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Let's compare an apple to a can of full-sugar fizzy drink. Typically, a regular-sized soft drink contains about seven to eight teaspoons of sugar. This apple contains four teaspoons of sugar. So, have two apples and you've taken in as much sugar as you had in this can.
That sugar comes mainly in two forms. One is glucose, your body’s preferred source of energy, which goes straight into your bloodstream. The other is fructose, which is taken to your liver, and if not needed, is turned into fat. These are chemically identical to the sugars you get in junk food. So, if you're not careful, they can cause you the same problems.
Sugar is sugar. And you're going to gain weight if you eat too much of it, wherever it comes from. So how can you get all the health benefits of fruit without overdosing on sugar? Well, the first thing is to choose your fruits carefully. Gram for gram, bananas, cherries, pomegranates, mangoes, grapes and figs all contain more than watermelon, raspberries, kiwi fruit and fresh cranberries. The riper the fruit, the more sugar it contains, so try not to leave it lying around for too long.
You should eat most of your fruit whole. And no more than one glass of juice or smoothie, as digesting the fruit releases the sugar more slowly and avoids overloading your system with one big hit.
Finally, don't neglect veg. There is no vitamin or mineral in fruit that you can't get from veg, in return for only a fraction of the sugar.
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There are many facts that I just found out here. I always thought that if the fruit was overripe then the sugar content would decrease. In fact, the riper the fruit, the higher the sugar content.
Yes, it surprised me. I usually cut the fruit into pieces and even make it as juice. I never thought that some fruit had a lot of sugar. Nice information. I have more knowledge now. Thank you.
sugar is dangerous if we can't control it
I just learned the word "ripe". It's the first time I hear it in my life.
It really surprised me that two apples contain the same amount of sugar as a can of fizzy drinks! I ate an apple per day even when I was on a diet!
I was surprised by the information that sugar in fruit has chemically identical effects on our bodies. Thank you for the video!
One of the most surprising information in the video, is about while riper the fruit, the more sugar it contains.
I had ignored until today why the reason I prefer to eat no riper fruits, I am thinking it was been to today a fact instinctive.
Mily
Yes, it really surprised me because I thought that junk food had more dangerous sugar levels for our bodies than fruit, but when the doctor said that both fruit sugar and junk food sugar were chemically identical, I was left in shock.