Can you drink too much orange juice?!
Can you drink too much orange juice?
i broke my leg about 3mo ago and i have been craving orange juice. i like oj but i never went out of my way to drink it before. now i have been craving it for the last 2mos and i don't know why. is my body telling me that there is something in there that i need. it hasn't affected me in any way that i can tell. i drink about 4 glassses a day. i used to drink maybe 1-2 sodas a day but now all i want is oranje juice or water. does anyone know if this is ok
Answers:
Well your body is probably telling you that it needs more calcium to help your broken bone grow stronger. (it is actually proven that our bodies cravings are linked to vitamin needs)
So since you normally drink soda, which actually robs your bones of calcium, your oj cravings are helping get the calcium.
If you don't want to drink so much juice if you are concerned about the sugar in it, you could take a multi vitamin or a vitamin c tablet in addtion to the multi vitamin.
As far as getting too much Vitamin C, your body will just get rid of what it doesn't use through your urine (sorry to be gross..just stating a fact)