New orange juice with fewer calories on way to shelves

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: November 27, 2003| Author: CHAD TERHUNE | Copyright information

If orange juice isn't healthy, what is?

The country's obsession with calorie-counting and sugar-busting is taking a toll on a breakfast staple long considered as much a part of a healthy diet as an apple a day. Because it packs more than 100 calories in a single glass and as much sugar as hot chocolate, many have cut back on it.

Not to worry. Orange juice for dieters is soon to join nonfat ice cream and low-carb beer in the grocery aisles.

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