right direction\u201d to increase\nfruit intake, especially for lower socioeconomic populations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-fdoc-references\" id=\"references\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-fdoc-references__heading\">References<\/h2><ol class=\"wp-block-fdoc-references__list\"><li>Benton D, Young HA. Role of fruit juice in achieving the 5-a-day recommendation for fruit and vegetable intake. Nutr Rev. 2019; Sep 4. pii: nuz031. doi: 10.1093\/nutrit\/nuz031. [Epub ahead of print]. <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/nutritionreviews\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/nutrit\/nuz031\/5559993\">Link to full text<\/a>.<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-hundred percent fruit juice benefits large segments of the population who struggle to get enough fruit in their daily diets and should be distinguished from sugar-sweetened beverages for its superior [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":556,"template":"","fdoc_news_item_category":[96,97],"fdoc_citrus_type":[],"fdoc_health_category":[],"class_list":["post-4284","fdoc-news-item","type-fdoc-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fdoc_news_item_category-research","fdoc_news_item_category-scientific-research"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc-news-item\/4284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc-news-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/fdoc-news-item"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/menu-items\/556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"fdoc_news_item_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_news_item_category?post=4284"},{"taxonomy":"fdoc_citrus_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_citrus_type?post=4284"},{"taxonomy":"fdoc_health_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_health_category?post=4284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}