Comments on: Are Minute Maid “Brain Juice” Commercials Misleading? [Inside the Label] http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2009/11/01/are-minute-maid-brain-juice-commercials-misleading-inside-the-label/ eat a bit better™ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:25:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: staff http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2009/11/01/are-minute-maid-brain-juice-commercials-misleading-inside-the-label/comment-page-1/#comment-2387 staff Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:23:08 +0000 http://www.fooducate.com/blog/?p=2531#comment-2387 Tony, a quick look at your company's (Martek) website and we get a long list of processed foods with added DHA. It would be a great service to the public if your website could list unprocessed foods that are naturally abundant in DHA. Tony,

a quick look at your company’s (Martek) website and we get a long list of processed foods with added DHA.
It would be a great service to the public if your website could list unprocessed foods that are naturally abundant in DHA.

]]> By: Tony http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2009/11/01/are-minute-maid-brain-juice-commercials-misleading-inside-the-label/comment-page-1/#comment-2386 Tony Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:12:53 +0000 http://www.fooducate.com/blog/?p=2531#comment-2386 Dr. Rubin, Walnuts are a source of ALA (Alpha-Linolenic Acid), a shorter chain omega-3 fatty. ALA serves as a source of energy for the body and as a building block for DHA and EPA. You would not get the same "bang for your buck" with ALA. The ALA to DHA conversion rate is VERY poor. In fact, the body converts only 5-10% of ALA to EPA and less than 1% of ALA is converted to DHA. DHA, a long chain omega-3 fatty acid, is the most abundant omega-3 in the brain and retina. DHA is an important structural component of the nerve cells in the brain and eyes and a key component of heart tissue. For more information on the benefites of DHA, please go to www.lifesDHA.com. Tony Dr. Rubin,

Walnuts are a source of ALA (Alpha-Linolenic Acid), a shorter chain omega-3 fatty. ALA serves as a source of energy for the body and as a building block for DHA and EPA. You would not get the same “bang for your buck” with ALA. The ALA to DHA conversion rate is VERY poor. In fact, the body converts only 5-10% of ALA to EPA and less than 1% of ALA is converted to DHA. DHA, a long chain omega-3 fatty acid, is the most abundant omega-3 in the brain and retina. DHA is an important structural component of the nerve cells in the brain and eyes and a key component of heart tissue. For more information on the benefites of DHA, please go to http://www.lifesDHA.com.

Tony

]]> By: annie avery http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2009/11/01/are-minute-maid-brain-juice-commercials-misleading-inside-the-label/comment-page-1/#comment-2380 annie avery Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:03:10 +0000 http://www.fooducate.com/blog/?p=2531#comment-2380 bing, bing, bing; the bells go off each time i see "soy lecithin"!! read: GMO!!! just sayin'. Dr, susan, i concur on your last sentence. bing, bing, bing; the bells go off each time i see “soy lecithin”!! read: GMO!!! just sayin’. Dr, susan, i concur on your last sentence.

]]> By: Dr. Susan Rubin http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2009/11/01/are-minute-maid-brain-juice-commercials-misleading-inside-the-label/comment-page-1/#comment-2379 Dr. Susan Rubin Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:50:55 +0000 http://www.fooducate.com/blog/?p=2531#comment-2379 DHA is the new "oat bran".....a wonder nutrient that enables a company like Coca Cola to attach all sorts of health claims to. Why not eat a handful of walnuts instead? would probably be much better for people's triglyceride levels than a super sweet juice. Speaking of calories, how about the amount of calories it takes to get these food products to your table? If we added that carbon footprint (or carbon foodprint) into the equation, I'm betting that a local apple along with that handful of walnuts (who travel further to your plate) would make more sense than Coca Cola's newly concocted juice! DHA is the new “oat bran”…..a wonder nutrient that enables a company like Coca Cola to attach all sorts of health claims to.
Why not eat a handful of walnuts instead? would probably be much better for people’s triglyceride levels than a super sweet juice.

Speaking of calories, how about the amount of calories it takes to get these food products to your table?
If we added that carbon footprint (or carbon foodprint) into the equation, I’m betting that a local apple along with that handful of walnuts (who travel further to your plate) would make more sense than Coca Cola’s newly concocted juice!

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