i'm not sure that it is good for you actually.
orange juice from oranges, Yes.
If cartoned, then,
FRESHLY SQUEEZED orange juice, Probably.
But 100% pure orange juice or whatever they want to call it. I don't think it is good for you.
a)It is usually LOADED with sugar.
b)It is very acidic.
I have heard that although oranges themselves are acidic, they are alkaline forming in the stomach.
Many websites speak of the mportance of having a largely alkaline diet, and in our day and age we eat mostly acidic.. Almost everything is acidic.
People are getting stomach ulcers... and according to one person I spoke to, the tablet he takes is an alkaline tablet.
I can tell you that when I used to have cranberry juice from the carton, lots of it. I got very bad stabbing pain in the chest. We have doctors in the family, and the one I called immediately suggested it was acid, and asked me what I had eaten/drunk.
And somebody else I know avoided cranberry juice because it caused him what he called "stomach pain". I think he meant chest pain. When I described what happened to me from it, he didn't look shocked.
I had stabbing pains and shortness of breath. And I am a very healthy person..
My heart beat went a bit funny too, I could hear it.
As soon as I cut it out I haven't had any chest pain since or any funny heart beat rhythms. It's scary..
One doctor I spoke to said that too much acid can cause symptoms similar to a heart attack. The only thing that made me think it wasn't a heart attack I was having was that I didn't get the sudden pain in the neck or arm like somebody gripping it. That, and the fact that I am healthy!
But you wouldn't know it from the symptoms I described. I was drinking too much, and it was cartoned Ocean Spray cranberry juice which is probably more acidic than the orange juice. I do recall getting very slight discomfort inhte chest with the cartoned orange juice. I used to drink it like water.
I would drink freshly squeezed.
The only reason I have cartoned at all nowadays is because others in the house buy cartoned, and I don't want them killing themselves, so I take advantaget of my good health to drink some of the bad stuff to save them having to!!!!!!
And I keep a bottle of water near me incase I feel I've had too much acid.