MD says no to OJ

Unless you drink pickle juice then you might as well drink a grape soda in the morning.

Drink a cup of black coffee.

Dilute it 50% with water. You could even get fancy and use carbonated water. I need the calories & another source of calcium, but the 100% OJ taste & acidity is just too much for me.

True. OJ is orange sugar acid water. Make a juice shake in the morning. Buy a blender/magic bullet for $20-30 and throw fruits, nuts and vegetables in. Easiest, fastest, healthiest breakfast you can make. And you can through nasty (but healthy) stuff in there like raw kale and broccoli and you won't even taste it. I am super lazy in the morning and have been doing this for 3-4 years now.

How many nutrition courses are required to become a doctor?

Zero!

It was probably something he/she saw while browsing a Men's Health magazine put out by the Gatorade people.

You can buy OJ without sugar added and natural sugars in fruits are not harmful to you.

Drink your orange juice and if it concerns you, run an extra half mile per day.

Small glass of OJ then?

And some water.

Or the diluted juice as was mentioned - with ice.

opinionated guy wrote:

How many nutrition courses are required to become a doctor?

Zero!

It was probably something he/she saw while browsing a Men's Health magazine put out by the Gatorade people.

You can buy OJ without sugar added and natural sugars in fruits are not harmful to you.

Drink your orange juice and if it concerns you, run an extra half mile per day.

What is the difference between natural sugars and added sugars?

None. Lots of sugar with little to no fiber is NOT good. At least OJ has some vitamins in it so it is better than soda. True for most all fruit juices.

Have a small glass of juice and drink some black coffee. That is the way to start your day.

Not Einstein wrote:

What is the difference between natural sugars and added sugars?

None. Lots of sugar with little to no fiber is NOT good. .

opinionated guy wrote:

How many nutrition courses are required to become a doctor?

Zero!

It was probably something he/she saw while browsing a Men's Health magazine put out by the Gatorade people.

You can buy OJ without sugar added and natural sugars in fruits are not harmful to you.

Drink your orange juice and if it concerns you, run an extra half mile per day.

Not true. All MDs study nutrition. It is part of all of our board exams.

I thought this was going to be about OJ Simpson

MD schooler wrote:

Not true. All MDs study nutrition. It is part of all of our board exams.

Good to hear. A young lady I coached in HS just passed her board exams and said she did not have any nutrition emphasis what-so-ever during her training. Maybe I didn't listen well. I am known to do this.

So, if the OP's doctor has nutrition training, how about common sense? The guy runs, is presumably young and healthy and the doctor is going to tell him to curtail a morning glass of OJ without any other context? Did he study the guy's diet? Does he know he gets hammered three times a week and eats solely fatty fried processed foods? Telling him to cut out OJ seems plain dumb so I assumed the doc has no nutrition background,....or common sense.

switch to a SMALL glass of juice, preferably in a juice glass.

opinionated guy wrote:

Not Einstein wrote:

What is the difference between natural sugars and added sugars?

None. Lots of sugar with little to no fiber is NOT good. .

http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/body-process-fruit-sugars-same-way-refined-sugar-8174.html

Good link. From the article:

"Although fruit is extremely beneficial to your health, it is even more so when all of its constituents are still present. Once fruit has been stewed, cooked or juiced, the benefits decline, as the cell wall has been destroyed and the fiber of the fruit is less constructed. Thus, drinking a glass of orange juice, although still rich in nutrients, is much more concentrated in sugar and is not going to give you the fiber benefits of an orange. The same is true when you cook or stew apples for applesauce and raspberries for jam. Keep the fruit fiber, and your body will thank you."

You do know they make OJ with the fiber intact, well at least they do in this part of the country.

I am not going to get in a pissing match.

Anyone MD who throws out one single arbitrary diet restriction of "no orange juice" to a healthy young runner lacks common sense in my opinion.

opinionated guy wrote:

You do know they make OJ with the fiber intact, well at least they do in this part of the country.

I am not going to get in a pissing match.

Anyone MD who throws out one single arbitrary diet restriction of "no orange juice" to a healthy young runner lacks common sense in my opinion.

Lol just admit you were wrong. Sugar is sugar. They do not make juice with the fiber intact. It wouldn't be juice. Did you even read the link that he just posted?

Drink a large glass of water and eat an orange.

Phewww ... I am a fan of OJ and was worried he was not getting proper medical treatment.

We're all entitled to our opinions, including opinionated guy, whose opinion about sugar in fruit juice being meaningfully different from other sugar is wrong.

oood wrote:

opinionated guy wrote:

You do know they make OJ with the fiber intact, well at least they do in this part of the country.

I am not going to get in a pissing match.

Anyone MD who throws out one single arbitrary diet restriction of "no orange juice" to a healthy young runner lacks common sense in my opinion.

Lol just admit you were wrong. Sugar is sugar. They do not make juice with the fiber intact. It wouldn't be juice. Did you even read the link that he just posted?

He (opinionated guy) is the one that originally posted the link. I assume it was posted to refute my statement but instead it backed my statement.