Toxic Apple Juice here in America

teasdino

Whomever has children should go to Dr Oz online. I just watched a show about arsenic in apple juice. Motts,Gerber and Juicy Juice are the brands that have the most arsenic. Seems Minute Maid has the lowest. WOW!!! My fam is grown, but they grew up on that stuff.
www.DOCTOROZ.com.
Makes you think!
jac

TheKitsune6

They grew up on that stuff? How are they doing now as adults? Or did they all die from the loads of arsenic?

faith12207

Very scary considering i have a 2 year old and thats all she drinks besides milk n water..

MrsCon40

I never let my daughter drink juice. Mostly empty calories and it's really expensive.

thenest

I just posted a blog... and then saw yours! ) Arsenic is just the tip of the iceberg...

BeautifulScarsWECHANGED

I never let my daughter drink juice. Mostly empty calories and it's really expensive.

Me neither. Milk and water.

AlsDonkBoxSquat

I buy "simply."

scraver2003

Don't apple seeds have traces of arsenic? Is that were it comes from?

We are 100% juice - cranberry/OJ drinkers in my house.

Contrarian

These products are available in other countries, too. It isn't just "here in America".

Contrarian

Don't apple seeds have traces of arsenic? Is that were it comes from?

We are 100% juice - cranberry/OJ drinkers in my house.

Cyanide.

scraver2003

I buy "simply."

omg. the Simply Lemonade is to die for. A little Parrot Bay... some crushed strawberries... *heaven*

IMYarnCraz33

Makes me want to go out & buy my own seeds
and plant a garden so I KNOW EXACTLY what goes
into my food.
While i'm at it i'd better start saving money for
the cattle ranch, pig farm & chicken coop.

scraver2003

Makes me want to go out & buy my own seeds
and plant a garden so I KNOW EXACTLY what goes
into my food.
While i'm at it i'd better start saving money for
the cattle ranch, pig farm & chicken coop.

I feel the same way... I even asked someone about raising chickens... sounds a little complicated/messy. I know you can "buy a cow". And have it slaughtered and then you put it all in your freezer. I have wondered if that wouldn't be a bad way to go.

goatruns

I juice my own apples with seeds and all. Frankly, Dr. Oz should lose the Dr. and just be called Oz, The Flim Flam Man at this point. This is the same guy who says, nay, insists, that you must exercise before 7am and NOT eat breakfast.

Then he fries sticks of butter in a pan to prove that if you eat afterwards your body will burn the calories.

Then he throws a stick of butter in another pan, that's unheated, to show how eating before breakfast isn't good because whatever random nonsense, I was busy running on the treadmill after eating breakfast and didn't have time to watch the rest. I'd be more concerned about the high sugar level, corn syrup and tool lack of nutrients by the time the apple juice is processed.

SimplyFreckled

Precisly why I only let my kids drink Mountain Dew

goatruns

Here';s just one article debunking the dude.

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Warnings about arsenic in apple juice on The Dr. Oz Show the other day supposedly "shocked" a lot of people.

I kind of doubt it though.

The chemophobic crowd was not surprised. They were likely ready for something else to be afraid of or get mad about.

Other parents have gotten so used to these types of warnings that they likely have started to tune them out. It seems like everyone with a website or TV show can test things these days and find something to scare parents about.

The problem is that even though you can run a test doesn't mean that you can interpret the test correctly. For example, The Dr. Oz Show tested apple juice for total arsenic, while it is inorganic arsenic that is the form that is dangerous to people. The FDA states that organic arsenic is essentially harmless.

The FDA even sent The Dr. Oz Show a letter stating that "it would be irresponsible and misleading for the Dr. Oz Show to suggest that apple juice is unsafe based on tests for total arsenic."

And while the extensive nationwide investigation of The Dr. Oz Show makes it sound like this is a new issue they have uncovered, the FDA has actually been testing apple juice and other fruit juices for about six years and has found that "there is currently no evidence to suggest a public health risk from fruit juices."

Is it even a real issue though?

Dr. Oz used an "independent lab for sophisticated, state-of-the-art testing," but the FDA retested some of the same lots of apple juice and found arsenic levels "well below the results reported by The Dr. Oz Show."

It would be great if kids drank less fruit juice, as it does have sugar and calories, and kids are better off eating whole fruit. But don't avoid juice because you are afraid of some made up controversy. Stick to the recommended limits, or even less, and offer your kids more low-fat milk and water instead.

goatruns

Precisly why I only let my kids drink Mountain Dew

*dies laughing*

TheNewLK

Precisly why I only let my kids drink Mountain Dew

Mine prefer Volt .....

Kolohe71

Precisly why I only let my kids drink Mountain Dew

Or Red Bull when MD isn't available.

dad106

I drank this stuff all the time as a kid and haven't had any issues due to Arsenic.

IMO Dr.Oz is a quack, looking to make a quick buck.. I wouldn't be so quick to believe what he says.

futuregill

Don't apple seeds have traces of arsenic? Is that were it comes from?

We are 100% juice - cranberry/OJ drinkers in my house.

Apple seeds carry small traces of arsenic so when an animal eats an apple the seeds are not digested, therefore the seeds are fertilize for a new appe tree to grow.

LoveleeB

Precisly why I only let my kids drink Mountain Dew

You're so smart. Mountain Dew is the safest thing to drink. Dr. Phil says so!

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anubis609

Precisly why I only let my kids drink Mountain Dew

Or Red Bull when MD isn't available.

My children will be main-lining Sparks and Joose when they're born.

digitalsteel

"Despite his compelling stories and feel-good philosophy, I believe Dr. Oz is advocating that doctors use treatments based upon sloppy reasoning and poor evidence," Dr. Steven Novella.

"Dr. Oz promotes unproven approaches such as Reiki and Therapeutic Touch, and to support them he cherry-picks studies that are positive and ignores the negative ones" Dr. Mary Ann Malloy

That being said, I think Juice is bad in general due to its high sugar content, just eat the apple. 1 glass of apple juice is like 5-10 apples in one shot.

EDesq

Whomever has children should go to Dr Oz online. I just watched a show about arsenic in apple juice. Motts,Gerber and Juicy Juice are the brands that have the most arsenic. Seems Minute Maid has the lowest. WOW!!! My fam is grown, but they grew up on that stuff.
www.DOCTOROZ.com.
Makes you think!
jac

What does that mean? Doctors will tell you that the difference between a "chemical" being a poison and healing is the DOSAGE. So what dosage/amount is acceptable before arsenic becomes poisonous. Let's face it, arsenic and other poisons are in MANY of the Products we eat and containers that hold foods as well as using chemicals that cause cancer (What about the Nitrates/Nitrites?). Let's get this straight...Many of the foods we eat that are packaged, canned, frozen, shipped in containers are a trade off for convenience and lower costs. We LIKE that in the USA! Example: The "WORLD" build smaller, more cost effective cars to drive because of the oil problems...USA, WE build BIGGER and less cost effective automobiles.

How many parents are NOW going to go out, buy a Juicer, and buy 1-2 CASES PER WEEK of ORGANIC Apples, juice them and Clean Up after each juicing to give themselves and their kids until they are 18 y.o.

Is this "Just" another SCARE for the purpose of making a SHOW or is it REALLY meaningful?

iAMaPhoenix

Precisly why I only let my kids drink Mountain Dew

Mine prefer Volt .....

Too much sugar....Rain Organic Vodka is good for kids. Helps them get their sleep at night and no added pesticides...

audram420

Dr. Oz shouldn't be on the air...he's a quack, along with Dr. Phil.

EDesq

I never let my daughter drink juice. Mostly empty calories and it's really expensive.

What about the Hormone Levels in Milk! What about the "stuff" in water...and Plastic Bottles!

ilookthetype

this is just as scary as the whole "there's cholesterol in eggs" thing! WOW!

WHAT?! Thank heavens I was sitting when I read this.

mandemonious

I feel the same way... I even asked someone about raising chickens... sounds a little complicated/messy. I know you can "buy a cow". And have it slaughtered and then you put it all in your freezer. I have wondered if that wouldn't be a bad way to go.

I have chickens. They aren't too difficult to deal with and even make fairly decent pets. Useful ones that give me eggs:bigsmile: