Question: from Michael

I was having a discussion with someone last week who was arguing that there is just as much sugar in fruit juice as there is in a can of regular Coca Cola, and that as such, it meant that both the juice and cola were just as fattening for you. Is this true?

Answer: from Warren

They could well be right!  The amount of sugar in fruit juice will vary depending upon the fruit being used...
 
Because of this I could not say if there is as much sugar in fruit juice as what there is in an equivilant amount of Coca Cola...but, fruit juice will definitely help you put on weight. 
 
I personally rarely drink fruit juice but I eat a lot of whole fruit in which the sugars are combined with the fiber.  Even by eating a LOT of fruit you will still not consume as much sugar as you do in fruit juice drinks...also you avoid the preservatives.
 
Fruit juices are not as good as the promoters would have you believe!

With regard to Coca Cola...because of all the other stuff in it, your intake of this should be limited to a splash of it with your rum!  :)