Unhealthiest Juices in America, and the alternative Beverages.

Think of your all-time favorite rock song: Hey Jude, London Calling, Smells Like Teen Spirit, whatever. Now imagine that the next time you crank it up, all the guitar riffs will be replaced by violins. Kinda weak, right?Well that’s akin to what happens when you turn a fruit into fruit juice: You still have the flavor, but you don’t have the grit, the substance, the power. Even the very best fruit juice isn’t as nutritious as the fruit it originally came from, because the fiber that makes a piece of fruit so filling has been stripped away: Instead of filling your belly like an apple or an orange, juice just passes through your gastrointestinal tract like a little stream of sugar. It’s like listening to “Hey Jude” without the “Na-na-na na” part at the end. The sweet melody is intact, but the soul is lost. So as a rule, always choose the original version (that would be the fruit) over the Muzak version (that would be the juice).That doesn’t mean juice is a terrible choice—after all, it’s still a great way to get your daily quota of vitamins and minerals. Problem is, a lot of what food marketers try to sell us as “juice” is about as healthy for you as, well, being chased down a highway in a white Ford Bronco. Manufacturers have found that mixing a lot of water and sugar with a tiny bit of fruit flavoring and calling it “juice” is a great way to get health-conscious consumers to pony up the bucks for the liquid equivalent of Skittles. We scoured restaurant menus and supermarket aisles to uncover the best and worst drinks in America. Below, we reveal a few worst juices at the supermarket, and for each one we’ve provide a healthier alternative, Yoli Nutritional beverages.

WORST CRANBERRY COCKTAIL

Ocean Spray Cran-Apple (8 fl oz)

130 calories

0 g fat

32 g sugars

Ocean Spray makes a whole line of cranberry juice blends, but there’s only one thing you need to know: They’re all polluted with unruly loads of added sugar. The first two ingredients here are water and sugar, the hallmark of an inferior bottle. In fact, the best juices in this line have only 27 percent juice. This one? A paltry 15 percent. Go with Yoli Truth.

Drink This, Instead!

Yoli Truth (18 fl oz)

0 calories

0 g fat

0 g sugars

WORST MIXED-BERRY BLEND

Welch’s Mountain Berry (8 fl oz)

140 calories

0 g fat

33 g sugars

The flowering bouquet of fruit on the outside of this carton makes it appear to be just one step down from a smoothie, but in truth, it’s just one step up from Sunny Delight. Regardless of what Welch’s wants you to think, this juice is made with only 25 percent real fruit, and with this many calories in each cup, you should expect nothing less than 100 percent.

Go with Yoli Truth an antioxidant- and flavor-rich blend of Acai Berry, pomegranates, Goji Berry, and NO Sugar.

Drink This, Instead!

Yoli Truth (18 fl oz)

0 calories

0 g fat

0 g sugars

WORST LEMONADE

Minute Maid Lemonade (20 fl oz bottle)

250 calories

0 g fat

67.5 g sugars

In 99 percent cases, lemonade contains between 10 and 15 percent lemon juice, meaning that 85 to 90 percent of the calories are added as table sugar or high fructose corn syrup. The reason we pinned Minute Maid as the worst lemonade is that with this bottle, they’ve dropped the lemon juice concentration down to 3 percent, and at the same time, jacked the sugar level up to soda-like proportions. In fact, this bottle has more sugar than a same-sized bottle of Coca-Cola, not to mention a bevy of preservatives, fillers, and artificial colors.

Drink This, Instead!

Yoli FUN(18 fl oz)

0 calories

0 g fat

0 g sugars

The list goes on-and-on. Do yourself, Do your body a favor and make Yoli Nutritional beverages your beverage of choice. Visit Us www.Lifes-a-Blast.GoYoli.com for further information.