Is fructose from fruit completely harmless, as in you could eat a bunch of dates and have no ill effects, or can you still tax your liver with fructose even if all of the fructose is from fruit? Assuming you are a healthy individual with no health issues.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/21/2013 12:48AM by jtprindl.

According to American Journal of Clinical Nutrition:

"High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has been implicated in excess weight gain through mechanisms seen in some acute feeding studies and by virtue of its abundance in the food supply during years of increasing obesity. Compared with pure glucose, fructose is thought to be associated with insufficient secretion of insulin and leptin and suppression of ghrelin."

ajcn.nutrition.org/content/88/6/1738S.full

powerlifter Wrote:
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> Any sugar has the potential to cause problems in
> excess, including fructose naturally occuring in
> fruits.
>
> Those with metabolic issues such as insulin
> resistance or digestive disorders often find they
> don't tolerate many fruits well. Especially the
> high GI fruits such as dates, watermelon, banana's
> etc.
>
> For a healthy metabolically well individual and if
> your consuming sensible quantities of fruit and a
> balanced diet, then you will likely not run into
> any issues with some naturally occuring fructose
> in the diet. Fruit is a very healthy food for most
> individuals within balance, fruit is also rich in
> fiber which slows the absorption of sugars unlike
> high fructose corn syrups.
>
> But if your basing the whole diet mostly around
> high GI fruits such as dates, banana's,
> watermelons etc then you will probably run into
> issues like most others do with this type of diet,
> especially in the long term. These fruits are
> pretty low nutrition overall and don't contain
> much if any beneficial minerals such as zinc,
> selenium, low protein, very high sugars etc to
> balance the diet. Not foods you would really want
> to base your diet around, considering there so
> rich in sugars and low in overall nutrition.
>


I certainly wouldn't base a diet on dates, but dates are rich in minerals. 100g of medjool dates (about 4) contains 14% magnesium, 20% potassium, 18% copper, 15% manganese, 6% calcium, 5% iron, 6% phosphorus, and a nice chunk of B vitamins.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/24/2014 12:15AM by Prana.

jtprindl, the study does not talk about fruit. think in terms of the whole diet instead of studying elements in a vacuum. it is the "other" stuff that can make fruit get a bad reputation. Some people make circles around bad habits and create diets that work around fats and oils. Fats and sugar don't mix. Sugar is the energy from the sun. Fruit is the most healthy food ever.

Panchito Wrote:
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> jtprindl, the study does not talk about fruit.
> think in terms of the whole diet instead of
> studying elements in a vacuum. it is the "other"
> stuff that can make fruit get a bad reputation.
> Some people make circles around bad habits and
> create diets that work around fats and oils. Fats
> and sugar don't mix. Sugar is the energy from the
> sun. Fruit is the most healthy food ever.


What study? I know fruit is extremely healthy, I was referring to excess (key word: excess) fructose from fruit and its effects on the body. From my knowledge, it taxes the liver.

the study about high fructose corn syrup on rats (from which opinion about fructose on diet derives). But hey, you sound like you are an expert already and have everything figured out. Good luck

Panchito Wrote:
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> the study about high fructose corn syrup on rats
> (from which opinion about fructose on diet
> derives). But hey, you sound like you are an
> expert already and have everything figured out.
> Good luck


Lol why are you making blind assumptioms? Perhaps you're mistaking my posts with someone else. Trust me, I know the difference between high fructose corn syrup and naturally occurring fructose from fruits. That doesn't mean you can't overdo fructose from fruits. Do you know of any studies that suggest any amount of fructose from fruits is harmless?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/21/2013 03:44PM by jtprindl.

it is not easy to say it in a single message, but the metabolism of sugar is complex and has many variables. Some people are almost type2 diabetics and don't know it because of their low sugar diet. fats block the insulin receptor in cells. fructose does not require insulin. Guide your self by feeling and not so much theories.

hey...

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fruit - ok but not as loaded with minerals ( comparatively speaking)

veggies - MUCH higher density of minerals

i prefer veggies to be my "80"