There are healthier alternatives to sugar-filled juices

Baltimore - Juice is suppose to be one of those healthy drinks to kick start your morning. It all depends on what you’re drinking. According to a new study, the very best fruit juice isn't as nutritious as the fruit it originally came from. The fiber that makes a piece of fruit so filling has been stripped away: Instead of filling your belly like an apple or an orange, juice just passes through your gastrointestinal tract like a little stream of sugar. If you are a juice fan, don’t get discouraged! There is also a list of healthier options below.

Below is a list of the fruit juices with most calories and grams of sugar.

1. Ocean Spray (8 fl oz) - 130 calories, 32grams of sugar
2. Welch’s Mountain-Berry Blend (8 fl oz) - 140 calories, 33grams of sugar                                 3. Minute Maid Lemonade (20 fl oz bottle) - 250 calories, 67.5 g sugars                                       4. SoBe Elixir Cranberry Grapefruit (20 fl oz bottle) - 250 calories, 63 g sugars                              5. Tropicana Grape Juice Beverage (15.2 fl oz) - 290 calories, 72 g sugars

Better Solutions 

1. Ocean Spray Cranergy Raspberry Cranberry (8 fl oz) - 35 calories, 9grams sugar
2. Bolthouse Farms 50/50 Berry (8 fl oz) - 120 calories, 28grams sugars                                     3. R.W. Knudsen Lemonade (8 fl oz box) - 130 calories, 30grams sugars
4. Olade Tropical Juice Beverage (16 fl oz) - 120 calories, 4grams sugars                                  5. Bossa Nova Acai (10 fl oz bottle) - 114 calories, 22.5grams sugars
                                                                                                                                                              Health experts recommend becoming a label reader. Pay attention to serving size, sugar content, and calories.