Fruit Juices

Children and the Intake of Fruit Juice A recent controversy that is still semi-continuing is whether or not fruit juice consumption has a negative effect on growing children. There are always two sides to every story. The kind of juice being referred to is only 100% juice. Other juice drinks are being mistaken for fruit juice. For example, fruit drinks, such as sport drinks, or less than 100% juice drinks. Fruit juice does have its positives. When …

…fiber content. Also when consuming whole fruit it would take longer to consume the same amount of calories when consuming the equal amount of juice. Fruit juice should not be given in a bottle or to children under the age of six months. There is no need for it at that point in the growth process. When purchasing juice parents should make sure that the juice is 100% fruit juice, and that the juice is pasteurized (1).