Hello sub! So I understand that sugar/fructose is not great for the body. However, from what I had read, it’s ok in fresh fruit due to the fiber.
However, when it’s in the form of fruit juices, or dried fruit, then the fructose is the bad kind of added sugar.
Is the same true for frozen fruit? Research suggests that freezing changes the cells walls in fruit, and I wonder if this changes the way fructose is digested?
Thanks for any information you can offer!
Fructose (fruit sugar) is already low GI, even in pure form.
The bad parts about sugar is that some of it is high GI, and that it’s empty calories when added as a flavour/texture enhancer to existing products.
When it’s naturally in something; it’s still sugar, but that energy comes alongside vitamins/minerals, and not very many calories. If you instead dipped that fruit in butter (or even just a sugar syrup like honey or maple syrup) before eating it, then you would be adding empty calories to it.
But when you add sugar to a cake or something, you’re adding extra calories into something that would already have been high calorie (from fats), while only improving the flavour and texture.
Nah. Frozen fruit is fine and the nutritional profile is about the same.
Here’s a tip though.. the sugar from poptarts and coca cola all comes from Corn and Beets, vegetables.
There’s no such thing as an unnatural sugar. How bad it is for your health just depends on how isolated that sugar is. If you take away the fiber, or concentrate it, such as blending fruit or drying it, it absorbs much faster and is worse for you.
That’s why Apples and Oranges are good for you but apple juice and orange juice are worse.
Fruit is okay to eat a good amount of, very good for you, but don’t fall for the “unnatural sugar” thing.