5 ms·

Fructose is most commonly found in fruit. I am still trying to work out if fruit is a healthy option or not. (Nutritional science can't seem to make up their mi

by collyw 4y ago

Fructose is most commonly found in fruit. I am still trying to work out if fruit is a healthy option or not. (Nutritional science can't seem to make up their mind on much).

maxerickson 4y ago
A single piece of fruit is going to have like 1/5 the sugar that is in a small soda, so maybe don't overthink it. Fruit juice isn't great, because it makes it easier to consume a larger amount of sugar (but it's better than soda).
lm28469 4y ago
Considering a 33cl can of coke has as much sugar as 4 apples I doubt it. Most fruits actually aren't that sweet: https://www.sugarnutritionresource.org/news-articles/what-sugars-are-in-fruits-and-vegetables https://www.sugarnutritionresource.org/news-articles/what-su... Fruits are also packed with nutrients/vitamins and are way more satiating than a small can of coke, the later serving 0 purpose in a diet besides temporarily relieving a sugar addiction
- throwaway43583 4y ago
  They also have fiber, so it's nowhere near the same thing as drinking soda.
blizdiddy 4y ago
LOL, what do you plan on eating in the meantime since you think the jury is still out on fruit?
- collyw 4y ago
  stuff without sugar. It's one of the few things that nutritional science seems to agree on, sugar is bad, and the more processing involved in a food the worse it is.
pengaru 4y ago
> Fructose is most commonly found in fruit. The salient point intended by my comment is that nutritionally, sugar/sucrose is fructose. The bond linking the glucose and fructose subunits in sucrose is cleaved immediately by an enzyme in the stomach. From that point on, the fructose subunit is no different from fructose found in fruit (or HFCS for that matter) and handled identically by the liver. Except the volume of refined sugar you find in processed foods/drinks containing sugar generally far exceeds the amount of fructose found in intact fruit, while also lacking any protective soluble fiber. "Sucrose, a disaccharide, is a sugar composed of glucose and fructose subunits" - wikipedia page for sucrose
deleted 4y ago
[deleted]

by collyw 4y ago

Fructose is most commonly found in fruit. I am still trying to work out if fruit is a healthy option or not. (Nutritional science can't seem to make up their mind on much).

maxerickson 4y ago

A single piece of fruit is going to have like 1/5 the sugar that is in a small soda, so maybe don't overthink it. Fruit juice isn't great, because it makes it easier to consume a larger amount of sugar (but it's better than soda).

lm28469 4y ago

Considering a 33cl can of coke has as much sugar as 4 apples I doubt it. Most fruits actually aren't that sweet: https://www.sugarnutritionresource.org/news-articles/what-sugars-are-in-fruits-and-vegetables https://www.sugarnutritionresource.org/news-articles/what-su... Fruits are also packed with nutrients/vitamins and are way more satiating than a small can of coke, the later serving 0 purpose in a diet besides temporarily relieving a sugar addiction

throwaway43583 4y ago
They also have fiber, so it's nowhere near the same thing as drinking soda.

blizdiddy 4y ago

LOL, what do you plan on eating in the meantime since you think the jury is still out on fruit?

collyw 4y ago
stuff without sugar. It's one of the few things that nutritional science seems to agree on, sugar is bad, and the more processing involved in a food the worse it is.

pengaru 4y ago

> Fructose is most commonly found in fruit. The salient point intended by my comment is that nutritionally, sugar/sucrose is fructose. The bond linking the glucose and fructose subunits in sucrose is cleaved immediately by an enzyme in the stomach. From that point on, the fructose subunit is no different from fructose found in fruit (or HFCS for that matter) and handled identically by the liver. Except the volume of refined sugar you find in processed foods/drinks containing sugar generally far exceeds the amount of fructose found in intact fruit, while also lacking any protective soluble fiber. "Sucrose, a disaccharide, is a sugar composed of glucose and fructose subunits" - wikipedia page for sucrose

deleted 4y ago

[deleted]