Today, with permission, I’m using the weekly tip provided by renowned nutritionist Dr. Liz Lipski, Ph.D.
I’m running Dr. Lipski’s interesting item, because today I don’t have time to research and post something myself. I’m getting ready for a TV interview with CBS News Sunday Morning — details coming shortly about their exciting 8-to-9-minute segment planned!
So here is Dr. Lipski’s weekly tip:
100% Fruit Juice not Linked with Childhood Obesity, But Was It the Juice?
Researchers at Children’s Nutrition Research Center at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston found that children who drank 100% juice didn’t have an increased risk of becoming overweight. They looked at diets of 3618 children from the NHANES 3 Study (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) and presented their research at a pediatric meeting in Toronto. According to Dr. Theresa Nicklas, "We did not find a relationship between 100-percent-juice consumption and overweight among children." She adds, "Even among the children who consumed the most juice, we found no association at all with the children being overweight or at risk for overweight."
Keep in mind that the average juice consumption was 4.1 oz. per day, although some children drank 12 oz. daily and still didn’t have any weight gain.
This leads me to ask the question: Don’t parents who give their kids real juice, rather than sodas or sweet tea for example, have a better diet in general? Apparently the answer is "yes". Nicklas and her colleagues found that children who drank real juice also ate a more healthful diet in general that was richer in nutrients.
The Pearl : Feed your children real food and they’ll have a reduced risk of obesity later in life.
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Dr. Liz Lipski has a PhD and is board certified in clinical nutrition. A 30-year practitioner, author, and the Director of Doctoral Studies at Hawthorn University . She is founder of Innovative Healing, author of Digestive Wellness, Digestive Wellness for Children, and many other publications.
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