I realized I had forgotten my usual water/cranberry juice concoction when I got to work today. ("Aw, nuts", I thought.) I also feel like I’m fighting off a bug (Just lovely, especially when I have singing performances this weekend and the next!)
I was really in the mood for fruit juice,so off I went to the snack shop in search of said fruit juice and a bottle of water.
I picked a bottle that said 100% cranberry juice and checked the ingredients. I sighed as I read high fructose corn syrup as the second ingredient and replaced the bottle back to its refrigerated shelf. I inspected other fruit juices. Some were listed as “immune defense” or “metabolism booster.” Others were called “smart,” “clear,” “lite,” or “energy.”
Every one had either sugar, sucralose, aspartame, or high fructose corn syrup listed as an ingredient. It was rather disheartening. All I wanted was just plain, fruit juice, nothing else. Is that too much to ask for? Apparentely, it was!
The only fruit drink that lacked these ingredients was a single bottle of orange juice with a thick layer of sediment at the bottom. I opted to decline. I ended up choosing a bottle of Dansani water, which I do like. In the end, the water is probably better for me anyway.
Good reminders to self: Bringing food (and drinks, in this case) is healthier than buying at work. It always helps if I don't forget to actually do this! 
Originally posted 2008-05-08 19:00:10. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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Ick. I hear that. I’m not big on fruit juice, but I like to get a little cranberry juice now and then. I’ve heard that the unsweetened type is best for preventing UTIs and general health. But it’s really hard to find real cranberry juice.
Mrs. Micah,
And when you do find the quality kind, it’s a bit pricey. That’s one of the reasons I don’t buy it as much as I used to. However, when I do, I water down the juice to make it last longer. Some may call this “tacky”, but I prefer to use the term “frugal.”
people always mock the fact I dont drink juice….
Challenge them to an arm wrestle. Loser has to abstain from juice for a month!
I’ve never been big on the juice (although champagne and orange juice for breakfast on Christmas morning? Delicious!). But it IS really disappointing, and kind of sad, that it’s so difficult to find just plain fruit juice. The same goes for tons of other food… everythings just so loaded with salt and sugar and scary chemicals! Sighs.
Sagan,
You’d think untouched, natural foods that haven’t been processed would be less expensive, but unfortunately my grocery bill goes UP when I focus on buying just the healthy stuff. Makes me want to grow my own produce. I would love, love, love to have a big garden! (I don’t have much of a yard currently.) One day, though! One day…
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