Orange Juice may be good, but it will destroy your social life!

So, I decided that I’m not eating healthy enough, so last week I started to eat healthier. I now limit myself to 1 can of Coke per day, but try to avoid it altogether (although I don’t drink coffee, so its basically my coffee, even though I drink it in the afternoon), eat at least 1 banana and 1 apple a day, and have taken to cut back a lot of fat from my diet. At the same time, for drinks I basically rotate between: water, apple cider (not juice), and orange juice (the pure stuff, not concentrate).

I tend to drink more orange juice than anything else, but it’s a friggin killer, since I’m having the worst case of gastrointestinal release that I can ever remember. Is this just my body cleaning itself out, or am I perhaps drinking too much OJ? Also, just to mention in passing, I bike about 30 miles a week, go to the gym for the upper part of my body, and do 10 lbs crunches on a crunch machine (both lower and upper abs) until failure.

Jon.

I mix OJ with sodium-free seltzer half and half. It tastes much much better, less acidic and bring out the orange flavour even more. Like an orange soda with the real natural flavour. Now I don't drink OJ without mixing in seltzer.

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Keep in mind that while good for you, OJ is fairly high in calories.

I did the gallon challenge with OJ (the others used milk) and I didn't get any negative after-effects, aside from being really really full.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon_challenge

Originally Posted by AlanC

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Keep in mind that while good for you, OJ is fairly high in calories.

Yeah, but I exercises a lot, so that should help burn up all the calories, no?

Jon.

is your goal to eat healthier or to lose weight? people tend to confuse this, and they're not neccessarily correlated.

Originally Posted by VersaceMan

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I did the gallon challenge with OJ (the others used milk) and I didn't get any negative after-effects, aside from being really really full.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon_challenge
lol, if you're not gonna do it with milk, might as well do it with beer.

Originally Posted by Renault78law

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lol, if you're not gonna do it with milk, might as well do it with beer.

Ha, well then I guess I do a gallon challenge every night of the weekend.

Originally Posted by Renault78law

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is your goal to eat healthier or to lose weight? people tend to confuse this, and they're not neccessarily correlated.

Well, actually I want to lose some stomach weight, so I can flatten my stomach (I really could care less if my abs are well defined, i.e. show well, as long as my stomach is flat, I'll be a happy guy) and I want to gain weight in general (i.e. larger arms, chest, legs). And I want to eat healthier, of course.

Jon.

Yeah, the not-from-concentrate stuff is pretty acidic. I usually mix it with a little water to take the edge off. It is high in sugar/calories, so it's fine if you're burning it off, but it's not exactly healthy to drink a ton of if you're just sitting around. Not great for your teeth, either.

Originally Posted by alflauren

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Yeah, the not-from-concentrate stuff is pretty acidic. I usually mix it with a little water to take the edge off. It is high in sugar/calories, so it's fine if you're burning it off, but it's not exactly healthy to drink a ton of if you're just sitting around. Not great for your teeth, either.

Guess I'll just drink more water then.

Jon.

Guess I'll just drink more water then.

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Always a good idea Jon. Especially living in Boca and doing all that exercise you should be drinking 64 ozs or more a day.

I have stomach issues when I drink orange juice as well.

Water is really the best way to go.

Orange juice has way too much sugar and has little benefit. You're better off drinking a ton of water and popping a Vitamin C cap.