Sugar in fruit?
casey12105
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I apparently eat a lot of sugar. I wasn't tracking it on my diary in the beginning, but I figured out I could and did, and after breakfast I'm already over my limit. All of this is from fruit though..I'm not real big on veggies, like I incorporate them into recipes so that I get them, and there are some that I like like greenbeans, peas, etc, but as for snacks and stuff I always go for the fruit as a healthy snack. So, is it really that bad that I'm going over my sugar if it's mostly coming from fruit, or should I start limiting how much fruit I eat to get my sugar intake down? My normal breakfast is a light and fit cup of yogurt, a cup of cranberry or orange juice, and then a fruit like blueberries, banana, strawberry, etc and then my snacks are either a type of fruit or craisins. So basically, I know fruit is good for you and sugar is bad, so is sugar from fruit good or bad? lol
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The juice and yogurt are high on the glycemic index, however, your other fruits are not.
The difference is that they contain fiber and natural sugars are harder to break down, which keeps your blood sugar from spiking. So as long as your fruit calories are from real fruit, and you're under on your daily calories, you should be fine.0 -
Sugar is like fat, cholesterol and other terms for which there are multiple connotations- there are both good and bad varieties. The sugars in fruit are NOT going to increase bodyfat, so as long as you're going over on your daily counts and the majority of the sugars are from fruit, you should be fine.0
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Sugar from fruit is good. Your body breaks down fruit fast.
Refined-processed sugar is bad. Stay away from this type of sugar.0 -
Eat fruit without guilt, the sugar in fruit does not count. Craisins however do count against sugar, why? Because they are artificially sweetened. But regular fresh fruit and berries enjoy. Have 2-3 pieces a day. The fiber in fruit allows for your body to handle the sugar better. Don't drink your fruits though, in other words, juice does not count as a fruit, unless you are peeling an orange and literally tossing it into your blender and drinking it, fiber and all. I personally eat 4 pieces of fruit a day. My dietitian told me to eat fruit and that the sugar does not count towards what is allowed by fitness pal. I eat 4 pieces a day, but I Think the recommended allowance is 2-3. I eat more, but I also am a triathlete and workout like a fiend. Hope this helps you. I invite you to read my recent blog post too. http://competingiswinning.blogspot.com0
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The sugar in fruit real fruit still spikes your insulin and promotes fat storage. It's best to limit your fruit to 2-3 servings a day and before 2pm. Once you reach your goal you can eat more fruit.0
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It's good, and my naturopath backs it up. :bigsmile: Go for whole, ripe fruit, and limit dried fruits.So basically, I know fruit is good for you and sugar is bad, so is sugar from fruit good or bad? lol0 -
I noticed that I was going over on my daily sugar allowance too, but that it was almost all from the fresh fruit that I was eating.
I don't worry about that sugar any more. In fact I changed my setup so that I track sodium and fibre rather than sugar and cholesterol.
As long as you're eating fresh fruit and 6 oz or so of juice with no sugar added, I don't think there's a problem. :happy:0 -
The sugar in fruit real fruit still spikes your insulin and promotes fat storage. It's best to limit your fruit to 2-3 servings a day and before 2pm. Once you reach your goal you can eat more fruit.
Completely agree. Over time, I have noticed that I do better weight loss wise when I limit sugar from all sources. Last week, I started limiting myself to 2 pieces of fruit a day, eaten no later than 2pm, and have seen a significant decrease in my cravings and decrease in my hunger with no significant changes in my energy level. In fact, I think it has improved a bit because I replaced that sugar w/protein..0 -
This one still confuses me and for that reason I have cut down on my fruit intake.
I dont want to go over on my sugar numbers and regularly do because of fruit and even some veggies
Do I just ignore the numbers on MFP if it came from fruit?0 -
It depends on your body, but juice can be just as problematic as straight sugar. Do you know what the default is if a diabetic has a hypoglycemic incident? Give them juice to spike the sugar in their blood!
Also, flavored yogurts have added sugar - it usually isn't just from fruit.
Almost everybody who eats fruit and/or dairy products goes over the MFP limit, and many users will tell you that they don't have count fruit or dairy. However, if you are already over by the end of breakfast, you should probably try to find ways of cutting back.0 -
The sugar in fruit real fruit still spikes your insulin and promotes fat storage. It's best to limit your fruit to 2-3 servings a day and before 2pm. Once you reach your goal you can eat more fruit.
Where did you hear this?
I can't find any fruit (other than watermelon) which is listed as a "high" glycemic index food. Even then, watermelon has a low glycemic load.0 -
I ONLY count fruit as fruit if it is fresh...no canned, dried, or juice.
I have questions on this too because I am trying to watch my sugar intake (I have PCOS...it makes me insulin resistant)
I LOVE fruit, and sometimes I eat grapefruit, berries, and apples. Recently I bought a watermelon and found out it had 20g of sugar for 2 cups..and I had a LOT of it to eat, but then I lost more weight than usual the week I was eating it....I know that may not be the only cause, but just wondering if it's bad or not so....BUMP lol0 -
The sugar in fruit real fruit still spikes your insulin and promotes fat storage. It's best to limit your fruit to 2-3 servings a day and before 2pm. Once you reach your goal you can eat more fruit.
Where did you hear this?
I can't find any fruit (other than watermelon) which is listed as a "high" glycemic index food. Even then, watermelon has a low glycemic load.
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Another way to think about glycemic index is the "accessibility" of the sugar? White bread is full of holes, simple sugars, accessible sugars. Candy is ALL sugar, nothing else to break down.
In a pear, there are a lot of other hard things your body needs to break down first. It releases slower into the blood stream this way, and does not spike blood sugar.
My brother is Type I Diabetic. He doesn't have to take much insulin for an apple or a banana, even if it has the same "number" of sugars as a glass of juice.0 -
Sugar from fruit is good. Your body breaks down fruit fast.
Refined-processed sugar is bad. Stay away from this type of sugar.
Unfortunately, this is not true:Resolved - Fructose not only leads immediately to more fat storage in humans - worse than other sugars - fructose also predisposes the liver to make more fat hours later, at your next meal!
UTSouthwestern.edu - One of the reasons people on low-carbohydrate diets may lose weight is that they reduce their intake of fructose, a type of sugar that can be made into body fat quickly, according to a researcher at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Elizabeth Parks, associate professor of clinical nutrition and lead author of an NIH-funded study appearing in a current issue of the Journal of Nutrition , said her team’s findings suggest that the right type of carbohydrates a person eats may be just as important in weight control as the number of calories a person eats.
Current health guidelines suggest that limiting processed carbohydrates, many of which contain high-fructose corn syrup, may help prevent weight gain, and the new data on fructose clearly support this recommendation.
“Our study shows for the first time the surprising speed with which humans make body fat from fructose,” Dr. Parks said. Fructose, glucose and sucrose, which is a mixture of fructose and glucose, are all forms of sugar but are metabolized differently.
“All three can be made into triglycerides, a form of body fat; however, once you start the process of fat synthesis from fructose, it’s hard to slow it down,” she said.
In humans, triglycerides are predominantly formed in the liver, which acts like a traffic cop to coordinate the use of dietary sugars. It is the liver’s job, when it encounters glucose, to decide whether the body needs to store the glucose as glycogen, burn it for energy or turn the glucose into triglycerides. When there’s a lot of glucose to process, it is put aside to process later.
Fructose, on the other hand, enters this metabolic pathway downstream, bypassing the traffic cop and flooding the metabolic pathway.
“It’s basically sneaking into the rock concert through the fence,” Dr. Parks said. “It’s a less-controlled movement of fructose through these pathways that causes it to contribute to greater triglyceride synthesis. The bottom line of this study is that fructose very quickly gets made into fat in the body.”
Though fructose, a monosaccharide, or simple sugar, is naturally found in high levels in fruit, it is also added to many processed foods.
http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2008/07/24/new-fructose-study-yes-fructose-makes-fat-faster/
Eat low glycemic fruit regularly, yes, certainly, like berries, strawberries, raspberries. High glycemic varieties less often, like banana and pineapple, to reduce glycemic load on the body.
Most of all though: don't eat your fruit juiced. You might as well drink soda.0 -
The sugar in fruit real fruit still spikes your insulin and promotes fat storage. It's best to limit your fruit to 2-3 servings a day and before 2pm. Once you reach your goal you can eat more fruit.
Where did you hear this?
I can't find any fruit (other than watermelon) which is listed as a "high" glycemic index food. Even then, watermelon has a low glycemic load.
Damn lol
it only has a low glycemic load because you eat less of it. the moment you'd juice it for instance, the glycemic load would be higher, because GL is dependent on quantity.0 -
The sugar in fruit real fruit still spikes your insulin and promotes fat storage. It's best to limit your fruit to 2-3 servings a day and before 2pm. Once you reach your goal you can eat more fruit.
Where did you hear this?
I can't find any fruit (other than watermelon) which is listed as a "high" glycemic index food. Even then, watermelon has a low glycemic load.
it's because the sugar in fruit is fructose. that is processed differently by the body (see above)0 -
The sugar in fruit real fruit still spikes your insulin and promotes fat storage. It's best to limit your fruit to 2-3 servings a day and before 2pm. Once you reach your goal you can eat more fruit.
Where did you hear this?
I can't find any fruit (other than watermelon) which is listed as a "high" glycemic index food. Even then, watermelon has a low glycemic load.
it's because the sugar in fruit is fructose. that is processed differently by the body (see above)
Thanks!
Seems more like a warning against foods with High Fructose Corn Syrup than against eating fruit.
"Current health guidelines suggest that limiting processed carbohydrates, many of which contain high-fructose corn syrup, may help prevent weight gain, and the new data on fructose clearly support this recommendation."
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"Dr. Parks said that people trying to lose weight shouldn’t eliminate fruit from their diets but that limiting processed foods containing the sugar may help with weight loss."0 -
I find I go over on sugar just from breakfast if I have a yoghurt or a banana. I ignore sugar on here, as I don't eat any refined sugar, or add it to anything. I know my sugar intake from everything other than fruit is exceptionally low, so I can't be bothered with nit picking. It's better for you to eat fruit than not to eat fruit, and that's good enough for me.0
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It's better for you to eat fruit than not to eat fruit, and that's good enough for me.
I agree! :happy:0 -
The sugar in fruit real fruit still spikes your insulin and promotes fat storage. It's best to limit your fruit to 2-3 servings a day and before 2pm. Once you reach your goal you can eat more fruit.
Where did you hear this?
I can't find any fruit (other than watermelon) which is listed as a "high" glycemic index food. Even then, watermelon has a low glycemic load.
it's because the sugar in fruit is fructose. that is processed differently by the body (see above)
Thanks!
Seems more like a warning against foods with High Fructose Corn Syrup than against eating fruit.
"Current health guidelines suggest that limiting processed carbohydrates, many of which contain high-fructose corn syrup, may help prevent weight gain, and the new data on fructose clearly support this recommendation."
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"Dr. Parks said that people trying to lose weight shouldn’t eliminate fruit from their diets but that limiting processed foods containing the sugar may help with weight loss."
the point is that formerly, fruit would be less available to us than it is now. most of them would be only available in season and very scarce outside their season. the situation we have now, where we can eat many servings of fruit daily, would be something unheard of. people really believe that fruit juice is not a high fructose drink, but it is. Or they will eat several bananas a day, or eat a whole fresh pineapple in one sitting. It's fruit, right? But the fructose still adds up, so I think it is better to track fructose from fruits too. Yet I mostly read that fructose from fruits shouldn't count, "because it's from fruits, they're good for you". This is the same reasoning as taking two servings of a light product believing it can do no harm.
Eat enough fructose, also from fruits, and it may stall your weight loss.0 -
It's better for you to eat fruit than not to eat fruit, and that's good enough for me.
I agree! :happy:
and i agree too! my doc told me that if most of my sugar is from fruit, that it's ok. i try to never eat anything white..no white bread or potatoes and i try to stay away from starchy veggies and fruits like peas, corn, bananas...etc. although i do love bananas and will still eat maybe one a week or maybe two. but i eat a TON of strawberries, about 2lbs a week and i also like pineapples, clementines, pears...etc.
so, needless to say, my sugar is ALWAYS over but i'm not too worried about it. i will NOT stop eating FRUIT, EVER!!! ROCK ON FRUIT LOVERS!!
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Read this online:
"No more than 40 grams per day for a 2000 calorie diet.
Remember that the daily limit of 40 grams refers to refined/processed sugars only. There seems to be no limit on natural sugars, however. So, if it's fruits and sugar cane, for which, you're craving, sweet deal."
Which clearly states only bad sugars are bad. :laugh:0 -
I don't think anyone has said "natural" sugar is bad, but several of us have said that it's best to limit it from all sources IF you are trying to lose weight. If you are losing weight eating a lot fruit, great! But for some people cutting back on fruit and subbing protein or veg instead could make a big difference in their weight loss.0
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the point is that formerly, fruit would be less available to us than it is now. most of them would be only available in season and very scarce outside their season. the situation we have now, where we can eat many servings of fruit daily, would be something unheard of. people really believe that fruit juice is not a high fructose drink, but it is. Or they will eat several bananas a day, or eat a whole fresh pineapple in one sitting. It's fruit, right? But the fructose still adds up, so I think it is better to track fructose from fruits too. Yet I mostly read that fructose from fruits shouldn't count, "because it's from fruits, they're good for you". This is the same reasoning as taking two servings of a light product believing it can do no harm.
Eat enough fructose, also from fruits, and it may stall your weight loss.
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This does make sense though....everything in moderation seems to be the key0
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