How Much Sugar Is In Your Orange Juice?

For a lot of people having an orange juice for breakfast is a healthy option.  However a serving of juice is 150ml but a lot of people I know have been consuming way over this amount on a daily basis, thinking they're being healthy.

A pint of orange juice contains around 13 teaspoons of sugar and horrifyingly 1 litre contains around 365g of sugar!  That's a hell of a lot of sugar! Consuming this amount of sugar will cause a raise in your blood sugar levels, causing your body to counteract this with producing insulin and over working your body.  Can you imagine how much sugar you could consume if you have this amount of orange juice over the course of a year?

Let's think about it for a moment in order to get a glass full of juice, how many oranges had to be used in order to get a decent amount out of it, 4, 5, 6 or more oranges?  Would you eat that many in one go?  Also not eating it as a whole fruit your body isn't consuming the fibre which can help with digestion and keeping hunger at bay for longer.

Also it's good to remember that one 150ml serving of juice although contributes to your 5 a day, consuming any more will not and will only give you additional sugar and therefore calories.

So if you want to get the added fibre and the goodness from an orange or any other piece of fruit for that matter, it's better to consume it as a whole food rather than a drink, especially if you're looking to lose weight.