8 ms·
OJ is just sugar water though, the value of fruit is (I think) the whole fruit.
by griffinmmahon 10y ago
OJ is just sugar water though, the value of fruit is (I think) the whole fruit.
- autokad 10y agotrue, but i have an even stronger alergic reaction to the fruit :) its also worth noting that fruit is sugar water. its 98-99% water + 2% sugar and fiber
- griffinmmahon 10y agoHm. I've heard lots of different angles on not eating fruit but never got these numbers. Thanks!
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- dxhdr 10y ago> its also worth noting that fruit is sugar water. its 98-99% water + 2% sugar and fiber Oranges, apples, etc are only 85% water. Grapes 80%. The rest is fiber and is likely why your body tells you to stop eating them. Two and a half apples is a lot less appealing than a can of soda (actual sugar water). The whole percent water thing is completely meaningless though, human brains are 85% water and babies are 80%.
- scythe 10y agoThe proportion of water is certainly not meaningless when considering the expected caloric intake of a food administered ad libitum. Satiety is partially controlled by stretch receptors in the gut lining and common sense will tell you it's much harder to consume the same amount of calories from a 2g/100mL sugar solution as from a 10g/100mL solution.
- autokad 10y agoah, i grossly over estimated the % water in those fruits. interestingly though, fruit juices fall in the 80-90% range I just read.
- vixen99 10y agoAnd the sugar is the wrong one - fructose which is metabolized mainly by the liver whereas glucose is used by all cells in the body.
- flukus 10y agoWhat about the ones that include the pulp?
- lingben 10y agothe ones with pulp are still providing you with a massive amount of sugar relative to pulp you can easily drink the equivalent of 12 oranges, in one drink but very very few people can eat 12 oranges in one sitting there is wisdom in that nature packages sugar with fibre, at times lots and lots of fibre (cane sugar for example)
- flukus 10y agoCane sugars good and/or not too bad? We used to munch on that as kids, although more often than not we just sucked on it, so probably not so good.
- vixen99 10y agoNo difference chemically between cane sugar and sugar from beet. It's sucrose i.e., glucose and fructose joined together.
- tomhoward 10y agoSucked from cane is not too bad; in that form it has a lot of other nutrients that make it easier for the body to handle. When it's refined into crystals, is when it does more damage, particularly when consumed to excess.