Pressed fruits at least, are sugary drinks. Anyone who's calorie conscious is probably wary (as a calorie counter I know I am).
Pressing (but not blending) leaves some of the good bits (including bits that mitigate some of the adverse effects of sugars) behind, but it does not destroy the nutritional value, as many of the important micronutrients of the fruit are retained in the juice.
Hyperbole isn't helpful here.
Either way - an all fruit diet is not healthy or balanced. And as far as I can tell, whole fruits are still better for your health then pressed/blended/squeezed.
Relevant : https://www.wired.com/2015/04/nobody-can-prove-cold-pressed-...
That is utter nonsense.
Yes, whole fruit is healthier than blended fruit or juice. No, that does not mean there is no nutritional value.
It’s certainly not as clear-cut as I thought, and I reckon smoothies are probably still pretty good if you aren’t overdoing it!
First, human beings need sugar to survive, yep it's like water, without sugar you die, in particular your muscle and your brain.
There are good and bad sugar, artificial sugar in food and drink sure are terrible for the health, but you also have natural sugar like fructose in fruits, lactose in milk, etc. those are good.
You definitively can not say that apple juice is poisonous like sugary soda.
Those are not the same type of sugar.
Well, they didn't make any comparison to Pepsi in their comment, but I 'll go ahead and make that comparison.
12 fl oz of:
* Orange juice: 31.2g of sugar
* Apple juice: 36g of sugar
* Coca-Cola: 39g of sugar
* Pepsi: 41g of sugar
Not the same, but in the ballpark. But iirc, regular Coke and Pepsi aren't growing. Diet Pepsi/Coke are. The brands are also coming up with semi-diet versions, such as "Coca-Cola Life" (17g of sugar).
Even "traditional" pressed juice companies are starting to see a crunch, as their evangelical customers ("health nuts") are realizing that eating an apple is healthier than pressing 4 of them.
I'm not sure how you can even make an argument that it was a scam. A stupid business model isn't the same thing as a scam - it was a real product, however ill conceived.