Don't Feed Your Kids Carbonated Fruit to Fight Childhood Obesity

re: Don't Feed Your Kids Carbonated Fruit to Fight Childhood Obesity

APhotoWizard — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 03:23:58 GMT

Atlanta Journal-Constitution article Jan 26,2007 reported on a study by the Strategic Alliance for Healthy Foods and Active Environments where 37 widely advertised children's snacks with fruit emblazoned on the package were examined for fruit content. More than 1/2 had no fruit at all. The quote from one of the researchers was priceless:" I have eaten Dannon yogurt for years and I know in the adult form there are pieces of fruit. It would never have occurred to me that in the children's version there wouldn't be fruit"

So it is not just the fizzy drinks, but snacks and other items as well. If we could find a way to eliminate High-Fructose corn syrup and transfats our children would be much better off.

In the conclusion of the article they note: "...it's best to buy whole or cut fruit in the produce department... Don' be fooled by fruit juice concentrate. ... it's added sweetener without the nutrients of whole fruit."

My sentiments exactly!

re: Don't Feed Your Kids Carbonated Fruit to Fight Childhood Obesity

Russ Bianchi — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:05:49 GMT

So Former Soda Executives...what to play a little hardball?

Welcome to The Big Leagues...

Carbonation increases the absorption of REFINED AND/OR STRIPPED saccharides into the blood stream at a faster osmic rate. This is scientifically and medically PROVEN, and not refuttable, even by your hired PR or spin artists.

Translated to simpler language...this product, just like higher carbonated beer, or sparking wines, gets absorbed FASTER (in these examples you get drunk faster from alcohol absorption even if it's alcohol content is lower than still hard beverages).

The naturally occuring sugars (23 grams of 100 grams per serving, or just under one ounce of sugars, to about 50 grams of water, and the rest perhaps other solids, but only 1 gram of fiber, that is in this refigerated product) claimed on this product's Nutritional Facts panel, means this product is adding to hyper and hypo glycemic (up and down) rapid blood glucose reaction in ANY ingestee.

By the way, guys, 100 grams for a serving size seems to me a very HIGH OR SANDBAGGED, LEGALLY NONCOMPLIANT & DECEPTIVE SERVING SIZE, to make the product's amount of sugars look smaller.

100 grams is 3.53 ounces of this fizzy product...a larger portion size than one sees on any other manufactured or altered fruit related products, like jams, jellies, preserves, fruit leather, fruit syrups, fruit cocktails, prepared fruit, etc.

Yes, folks, this fruit is manipulated with chemistry and altered, and not natural in carbonation, otherwise it would ferment into bubbly fruit wine.

Rapid hypo glycemic (down, or crash) reactions are known, and scientifically linked, to hyper-activity in pre-pubescent children (ask any teacher or mother about the day after HALLOWEEN PER CANDY INGESTION the evening before).

This product will most definitely contribute to childhood insulin resitance, hypoglycemia, and diabetes, at a minimum.

Additionally, this product will perhaps contribute to obesity and cardio vascalar disease, in combination with the sodas, which these former soda paycheckers were part of, with stripped and nutrient VOID High Fructose Corn Syrup laden products.

HFCS is the single largest contributor in the America food chain to obesity, diabetes, and cardio vascular disease (Greg Critser, Fat Land: How America Became The Most Obese Nation).

Do Tigers change their stripes? NO.

Does the world need fizzy so-called 'fruit'? NO.

re: Don't Feed Your Kids Carbonated Fruit to Fight Childhood Obesity

mmc88121 — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:06:36 GMT

I had not heard of Fizzy Fruit until today. However, thanks for the heads up. I am sure it will show up in this area sooner or later.

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