Good Things - 10/19/09

V8 Fusion Fruit Juices.

That is my plug for this week.

You get a full serving of fruits and vegetables in an eight ounce glass.

Here is why I love it. I'm not a huge vegetable eater. You can only eat so many green beans. And I get physically ill at the mere smell of tomato juice - including and especially v8 Juice.

I can't stand that smell.

I don't know what it is exactly. I don't have the same reaction to tomato sauce, just the juice.

But the V8 Fusion tastes like fruit juice. It is delicious! And good for me. So I am enjoying doing something good for me.

The positives: there are probably 7 or 8 different flavor combinations and I like most all of them; one 8 ounce glass equals one serving each of fruits and vegetables; and each glass has between 100 and 120 calories. There is also a light version that has half the calories.

The downside: one glass has 20 to 25 grams of sugar - but it isn't added sugar it is natural sugars which your body processes differently. But that still isn't a great number. So, I usually save the juice for the weekend when I'm probably going to get more exercise to offset it and I'm probably not going to eat as well so getting at least some fruit and vegetable nutrition is a bonus.

It's a good thing.