Fruit juice


Data from a Dutch study (Netherlands) including about 119,000 adults.


The figure shows the all-cause mortality risk - risk of death of all causes combined - for different amounts of fruit juice consumed. This seems to confirm the assumption that low amounts of fruit juice may be mildly beneficial (less than 5 % risk reduction), but that higher intakes (more than about 200 mL daily) may be harmful.


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[One serving of juice was 150 mL.]

Dose–response associations between [...] fruit juice consumption and all-cause mortality in Lifelines [Cohort Study, Netherlands]. [The solid line is a risk estimate] evaluated using restricted cubic splines indicating the shape of the association in the continuous scale Three knots with 0 serving/day as a reference value were placed. Beverages consumptions was truncated at 3 serving/day [= 450 mL]. Areas between dash lines indicate [the] 95% confidence interval[.]. Model was adjusted for age, sex, education level, alcohol consumption, smoking status, moderate physical activity, sedentary behavior, baseline BMI [body mass index], [and intake of] grain[s], potatoes, vegetables, fruit, meat and processed meat, coffee, tea, legumes, nuts, fats and oils, sugary foods, mutual adjustment for other beverages (sugar-sweetened beverages, low/no-calorie beverages and fruit juice), and energy intake
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Reference:

Novita D Naomi, Elske M Brouwer-Brolsma, Marion E C Buso, Sabita S Soedamah-Muthu Joanne A Harrold, Jason C G Halford, Anne Raben, Johanna M Geleijnse, Edith J M Feskens: Association of sweetened beverages consumption with all-cause mortality risk among Dutch adults: the Lifelines Cohort Study (the SWEET project). Eur J Nutr. 2023 Mar;62(2):797-806. doi: 10.1007/s00394-022-03023-6. Epub 2022 Oct 21. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36271197/