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Fruit fructose is just as bad as the fructose found in HFCS.
by robchez 16y ago
Fruit fructose is just as bad as the fructose found in HFCS.
- Swannie 16y agoBad/good. Forget those descriptors. Fructose found in fruit is indeed no different. But it is in fruit, bound up with fibre, protein, and many enzymes. In HFCS it's just fructose. The delivery mechanism is more important here than the lab breakdown.
- robchez 16y agonot really, fructose no matter the form is ot broken down in the gut so its shunted to the liver (much like other toxins). There it does all sorts of crazy stuff. Modern fruit (due to selective breeding) is ultra sweet with what I can assume were pretty bland flavored fruit back in the day. Natures Candy.
- euccastro 16y agoFruit has always been selectively bred. It's a bribe to animals. My experience is that supermarket varieties of fruits are bigger and look better than local, traditional produce, or are more practical in other ways (thinner skin, less or no seeds) but are often insipid in comparison. On the other hand (and this is just speculation), in the northern hemisphere most fruit is naturally available in the fall season. Fattening prior to winter was probably a desirable effect.
- gnaritas 16y agoYes really, the delivery mechanism can change how fast it hits your system, and that makes all the difference. Your liver can handle X amount an hour but not Y amount an hour before shit starts acting up.
- shpxnvz 16y agoYes, it's a matter of quantity, not quality. An Apple contains something like 7 grams of fructose. One can of soda contains 25 grams of fructose. According to the National Soft Drink Association, average consumption in the U.S. is nearly two cans of soda per day. (One can per day is enough to add 16 pounds of fat per year) That's roughly equivalent to 7 apples, every day of the year. That's way, way above our actual fruit consumption levels.
- chopsueyar 16y agoApples also have fiber attached to their fructose.
- shpxnvz 16y agoI was not disagreeing that fiber is important, only pointing out that even when eliminating any other considerations the difference in quantity is enough to account for the trend.