That’s the lowest-ever recorded amount since the USDA started keeping track of consumption in 1970 bloom.bg/2nJZxrc
After that, flash pasteurization brought not-from-concentrate juice that tasted even fresher (though often wasn’t) bloom.bg/2nJZxrc
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Then it got caught up in the turn against sugar bloom.bg/2nJZxrc
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🍊In the meantime, consumption of whole oranges and other fresh fruits is on the rise bloom.bg/2nJZxrc
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🥑Avocados (yes, a fruit)
🍇Grapes
🍍Pineapples
🍓Strawberries bloom.bg/2nJZxrc
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🍋Lemons
🍊Tangerines
🍋Limes
🍊Tangelos bloom.bg/2nJZxrc
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Why? A collision between the elderly’s breakfast preferences and their prescriptions. Grapefruit can interact in dangerous ways with medication for high cholesterol bloom.bg/2nJZxrc
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It’s acquired a reputation as the unhealthiest of sweeteners, which helps explain the slight rebound of actual sugar bloom.bg/2nJZxrc
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🍉In 2017 people consumed 8.3 pounds extra of fresh fruit 🍐 bloom.bg/2nJZxrc
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A growing consensus that consuming lots of sugars and fruit juice was unhealthy has led to less consumption of sugars and fruit juices bloom.bg/2nJZxrc
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