100% fruit juice linked to weight gain, study says

(CNN) – If you love your daily cup of orange juice, maybe think of swapping to an actual orange instead.

A new analysis of prior studies found drinking a glass or more of 100% fruit juice each day was linked to weight gain in children and adults.

Doctors say it’s likely because you can easily gulp down too much in one sitting.

The issue at hand is how the juice impacts the body.

Fruits have natural sugar that slowly gets released into the body.

However, when drinking juice, it floods the system.

Doctors say fruit juice should be seen as an occasional sweet treat and not a way to quench thirst.