Question about juice

[Ciarus]

Hello Everyone:

I have been browsing these forums for quite a while now and finally decided to join. I have been power lifting for about 8-9 months now and really am having a lot of fun with the sport.

I have a question when it comes to drinking juices. Currently, I drink about 3-4 servings of 100% cranberry juice a day for the carbohydrates and great taste. Should I be worried because each serving has 35 grams of all natural sugar? or does the natural sugar not really make too much of a difference because it is not refined, artificial sugar?

Any help would be really appreciated. Look forward to your replies.

-Jay

[Oxidane]

personally i don't care myself. athletes to drink electrolytes that contains more then 40g of liquid sugar. i think the best is to drink during workout :P

[db2000]

Hello Everyone:

I have been browsing these forums for quite a while now and finally decided to join. I have been power lifting for about 8-9 months now and really am having a lot of fun with the sport.

I have a question when it comes to drinking juices. Currently, I drink about 3-4 servings of 100% cranberry juice a day for the carbohydrates and great taste. Should I be worried because each serving has 35 grams of all natural sugar? or does the natural sugar not really make too much of a difference because it is not refined, artificial sugar?

Any help would be really appreciated. Look forward to your replies.

-Jay

I was All ready to hit the "report post" button...but its a different type of "juice"

You would have to post up your whole diet (maybe in the nutrition section) to get a honest opinion.
I myself cant have too many sugars...natural or not

[ottorotvic]

Well, this thread wasn't what I was expecting.

35g of sugar a serving is kind of a lot. I'm not too sure what natural sugar means. Check and see if there's HFCS in it, and if there is, don't drink it.

[Ciarus]

Ahh, i should have put cranberry juice in the title! lol...

My nutrition varies day by day, and I try as much as possible to monitor what I consume on a daily basis. Ill check the label on the juice container to see it has the HFCS.

[kabukirocks]

personally i think thats a lot of juice. Getting your blood glucose levels checked will tell you what its doing. To much sugar can raise your insulin resistance which is a bad thing when it comes to training. Good information summarized here:
http://www.mmipowertraining.com/foru...=insulin+index

That being said I drink 1 glass fresh juice every morning. Of course half of it is stuff like chard, spinach, kale, cucumber, celery . But I do sweeten it up with an apple and lemon or ginger.

If your taking in lots of carbs, I?ve had excellent success with Anabolic Pump for keeping blood sugar levels stabilized and favoring lean mass as opposed to adipose tissue and also counteracting some of the problems I referred to above.

[crackyflipside]

Corn Syrup has something like a glycemic index rating 4 times higher than real sugar. But since the United States subsidizes corn farmers, corn syrup is dirt cheap compared to sugar (relative to other countries).

[StrongInChrist]

personally i think thats a lot of juice. Getting your blood glucose levels checked will tell you what its doing. To much sugar can raise your insulin resistance which is a bad thing when it comes to training. Good information summarized here:
http://www.mmipowertraining.com/foru...=insulin+index

That being said I drink 1 glass fresh juice every morning. Of course half of it is stuff like chard, spinach, kale, cucumber, celery . But I do sweeten it up with an apple and lemon or ginger.

If your taking in lots of carbs, I?ve had excellent success with Anabolic Pump for keeping blood sugar levels stabilized and favoring lean mass as opposed to adipose tissue and also counteracting some of the problems I referred to above.

what an article! I read a bunch of the other links too. I never quite understood the affects of certain sugars and carbs on the insulin levels and what insulin even did to be honest.


Read this article if you are unawarez

[kabukirocks]

Corn Syrup has something like a glycemic index rating 4 times higher than real sugar. But since the United States subsidizes corn farmers, corn syrup is dirt cheap compared to sugar (relative to other countries).

looks the same to me.

SUGARS
Organic Agave Nectar 14
Fructose 32
Lactose 65
Honey 83
High fructose corn syrup 89 [Pers. corres. w/Prof. Brand Miller]
Sucrose 92
Glucose 137
Glucose tablets 146
Maltodextrin 150
Maltose 150