Reconsider Drinking Fruit Juice

Fruits are always considered one of the healthy foods, and for parents of fussy eaters, fruit juices have been a great way to get some vitamins and minerals into their kids. However, as more people shift to packaged fruit boxes compared to freshly squeezed juices, the health factor in the food is considerably lowered.

In fact most fruit juice boxes have a high content of sugar and much lower nutritional values than fresh juice. If that was not enough for a conscientious parent to reconsider boxed juices, a consumer study report has highlighted the presence of cadmium, inorganic arsenic, mercury, and lead found in them.

Out of 45 juices that were tested from those available in the market, every single one of them was found to have at least one of these metals present in a level considered unhealthy for children to consume. Daily intake of these fruit juice boxes are bound to lead to health problems for the children. In fact the study even recommends that adults avoid these products.

If the findings of this science project are to be trusted, there needs to be an immediate curtailment of consumption of these fruit juice boxes. Eating a whole fruit may be a much better alternative if you are unable to do freshly squeezed juices at home.