Oh, yeah, juice is now the devil. Basically, you get all the sugar of fruit but very few of the nutritional benefits (particularly fiber). Also, it fills kids up (because a small child will usually drink as much sweet juice as you let them), thus preventing them from eating more nutritious food. It can thus contribute to both obesity and malnutrition.
Note: I let my daughter drink apple juice, and unwatered at that (parents are encouraged to mix juice with water; I actually do that for myself whenever I have juice, because I find most juices too strong), so clearly I don't believe juice is an absolute evil. But it does have issues.
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Date: 2011-04-19 03:32 pm (UTC)Note: I let my daughter drink apple juice, and unwatered at that (parents are encouraged to mix juice with water; I actually do that for myself whenever I have juice, because I find most juices too strong), so clearly I don't believe juice is an absolute evil. But it does have issues.