Speaking about fruit juices & carbonated drinks, we've had a lot in the news recently about 2 year old children having zillions of cavities, & children under 5 needing many or all of their baby teeth removed cos of excessive use of sweetened drinks in their bottles.

Doctors & dentists are saying give 'em plain water when they are thirsty.

We also have lots of Juice Bars around, where folks can get "healthy" drinks of real fruit & vegs, & smoothies made of real fruit & icecream/flavoured yoghurt & honey!

Another trend is the cute little bottles of fresh juices & fruit crushies & smoothies - the way nature intended.

They claim you don't need to eat any fruit, cos they have a day's fruit in every bottle, however there is no pulp, & really far too much fruit for a day - some say they have the juice of more than 6 pieces of assorted fruit. And they're such tiny little bottles ...

As always, check labels (sugar is sugar whether it's white, honey, or made from fruit), eat fresh fruit & vegs, and drink water!

Water is my main drink (no tea/coffee/alcohol/carbonated drinks) & a slurp of lemon juice makes it yummy, & home-made banana smoothies are part of my Sunday brekkie! I occasional get commercial banana smoothies but they aren't as good as the ones I make. I have a small juicer & the only time I use it is when Jennyo's lemon tree is yielding lemons.

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