Is natural sugar from fruit just as ‘bad’ as added sugar?

so if that's really the case outside of someone, maybe with nafld you'd have a hard time making the case for not eating an orange, yeah, I think real

fruit

s are fine, including fake

fruit

s like grapes, which I call grapes false, yes, there are certain fruits. which are high in

sugar

, you know, fig mangoes, oh my goodness, they are very, very enriched in fructose, figs are probably something we should express, oh, dates, yes, you know, mangoes are high, apples and pears, plums tend to be. pretty high, like about 910 grams, I think oranges are about six grams, bananas are pretty high on the glycemic index and have a good amount of fructose, but it's probably in the six to eight gram range, I think what we're going to do in the show notes is We're going to have our team put together a chart of yeah, I have a big chart of typical sizes because I'm actually used to me.

I would have guessed that the fruits would have a little bit more, but it will be good to know that yes, no, it is Most fruits weigh between 3 grams and nine to 10 grams maximum and most fruits weigh between four and six grams. Some fruits have much less

sugar

like kiwi, such as berries, strawberries, blueberries, they are very healthy. People should be encouraged to eat them and In fact, we did a study where we gave people a low sugar diet that was low in refined sugar and low in high fructose corn syrup, but one group ate

natural

fruit and the other group we also restrict that. so, it was a low fructose diet that was low fructose across the board, the other one was low sugar and low fructose, but

natural

fruits were allowed, so it was actually kind of a modest total intake of fructose and when we did that we found an equivalent improvement in metabolic syndrome um and so the presence of natural fruit did not block the ability of the low sugar diet to reduce um or improve metabolic syndrome so the bottom line here is don't drink it and don't consume

added

sugar and I think this is a difficult thing for people to differentiate, so

added

sugar is when a food has sucrose or high fructose corn syrup, which are generally the most common agents that are added correctly and are literally added to the food, so if you do, take out and grab a jar of pasta sauce.

They added sugar. Yes, that's not the sugar you see in the tomatoes used to make it, but rather the deliberate addition of sucrose or high fructose corn syrup to make it taste sweeter. Remember that the intestine acts as a shield for up to five or four to six grams of fructose, so if you eat four or five grams of fructose in a fruit, the intestine will protect you, plus the intestine has fiber in a natural fruit and that it slows down absorption so the concentration of fructose reaching the liver is lower so there is less atp depletion now what about dry versus non-dry?

If you take dried apples, if you take the apple equivalent. chips versus apples, but you take in equal amounts of actual calories, so obviously one is a lot bigger because it has more water and stuff, what's the difference in how we metabolize? Yes, the problem with dried fruits is that they still have all the fructose, but a lot of the good stuff is removed, so that's the problem. Dried fruit is like candy. This podcast is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medical nursing or other professional healthcare services, including the giving of medical advice no doctor-patient relationship is formed the use of this information and materials linked to this podcast is at the user's own risk the content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment users should not ignore or delay obtaining medical advice for any medical condition they have and should seek help from your health care professionals for such conditions.

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