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For decades fruit juice has been seen as a healthy option. Then this week a primary school banned it after claims that it's as bad for you as Coca-Cola. But how big a health risk does it pose?

his week, it looked as if fruit juice might finally lose its claim to healthiness and be put into the same category as fizzy drinks. It emerged that a headteacher, Elizabeth Chaplin, who runs Valence primary school in Dagenham, wrote to parents about a new rule to confiscate juice cartons from children's lunch boxes. Instead, pupils would only be allowed to drink water.

Fruit concentrate is just fruit juice- but stronger. The idea is to take all of the flavor of the fruit and remove all of the water from it. The most common use I've seen is to freeze and store fruit juice compactly, but it can also be used for other things. For example, I made this fruit concentrate so that I could add stronger flavor to fruit juice gummy candies (I'll post an Instructable on that shortly!).

Chia seeds are among the healthiest foods on the planet.

They are loaded with nutrients that can have important benefits for your body and brain.

Here are 11 health benefits of chia seeds that are supported by human studies.