Fruit juice can have as much — or more — sugar than soda or energy drinks. But unlike those drinks, juices won’t come with a warning label under SA’s latest draft regulations for food labelling. We ...

Foods containing fast-acting carbohydrates can raise your blood sugar quickly when it drops, but they're not always "healthy" or nutritious. Try these healthy snacks next time your blood sugar drops.

A glass of orange juice has long been considered part of a healthy breakfast for children, but shocking research suggests that the habit is just as damaging as drinking a daily can of soda and can ...

When you're trying to cut back on sugar, avoiding soda is a no-brainer. But fruit juice, too? That's what the World Health Organization recommends in its recently released guidelines on sugar ...

I've always thought bottled juices were a healthy option, especially when I'm in a rush or don't feel like blending my own. But after looking closer at the labels, I realized many of these drinks are ...

South Africa is facing a sharp rise in obesity-related diseases like type 2 diabetes. Between 2010 and 2019, the prevalence of diabetes nearly tripled from 4.5% to 12.7%. This increase is linked to ...

Just a single serving of some fruit drinks, like juice and smoothies, contain an entire day’s sugar allotment for a child, finds a new study. In the report, published in the journal BMJ Open, ...

Drinking fruit juice may seem like an easy way to get more vitamins and minerals – but experts warn your morning glass could be doing more harm than good. Britons drink 695 million litres of fruit ...

Medically reviewed by Jonathan Purtell, RDN Key Takeaways There’s no evidence that eating pomegranates on an empty stomach ...

Apples, oranges and grapes are healthy fruits. But when they are turned into juice they pack as much, or more, sugar than some sodas or energy drinks. “Coke has too much sugar, but fruit juices also ...

To help tackle the problem, the government has introduced several public health measures targeting key risk factors, including unhealthy eating. One of the most prominent measures was the introduction ...

Under South Africa’s latest proposed food labelling regulations 100% fruit juices won’t have to show a high sugar warning because their sugars are “naturally occurring” — researchers who gave input on ...