Juice Drinks

Running around on those wheels all day can't be easy for a hamster. I bet some have heart attacks and drop dead right on the spot.

Luckily, pumping tiny hamsters full of raspberries keeps their little tickers healthy.

A new study suggests antioxidants in berry juices and teas may prevent artery hardening, a major precursor to heart disease.

I've heard of beach erosion, but teeth erosion? I always thought you just get cavities.

Nope. It turns out if you're drinking a lot of citrus juices, tea and soda you're probably slowly wearing away the enamel on your teeth.

So, how do you fix it? Well, the answer is pretty simple. Whatever bad stuff you're drinking, stop!

But some experts suggest drinking a glass of vegetable juice each day may help overweight dieters lose more weight. And they claim drinking veggies increases vitamin intake and overall consumption of vegetables.

This is a guest post from Kerry McLeod of eBrandAid.

It seems that juice manufacturers are capitalizing on our culture's obsession with weight by putting their juices on a "diet!" Just walk down any juice aisle and find many of your favorite juices in low-calorie, sugar-free varieties.

We're all looking to cut calories - but are these emaciated juices sacrificing nutrition for fewer calories?

A few weeks ago my significant other came home clutching a bottle of Açai (ah-sigh-ee) Juice.

An involuntary groan escaped my lips. A well-meaning marketer had foisted the 'superjuice' bottle upon her - claiming it would help with a multitude of health ailments.

I was deeply suspicious (as most people are when someone who recommends a product also happens to sell it).

However - I now have some facts to go with my suspicions - thanks to Australia's largest consumer organization Choice.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been caught in a shocking case of misleading advertising. GSK makes a juice drink called Ribena. The drink is popular in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.

Ribena has long been pushed as a "health" food for children. For years it has been advertised as being rich in Vitamin C. Two popular tag lines are "the unique Ribena Syrup taste with loads of vitamin C" and "The blackcurrants in Ribena have four times the vitamin C of oranges".

Incredibly - the product actually has no detectable Vitamin C - and GSK have been telling lies for over 4 years.