Too much sugar in fruits/5 a day

eldamiano
eldamiano Posts: 2,667 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hello all,

I have seen that this topic has been discussed on a couple of other webpages, and there are some conflicting opinions, so could anybody please help me to clarify.

I work Monday to Friday and have a daily habit of eating 2 bananas, 2 mandarins (or other small orange type) and a handful of grapes (maybe 8-10). Using MyFitnessPal, I am apparently consuming way over the RDA for sugar. I also consume a couple of teaspoons of sugar a day through cups of tea but it appears that my fruit consumption is the main culprit.

Can anybody tell me whether I am going wrong. One website mentions that high blood sugar levels occur as a result of a fatty sugar diet, and that a low fat diet with fruit sugars should not do any harm. However, which fruits are lowest in sugar in any case?

Also, when you hear the term '5 a day', are there any guidelines to the fruit/veg balance that this implies, given the levels of sugar in fruit.

Any help would be much appreciated. Many thanks, all.

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  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,208 Member
    Context and dosage always prevails.

    If you have diabetes or other blood sugar associated dysfunction, then you may want to talk with a RD to address those issues as it pertains to your diet.

    The comment about a fatty diet with fruit is in reference to fat having more calories and is associated with weight gain when over consumed in a diet, and not that the combination of fat and fruit is somehow bad. Therefore if someone is within their calorie goals it's meaningless.

    Hopefully some critical thinking and common sense prevails.

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