Unless you have managed to successfully ignore information about food and nutrition almost completely, you have heard by now about the many problems that a diet too rich in sugar is blamed for. A powerful inflammatory agent, among the many health problems in which sugar is implicated include weight gain, high blood pressure, diabetes, fatty liver disease, dental cavities, cancers, cognition issues, kidney disease and heart disease. That's quite a rap sheet.
At the same time, we tire of hearing that we "need to eat more fruits and vegetables".
But wait, aren't most fruits filled with sugar? Isn't all sugar just... sugar?
It turns out that there is a huge difference between the naturally occurring sugar found in fruits and added sugars. The primary sugar in fruit is fructose, which some refer to as fruit sugar. Fruits also contain water, fiber, and several other beneficial phytonutrients, making them an optimal choice to include in a balanced and healthy eating style.
Processed forms of sugar include such common additives as table sugar, honey, and high fructose corn syrup. These sugar types are often consumed as the sugar added to soda, candy, and sweetened baked goods. At a minimum, you should consume these added sugars in moderation, but ideally, they should barely be consumed, if at all!
Yes, fruits contain sugar, but this sugar is different from refined added sugar. Refined added sugars lack the multiple health promoting
qualities of fruits provided by the presence of naturally occurring
phenols, fiber, vitamins, and minerals. So there is no good reason to exclude them from your diet.
Read about the details here.
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