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LYC, from b2: "Fruit" anything being sold as healthy makes me go mental. It's sugar sugar sugar.

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Feb 12 '10, 06:48

eat fruit instead.
And honestly, from an animal physiology point of view, fruit is considered poor quality food. High sugar for low nutrients. There are a few fruit that make the sugar worthwhile (like fresh berries) but otherwise, it's not health food.

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does fiber, vitamins and antioxidants count as healthy? Just curious. -- nm - SyrDragon Feb 12, 07:06 16
- sure, if you get them. For fiber you need to eat the whole fruit (not a processed fruit product). Vitamins and antioxidants are good, but - loosilu Feb 12, 07:19 15
  - Thanks! Also, aren't natural sugars from fruit better than processed sugar? -- nm - SyrDragon Feb 12, 07:22 1
    - physiologically there is no difference. -- nm - loosilu Feb 12, 07:23
  - still, getting your sugar from fresh whole fruits is preferable to downing tablespoons of sucrose and HFCS -- nm - znufrii Feb 12, 07:21 11
    - My pet peev is when they add HFCS to things that are already sweet. Do. Not. Want. -- nm - SyrDragon Feb 12, 07:25 1
      - seriously. -- nm - loosilu Feb 12, 07:25
    - you dont' need to "get your sugar" from anywhere. -- nm - loosilu Feb 12, 07:24 8
      - food is *evil*. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 07:31
      - I'm not sure I totally agree with *that* assertion. - znufrii Feb 12, 07:30 5
        
        your own body fat. -- nm - loosilu Feb 12, 07:38 4
        
        Here's the thing. Your body can make 100% of the sugar it needs. - loosilu Feb 12, 07:39 3
        
        not completely true. Complex sugars are both beneficial and healthy - decline Feb 12, 07:42 2
        
        by complex sugars they don't mean sucrose. They mean starch. -- nm - loosilu Feb 12, 07:43 1
        
        sorry. starch and fiber. Neither of those taste sweet. if it tastes sweet, it's a simple sugar. -- nm - loosilu Feb 12, 07:44
      - ...but yes, it is better to eat it with fiber and some vitamins, than to scarf it down whole. -- nm - loosilu Feb 12, 07:24
  - also, not all fruit are high in fiber. Apples are good, grapes suck. -- nm - loosilu Feb 12, 07:19
mmm...fruit... -- nm - znufrii Feb 12, 06:51 5
- dip the banana in chocolate! -- nm - lileve Feb 12, 06:52 4
  - EWWWW!!! -- nm - John Mayer Feb 12, 07:06 1
    - heh -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 07:09
  - euphemism? -- nm - znufrii Feb 12, 07:05 1
    - yup :) -- nm - lileve Feb 12, 07:07
YEAH!!!!! - random doctor Feb 12, 06:49 1
- FRAK YEAH! -- nm - Beaker eating a larged size triple Whopper Feb 12, 06:51
an apple a day keeps the doctor away -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 06:49 1
- fresh apples aren't bad, but as health food, people used to think a lot of things that turn out not to be true. -- nm - loosilu Feb 12, 06:57
Fruit Leathers. -- nm - lileve Feb 12, 06:48 1
- just eat candy. that's what it is. -- nm - loosilu Feb 12, 06:49

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