Weight-Loss Nutrition Fruits

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Steve said:
Can't be without further context pertaining to energy balance and total diet composition.



Dr. Robert Lustig makes the most noise about fructose nowadays. And because he's such an alarmist... he's converted a lot people into anti-fructose zealots.

Check out this piece by my buddy, Alan Aragon. The comments after the article are great as well:
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The stone fruit argument I've read goes something along the lines that it is denser flesh therefore higher in fructose and higher in calories so should be limited. Okay so when stone fruits are in season is I like to eat stone fruits but it's a short season and there is a limit to just how much fruit I can consume and it is as part of a healthy protein/vegetables diet...it's not like I eat nothing bit fruit all day!

And I read that article on your other site but I didn't quite get what they were trying to say about fructose...good, bad, irrelevant?

So, does fructose act the same was as processed sugar in the body - assuming you eat the fructose rather than drink it?
 
Spinner1964 said:
The stone fruit argument I've read goes something along the lines that it is denser flesh therefore higher in fructose and higher in calories so should be limited. Okay so when stone fruits are in season is I like to eat stone fruits but it's a short season and there is a limit to just how much fruit I can consume and it is as part of a healthy protein/vegetables diet...it's not like I eat nothing bit fruit all day!
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Exactly.

Food isn't fattening on it's own merit. Just because something is more energy dense doesn't make it fattening. Sure, eaten unrestrained... it can be easier to venture into excess calorie territory eating higher energy density foods.

But that, in itself, doesn't make the food fattening... as anything eaten to excess can lead to an energy surplus.

And I read that article on your other site but I didn't quite get what they were trying to say about fructose...good, bad, irrelevant?
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Fructose is fine. Unless over-consumed. Which can be said for anything.

So, does fructose act the same was as processed sugar in the body - assuming you eat the fructose rather than drink it?
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Steve said:
Exactly.

Food isn't fattening on it's own merit. Just because something is more energy dense doesn't make it fattening. Sure, eaten unrestrained... it can be easier to venture into excess calorie territory eating higher energy density foods.

But that, in itself, doesn't make the food fattening... as anything eaten to excess can lead to an energy surplus.



Fructose is fine. Unless over-consumed. Which can be said for anything.
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Thank you. That was a very good article and I think I understood it!

My take on the article is:

- eating any whole fruits is likely to be fine because it is difficult to overeat whole fruit
- but calories from fruit should be considered if you are counting calories for whatever reason (i.e. body building, weight loss)
- fructose is processed differently in the body but it can be converted to fat if the overall calorie intake is in surplus (which is true of any food)
- and juices or any drinks with added fructose can easily put you into calorie surplus (& therefore be converted to fat) because they can have much higher fructose than whole fruit so unless you are very dilligent with the calorie counting you may over consume calories

That makes sense to me. I don't drink pop or juice anyway because I don't like it but I will continue to eat any whole fruits I enjoy!

Thanks for the information! :)
 
Looks like you understood everything clearly to me.

James is a great author, not to mention a published researcher.
 
fruits sometimes confusing
issues many different opinions
vary on the fruit in principle
needed by the body
 
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