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Misunderstanding Orange Juice as a Health Drink - Adee Braun. Juice is, nutritionally, not much better than soda.

Misunderstanding Orange Juice as a Health Drink - Adee Braun

How did U.S. consumers come to believe that oranges, in any form, were an important part of a healthy diet? A tall glass of orange juice is the very image of refreshment, packed with vitamins and radiating with sunshine freshness. It’s part of a balanced breakfast, after all. But America’s classic morning drink is in trouble: sales of commercial orange juice are down to their lowest levels in the last 15 seasons, according to the WSJ and the Florida Department of Citrus.

Technology and jobs: Coming to an office near you. INNOVATION, the elixir of progress, has always cost people their jobs.

Technology and jobs: Coming to an office near you

In the Industrial Revolution artisan weavers were swept aside by the mechanical loom. Over the past 30 years the digital revolution has displaced many of the mid-skill jobs that underpinned 20th-century middle-class life. Typists, ticket agents, bank tellers and many production-line jobs have been dispensed with, just as the weavers were. For those, including this newspaper, who believe that technological progress has made the world a better place, such churn is a natural part of rising prosperity. PushBullet Sends Links, Files, Notes and More to Chrome from Android.