Mel -
Congratulations! Doesn't it feel wonderful to be free
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As for the juice, if you are doing a tablespoon 4 xs a day that would be equal to 2 ounces of juice or 40 calories total for the white grape/peach juice you mentioned.
According to Jeff:
My general recommendation, which is in the talk I give at the McDougall Program is that refined calorie sweeteners should not make up more than 5% of your calories. On a 2000 calorie diet, that is 100 calories. Most of the caloric sweeteners are about 50 calories per TB (Agave is 60), so this equates to about 2 TB per day. Fruit juice concentrate is about 25 calories per TB, so it would be around 4 TB if that is your choice.
What you are using in not a concentrate so it is lower in calories per tablespoon.
You can read the whole thread here:
http://www.drmcdougall.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5666
Enjoy!
Donna