Wake up with some sucralose-sweetened juice!

I don't know about the rest of you, but I tend to get a wee bit sleepy every afternoon right after lunch. And then I typically have to go chug a cup of coffee or caffeinated tea to perk up. When it's really bad, I bust out the sugary, unhealthy energy drinks (hangs head in shame). Well, move over, Red Bull. There's a new competitor in town. And I'm digging it - big time - and with much less buyer's remorse.
Ocean Spray recently unveiled Cranergy (TM) Energy Juice Drink, a sugar-free, low-calorie beverage made with green tea extract, five B-vitamins and vitamin C. Sweetened with Splenda, it contains only 35 calories per eight-ounce serving - which is 50 percent fewer calories than other leading energy drinks.
Still not sold? Well, look at the health benefits. The vitamin C helps boost immunity and improves iron absorption, while cranberries and green tea are known to be high in antioxidants that help the body fight free radicals.
Cranergy(TM) is available in two flavors - Cranberry Lift and Raspberry Cranberry Lift. Next time you start yawning and nodding off at your computer screen, hit the closest grocery store and buy one of these. It's worth a shot, right?

A sugar-free juice a day keeps the junk monster at bay

I don't know what your eating habits were like as a kid, but I know mine were less than healthy. Breakfast, lunch and dinner often turned into a table war between parents and child over anything green. Lettuce, carrots and celery sticks? No thanks! Give me Wonder bread, Cheetos and Count Chocula. Steamed chicken? I'd prefer a fried McChicken Sandwich from Mickey D's. Orange juice? I'd pass over that in a New York minute if a high-calorie soft drink or sugary punch was available.
It's a good thing I was always playing sports and had parents who were determined to keep their little rascals healthy, no matter how much said rascals griped. Otherwise, I'm sure I would have ballooned in size during the very years when schoolyard teasing mattered the most.
That being said, I tried out a sugar-free juice the other day that I think might entice even the most junk food-addicted of children. Sun Shower Nectarine Juices is 100 percent juice, pressed from nectarines and sweetened with sucralose. There are also two other blends that include berries and mango. For children that turn their noses up at orange juice, Sun Shower might be a tasty high-vitamin C alternative. Finally, keep this little tidbit in mind. One 12-ounce bottle offers up two full servings of fruit. So if you're worried about your kid trading in an apple at lunch for a bag of Doritos, this could help fulfill their daily fruit intake.

Per Serving:
93 calories, 21g carbs, 0g fat