Way back when, Tracy wrote that orange juice is beyond good and evil.
Later I wondered Has the evil of orange juice finally been established?
But now the tide has turned.
See Orange Juice May Do Much More For Your Body Than Scientists Ever Realized : ScienceAlert
“The study followed adults who drank 500ml of pure pasteurised orange juice every day for two months. After 60 days, many genes associated with inflammation and higher blood pressure had become less active. These included NAMPT, IL6, IL1B and NLRP3, which usually switch on when the body is under stress. Another gene known as SGK1, which affects the kidneys’ ability to hold onto sodium (salt), also became less active. Such changes match previous findings that daily orange juice drinking can reduce blood pressure in young adults.”
It was a pleasure to read all these articles that recognize the absurdity – even danger – of treating eating food as a moral issue! I have spent my entire life since adolescence resisting that idea (fortunately, my family never adopted it – never actually acknowledged it at all). I tend to attribute it to the USA history of Puritans but I guess it has spread much further now that we all read so many summaries of “scientific” studies that claim to prove…
Thanks for keeping this issue in front of us.