Juice or Fruit?

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De (It takes a pillage to raze a village.) M. Aug 20, 2007, 1:09am EDT

Fruit. The best part is the fiber and the skin.

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Kelly M. Aug 20, 2007, 2:34am EDT

Fruit!

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Kimmy, Proud Author of Climbing Through Windows Aug 20, 2007, 7:42am EDT

The fruit has all of the nutrients without the additives they put in juice.

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Jerri H. Aug 20, 2007, 12:52pm EDT

See.....I have always loved fruit more than juice...

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Alison H. Aug 20, 2007, 12:57pm EDT

The fruit has the fiber, which slows down the rate at which the sugar is absorbed.

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Scott S. Aug 20, 2007, 1:12pm EDT

Fruit is much better for you than juice

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Susan Taylor Aug 20, 2007, 2:20pm EDT

I have several fruit trees so I use my food dryer to dry pears, apples, persimmons, apricots, and peaches. This way the fruit doesn't go to waste.
I never really thought of it before that a glass of orange juice has a lot more oranges in it than 1 orange.

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Sandi Kaye O. Aug 20, 2007, 4:41pm EDT

Fruit is much better for you. Juice normally has a lot of added sugars and preservatives in it.

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Risa G. Aug 21, 2007, 10:02pm EDT

I'm more of a fruit eater. The only juice I drink is either pomegranate OR mango. I find Orange Juice to be too acidic for my system. Haven't drunk it in years. Also I find it has too much added sugar. I eat fruit - plums, peaches, white peaches, white nectarines, I could go on and on. Love it. It has natural sugar. No added and it isn't too acidic.

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queen.susan . Aug 21, 2007, 11:14pm EDT

fruit for sure.
You might also look into
buying a juicer.
My husband and I LOVE
to use the juicer!

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karla l. Aug 22, 2007, 1:06am EDT

I actually never really relized it, but yeah that is true. People (myself included) buy juice thinking "oh I'm getting my fruit faster this way", but actually their getting more sugar and less nutrients. I usally have fruit in my fridge, but i just hate that it's so expensive.

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Barb M Aug 31, 2007, 3:32pm EDT

Karla - I agree with you fruit is expensive and it doesn't last long - I guess I'll be the rebel and tell you I do juice - but I always make sure its 100% - and yes I know it still has sugars but not as much as the others. Hey it's better than drinking coke all day like I use to (although lately I've been drinking Crystal lite - that will propably kill me with all the artificial cr*p.) Oh well.....

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Selene N. Sep 4, 2007, 12:25am EDT

I like fruits better just because there is less waste. In order to make a cup of juice, you need so many more fruits. The fiber you throw away is valuable too. I am all for fresh fruits.

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Joan A. Sep 15, 2007, 5:25am EDT

I'm not diabetic, but I have genetic hypertriglyceridemia, so if I eat anything with sugar in it, my triglycerides shoot up through the roof. My dietician tells me I need to follow a diabetic diet therefore. Anyway, I've always been a big fruit eater. Now I'm told I even have to limit that, which is lousy. I *like* juice, but, as Alison H. pointed out, fruit contains fiber which helps to slow down the absorption of the sugar in it. So Juice out, (limited) fruit in!

We have a mango tree. I was told to avoid mangoes (and other sweet tropical fruits), but it drives me bats to have the tree right there and not be able to eat the delightful fruit. So, my husband and son eat the vast majority and I have a few bites now and then. Great fruit!

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