Apple Juice Probably Not Going to Kill You, FDA Says
If you don’t have a job outside the home or just have really bad taste in television and science and medicine, perhaps you watch the Dr. Oz show.
Dr. Oz is known particularly for embracing what many call pseudo-science- it’s not that much of a shock he got his TV start in a big way from the “law of attraction” embracing Oprah. And while some of his claims or ideas have attracted scorn from more mainstream practitioners of medicine on TV, this time, the Food Drug Administration has taken Dr. Oz to task for some shaky information the doc spread about apple juice.
Yes, apple juice. The stuff we put in the sippy cups of two-year-olds, the most virtuous of juices. Which could, according to Dr. Oz, kill you and everyone you love. While there have not been any wide-scale reports of preschoolers dropping dead en masse from the consumption of the innocuous beverage, according to Dr. Oz, several brands of the popular apple product are secretly harboring arsenic- you know, the stuff Alfred Hitchcock villains use to kill and get away with it.
Minute Maid Apple Juice, Apple and Eve Apple Juice, Mott’s, Juicy Juice, and Gerber were all named and shamed on Dr. Oz’s show earlier this week, undoubtedly striking fear into the hearts of stay-at-home moms across the country. But the FDA cautions consumers to take the juice claims with a grain of salt. In a statement, the regulatory body explained that Dr. Oz did not account for the fact that the difference between inorganic and organic arsenic makes a huge difference as far as dying a sudden death is concerned:
“…you can’t compare water and juice for several critical reasons. They include the fact that inorganic arsenic is the form found in drinking water, whereas organic arsenic is the form mostly found in food, including juices.
FDA will continue to test juices and juice concentrate and evaluate data provided by industry, consumer groups and government agencies, as well as data published in scientific literature. If the agency finds too much inorganic arsenic in any juice, it will take steps to remove that product from the market…”
The trade association for juice makers added:
“The results of tests for arsenic in apple juice that were shared by the Dr. Oz show with the Juice Products Association should not be interpreted as fact. Subsequent testing of the same lots of juice from two of the named brands, using an appropriate method for testing arsenic levels in juice, found significantly lower levels of arsenic, all well under any FDA level of concern.”
Tags : apple juice, apple juice arsenic, apple juice safety, controversies, dr oz, fda, pseudoscience
Posted: September 16, 2011
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Sep 16, 2011
Also..the good Dr Oz reported total arsenic levels….not the dangerous inorganic arsenic (that we fear from contaminated drinking water). He made no mention or distinction between that arsenic and the naturally occurring arsenic that occurs in food, including juices. According to the FDA, organic arsenic passes through the body quickly and is essentially harmless.
Sep 16, 2011
Dr Oz is another, idiot celebrity scare u into doing it my way Dr!! He rates right up there with Dr Phil, my go to guy for all things disturbing….NOT. Arsonic is in the seeds of apples always has been, now they want to scare us straight hahahaha and that is why i love that power OFF button on the tv.
Sep 16, 2011
Dr Phil is is the worlds biggest IDIOT. Anyone who listens to that clown has got serious problems…which I guess is why they think they need to listen to him. He's been issued a letter of reprimand by the state of Texas for "a possible failure to provide proper separation between termination of therapy and the initiation of employment". Dr Phil has made it clear that his current positions as "entertainer" does not involve the practice of psychology, therefore has not held a license to practice medicine in ANY state since at least 2002.
Sep 16, 2011
It's Dr. Oz not Dr. Phil
Sep 16, 2011
They are both idiots and the Dr should be removed from their title and oprah worshipper should be their title
Sep 16, 2011
LOL… people put too much WEIGHT on what ONE person thinks… and doctor oz doctor phil and oprah are ALL idiots… television for that matter is a HORRID form of information… one week it's okay to drink coffee the next it's poison.
Sep 16, 2011
Read the reponse Ryan Dennis….Dr Oz did the bogus Apple juice story, yes. But I got off on a tangent on my hatred for Dr Phil, which I feel is another "entertainer" who gives bad on air advice. IMO, people listen ONLY because his notoriety, not because of the quality of his advice.
Sep 16, 2011
Well, on a positive note for Dr. OZ, isn't this the same FDA that brings out all these latest and greatest drugs for whatever and advertises them on T.V. Sure, I'll talk to my doctor, and say please I need this drug, after they have just listed all the side effects, and usually ultimate death at the end! Sure, the FDA is so looking out for the consumer…
Sep 16, 2011
I would like to see a profile of just who is on the FDA, i think we would be in shock
Sep 17, 2011
I expected the FDA to try a big cover-up on this. As usual, they are trying to discredit good shows and research in mumbo jumbo that most people don't understand. Anyone want a glass of arsenic? They threw around the word "organic" in a way that proves to me that they think we are idiots. If you drink TRULY organic apple juice, that means that you purchased/grew organic apples and juiced them yourself.
Sep 17, 2011
Arsenic in apple juice–depopulation –creative bastards aren't they?
Sep 17, 2011
Don't blame tv… blame the programmers, the producers, and the marketing execs – they're responsible for the crap on tv – and blame the American tv-watching public that continues to support the crap out there… after all, if it's on tv, it has to be true….
Sep 17, 2011
you must take about 95% of anything sead or aperouved of by operas minions as total b.s. that's why she doesnot have a show anymore but a church as a grate taxshelter.
Nov 30, 2011
Turns out it was true! And it was the inorganic kind! The FDA is NOT being honest with us!