That’s because you’re used to it. Seriously, stay away from sweet juices

Even when I don’t drink it for a while, it doesn’t taste super sweet to me (at least with the brands I get). It just seems more acidic than I’m used to. Once again, I think this has to do with adjusting my pH levels more than anything else.

More on this here: http://www.jleukbio.org/content/69/4/522.full

In moderation, I’ve found that drinking OJ keeps me immune to illness. Works for me, but YMMV. Who knows, maybe it’s genetic.

if you drink OJ like most americans do

I suppose I don’t.  I literally drink a couple of swigs every other day.  I get approximately 5 grams of sugar total with my combined swigs.  Even for someone who needs to desperately watch their sugar intake (I’m not one of them), that’s very little sugar.  Meanwhile, I never get sick when I drink my OJ and…

My energy is formidable, baby…

The photo I took below is where I mountain bike down steep, iron-rich rock formations (rock mixed with dinosaur poop from a Fountain foundation that was pushed to the surface from thousands of feet below) and that’s after riding to the top of a mountain trail nearby and back down again.  And I’m almost as old as the dinosaur poop I’m trouncing upon.

It works for me. ^_^

I liketh ma OJ, son………

Edit: D’oh. Beaten by dragonfrog.

Seriously, stay away from sweet juices and what-not for a while

No thanks. As I said previously, did that and caught a cold. I don’t drink gallons of OJ anyway, just a little swig or two every other day. Moderation is the key for me.

I don’t drink orange juice and literally never get sick as well, so I’m not sure there’s any correlation we can conclude here vis a vis OJ and health.

I didn’t say it was healthy for everyone, just me. I see your anecdotal experience and raise you mine.

Or at least mine doesn’t taste like that to me anyway. 

That’s because you’re used to it. Seriously, stay away from sweet juices and what-not for a while, and when you come back you’ll find it incedibly sweet as well.

Also, I don’t drink orange juice and literally never get sick as well, so I’m not sure there’s any correlation we can conclude here vis a vis OJ and health.

Besides, I thought the benefit of acai and pomegranate et al were the anthocyanins, not the antioxidants.

Now that I think of it, if I don’t drink it for a little while, I sometimes have to get used to it again. As if I have to get my pH back in order or something before it tastes as good again (and doesn’t seem too acidic for my tummy).

Also, certain brands taste like shit to me, so who knows…? To be honest, the only reason I drink OJ is because for me it’s like cheapo kryptonite against cold & flu. I simply don’t get sick if I drink a few swigs every other day or so. And, now that I’m acclimated to it, I actually enjoy its taste, etc.

Maybe it does something to my pH levels for prevention of illness? I dunno, but since I started this moderate OJ regimen I haven’t been sick in years. Back in the day, I experimented by avoiding OJ for months and caught a cold during that time.

Welp, you got tomatoes which probably does basically the same thing I guess.

Drinking OJ … sugary … nauseatingly sweet

You must have been drinking a shitty, concentrated brand with sugar added. The kind I get isn’t like that. Or at least mine doesn’t taste like that to me anyway. Also, I never drink it room temp, always cool/cold.

I eat green vegetables, tomatoes, red peppers, etc. every day.

Shitchyeah… ok, ok… How about spinach, shredded carrots, almonds (crushed), little bit of shredded mexican style cheese, raspberry vinaigrette dressing (only the kind with apple cider vinegar within it), little bit of sunflower seeds all in a nice salad for lunch? (all that for under 2 bucks a serving too!) And, organic, vanilla yogurt (local farm) mixed with banana slices for mini-dessert?

I love ‘em, but my peppers and tomatoes always go bad before I chop them up and the pre-chopped go bad even quicker so I’ve given up on them. But, everything else above I can store for about a week and throw it all together in about 3 minutes. I’m a time&storage-nazi when it comes to preparing food and I want it cheap-ish. Hate shrinkage.

Don’t ever look up the story

I already addressed how they store OJ and add flavoring (from oranges) to compensate for the oxygen issues further down my post you’re replying to.

I don’t feel “scammed” and it doesn’t make me sad, it just makes me thirsty for my affordable, mass produced orange juice.

Ethyl butyrate is already in oranges, I have no problem with it being added back in for flavoring. The alternative is wasting time and money squishing oranges, so I’ll stick with this. With my OJ, I haven’t gotten so much as a common cold in many years.

I read a blurb about this, then did some additional literature searching and looks like there is no difference at all, except for a small taste difference that causes certain people to prefer one over the other in blind tests. 

Fresh-squeezed is kinda like poison because is has the essential vibratory gasses squeezed out, among other things.But Obama doesn’t WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS!!!