Fruit Juice Concentrate

Definition

Juice concentrate is fruit juice from which most of the water has been extracted

Health Impact

Although in this case it comes from a natural source, excessive added sugar intake is associated with adverse health conditions, including obesity, metabolic syndrome, and inflammatory diseases. Excessive sugar consumption may trigger neuroadaptations in the brain that decouple eating behavior from caloric needs and leads to compulsive overeating. The American Heart Association suggests an added-sugar limit of no more than 24 grams of sugar for most women and no more than 36 grams of sugar for most men each day.

Sources

• Added sugars drive coronary heart disease via insulin resistance and hyperinsulinaemia: a new paradigm

  Pub Med

• Drinks, not food, with added sugar promote weight gain

  Medical News Today

• Added Sugar in the Diet

  Harvard School of Public Health

• Added Sugars

  American Heart Association