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Minute Maid Heartwise Orange Juice
By: | Mar 16, 2005
Orange juice seems to be one of those good old fashioned juices that is just perfect the way it is, so I don't understand why companies are messing with it. First there was Tropicana Essentials Light which really was just watered down orange juice with artificial sweeteners added to make it artificially have less sugars, and I was pretty mad about this (read the review). Now Minute Maid is also 'improving' on OJ, by adding plant sterols, but thankfully, this is a change that I quite like. At least it's still 100% pure orange juice ... well now it's more like orange juice with a little extra uumph!
At least 0.8 grams of plant sterols taken daily have been clinically proven to help lower cholesterol (as part of a healthy diet of course). The good news is that all this adding still left us with the same great orange juice taste that we have come to know and love from Minute Maid, and the extra 1 gram of plant sterols per serving, will be of benefit to those trying to get their cholesterol under control.
Nutritionally, it's still the same as regular orange juice with 110 calories per 8 ounce serving, 24 grams of sugar, no fat, and lots of vitamins. This is not necessarily something that would appeal to the dieters among us, but I am a big believer in drinking natural juices 1x per month.
In a clinical study conducted at the University of California at Davis Medical Center, participants significantly lowered their LDL cholesterol by drinking two 8-fl.-oz. servings of Minute Maid Premium Heart Wise orange juice daily with meals for eight weeks. Benefits of Heart Wise were demonstrated in men and women with normal to "borderline high" total cholesterol levels.
If you are trying to reduce your cholesterol, then try incorporating more foods with plant sterols into your diet and let us know how it's working for you.
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Can not locate the Heartwise Orange Juice in any local grocery store. may I please inquire as to where I might purchase this product.
Minute Maid makes excellent real orange juice, however I mistakenly bought some cans that looked exactly alike but upon a very close examination had added sugar water and the rest. It would be nice if these cans were made very different so you did not have to spend so much time reading all the print. Thank you
can not find your heartwise orange juice in any local stores can you advise i live in new jersey at zip code 08008
Can't find Minute Maid Heart Healthy Orange Juice in my neighborhood! Please tell me the closest grocery that carries it in the 48334-2222 zip code area!
James Sherlock
30239 W. 13Mile Rd.
Farmington Hills, MI
48334-2222
sherlock1924@earthlink.net
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Can't get them in any supermarket in our Harrisburg, PA area, they used to carry them, wht do I do now, I have used both for chloresterol and BP, and they work, need to get them again, help?? please, thank you.
I used to drink this and really liked it but can't find it anymore. Help please. zip code 91201 Thanks, Richard
Where can I find Heart wise minute maid, 81008, Colorado. Thanks, Ann
who sells heartwise in the 952 area code? dennis
what has happened to heartwise oj? it has disappeared in all stores. Zip 17068
What happened to the minute maid heartwise oj? I can no longer find it in any store? Can somebody tell me what is going on with this? Thanks.
I have been drinking Minute Maid Heartwise orange juice since it became available. Now I cannot find it anywhere. I have even researched the minute maid website and apparantly it is still available. I live in MN and no one in this area or nw IA carries it anymore.