Tang anyone for a trip down memory lane
Technically accurate, however sugar intake very often does lead to obesity and insulin resistance, making one far more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Just as walking around in cold weather without proper protection from the elements doesn’t give you a cold, it inhibits your body’s immune system response, and does make it more likely to catch one.
So yeah, consuming too much sugar absolutely can increase your chances of getting diabetes. So do it in moderation, which means not drinking juice full of sugar because you think it’s healthy.
I love the faux patriotic Cole Porter song “Give Me the Land.”
Starts at 55:41 here:
Ben Bagley’s Unpublished Cole Porter
Lyric “Give me the land of frozen orange juice” is at 57:09.
Purists may prefer this version:
I use frozen OJ to make a cranberry glaze/sauce at Thanksgiving and Christmas. It’s delicious with both poultry and pork, and probably rabbit and venison too. (Lingonberries can be substituted for cranberries.)
Oh, that would be gorgeous. PM me the recipe, please?
I have some TANG…my daughter found some for her dirty Orange Julius concoction.
I took a sip of it. It’s kinda, shall we say…strong.
Actually it’s a broken pancreas thing not a too much orange juice thing.
But I won’t quibble.
I’m no expert but he said: too much sugar → weight gain → obesity → insulin resistance (broken pancreas?) → diabetes
I’m surprised it didn’t disappear a long time ago (like before the turn of the century).
I have vague recollections of FCOJ as a young kid in the 70s but it had pretty much disappeared in the UK when Trading Places came out so I was surprised the film used that as the key product.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, @Atamasama and @Beckdawrek are both right:
Too much glucose circulating in your bloodstream causes diabetes, regardless of the type. However, the reason why your blood glucose levels are high differs depending on the type of diabetes.
Anyway, this is drifting off topic. No one is going to get diabetes from drinking orange juice, unless they’re some kind of orange juice fanatic addicted to it. In which case the effect will be no different from excessive consumption of any other substance containing any form of sugar. Bottom line: orange juice is generally beneficial in moderation. And, despite some controversy around it, is probably more benign than beverages with artificially added free sugars.
One of our resident physicians has claimed a few times that orange juice is nutritionally just as bad as regular soda pop. I always found that difficult to believe.
Let me tell you, young’uns, the only time we got to drink orange juice back in the day was when we bought that frozen slurge in cans. We got our news out of the newspapers and the phone company owned the telephone. We weren’t spoiled rotten like they are now, with their drive-throughs, drones dropping off packages, TV screens so big you could play ice hockey on ‘em and artificial robots telling people ever’ damn thing anyone ever wanted to know. 
I know several diabetes-certified Registered Dietitians who say the same thing.
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I don’t drink sugar laced drinks often…
When I do, it’s orange juice with a sugar cube dissolved in it.
(This would be in case of an emergency glucose dip. I keep kid sized orange juice boxes for this)
Good article – from the same authoritative source as I linked earlier and with basically the same conclusions. Namely, pure unsweetened fruit drinks – notably orange juice – are far healthier than soda pop, but since they contain sugar, moderation is in order. (And naturally, avoid any fruit drinks that have added sugar.)
When I worked in a grocery store (roughly 1979-89) frozen concentrate was popular, but Produce had an orange juice machine that they’d use to process oranges as they started to soften, which also meant they were sweeter. That juice was popular, let me tell you, and it sold out quickly when they had it.
Easy version: Bring a can of cranberry sauce to a boil over low heat while stirring constantly. Spoon in the still frozen OJ a bit at the time until it suits your taste. Add the juice and grated zest of a lemon and a pinch of ginger. Serve either hot (as a glaze on your meat) or cold (as a sauce or dip).
More complicated version: Boil fresh or frozen cranberries yourself until they’re soft. Slowly add sugar to your taste and proceed as above.
30-some years ago there was an exposé of a company that sold bottled water, back when it was just really becoming a thing, in (clear plastic, milk) gallon containers for $1.09/gal. This was when it was 10 gal/1¢ from your tap. It was the exact same city water that came thru the tap, just run thru a filter & put in a container for a 1000x markup. Bottled water has it’s place, like when out & about, but I have severely limited how much I buy since seeing that piece. Pure profit scam on their part!
The filter can make all of the difference in some places. Water where I live is horrendous however to your point, I have a Brita filter at home instead of buying a lot of plastic bottles.