Is 64 oz of Juice every day too much ?: Healthy Meals, Diets, & Nutrition Information

joebert · **Site Rank:** Moderator

I've taken a liking to this stuff. The grape flavor. I keep a 64 oz bottle in my fridge and drink a little every time I go to the fridge to fill my glass with water. It takes me about a day and a half, sometimes just a day, to go through the whole bottle. The bottle says a serving size is 8 oz so that means I'm having anywhere from 6-8 servings a day.

I don't always have it though, I get 2-3 bottles at a time and that lasts a few days. Then it's 2-3 days before I get more.

Is this way to much juice to be drinking, can it somehow affect me adversely? I'm currently 6'2" and about 235 lbs.
I've been going on the "it's better than soda pop" mindset.

tammy · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

That's the first thought that I had... that it is better than soda! But, 6-8 servings of it a day seems a bit much. i looked up the calories and it said there were about 110 calories in 8 ounces. That means if you are having 8 servings a day, that is about 880 calories a day that you are just drinking. That is a lot. Personally, I'd rather eat my calories than drink them so that is why I tend to stick to drinking water. Besides the calories, the sugar content also worries me. There is about 26 grams of sugar in a serving which if you times that by 8 it equals 208 grams of sugar!

joebert · **Site Rank:** Moderator

Oh wow. I wasn't even thinking about sugar when it comes to juice. I just now looked to see how much sugar a serving of the soda's I was drinking have and there's not much difference. 28g for Pepsi and 31g for Mountain Dew. Kind of defeats the purpose of drinking juice instead of soda, really. :ouch:

So, I look up Welches grape juice and would you believe it has 40g of sugar!?

I think I'm going to stick with the Juicy juice since I like it's lighter taste anyways. I'm sure there's something about it that's better than soda. I'll definitely have to cut back on how much I have though. Maybe stick with a glass when I wake up and that's it.

ALICE39 · **Site Rank:** Healthy Friend

Yes you are drinking too much grape flavor juice. I had a friend who used to drink 24 cans of Mountain Dew in about a day or two. After encountering some health problems he stopped and ended up losing about 20lbs by decreasing his soda pop intake.

How about making your own juices by blending some of you favorite fruits and veggies together for a unique taste can you enjoy? It’s healthier then grape flavor juice.

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joebert · **Site Rank:** Moderator

I had an easier time getting away from drinking all of this juice than I did cutting back on soda. I've gone through one bottle of juice in the 2 seeks since I started this thread. I have a feeling that having a filtered water pitcher this time around made a big difference in how easy this transition was though.

tammy · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

That's great!

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