Is The Sugar In Fruit Bad For You?
There’s a lot of informative stuff on social media.
Like, where else are you going to learn that you never have to pay federal income tax as long as you tell your employer that you request zero-dollar tax withholding and also choose “exempt” on IRS Form W-4?1Now, before you do that, you should know that “exempt” doesn’t make you exempt from paying taxes. Even more, you’ll be subject to paying your entire tax bill in April if you don’t have your taxes withheld during the year. Making matters possibly worse, the IRS can charge penalties and interest if you’re unable to pay the entire amount at that time.
The most recent bit of wisdom that’s been making the rounds is that fruit is bad for you because fruit contains sugar and as we all know by now, sugar is the cause of all that’s wrong in the world.2Eating too much sugar is associated with several diseases and conditions, such as weight gain and obesity, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and mood disorders like anxiety and depression, among several other issues. That’s well-documented about sugar, so what was said about sugar being the cause of all that’s wrong in the world was said in jest not in dispute of sugar’s effect on the body but in regard to the overexaggeration of it to the point that sugar’s made out to be something to be avoided at all cost. That said, it’s not exactly hyperbole that sugar has to do with why the world is as fucked up as it is. For instance, the demand for sugar drove colonialism and slavery and brought about the loss of countless lives. The socioeconomic effects of those practices reverberate today.
That’s a world history lesson, motherfucker!
So is fruit bad for you, especially if you eat too much of it?
To answer the question of if you can eat too much fruit, it must be asked what exactly is “too much”?
Regardless, the fear of overconsuming whole fruit because of the sugar content isn’t one that should be had.
While whole fruit does contain sugar and that nutrient can have adverse effects on the body, the sugar in whole fruit is never as concentrated as the sugar in man-made products. Moreover, produce contains natural sugar, which the body reacts to differently than processed sugar, the variety that’s added to products and is linked to obesity and various metabolic disorders, such as diabetes. That difference in response has to do with fruit containing nutrients that slow down the absorption rate of the natural sugar within. Those nutrients are namely soluble and insoluble fiber, which also have the function of limiting the amount of natural sugar that’s actually absorbed by the body. Products containing added sugar contain a higher concentration of sugar and are devoid of fiber. It’s that combination that helps raise blood sugar quickly and set the table for the cascade of events that result in chronic disease with continued exposure to added sugar.
All of those things are why there’s little to concern yourself with when it comes to the sugar in fruit and eating a lot of it. With that said, if there was a reason to be cautious of eating a diet that was absurdly high in fruit to the detriment of other food groups, it’d be the risk of developing nutritional deficiencies from the lack of balance and the associated symptoms that are resultant of malnutrition, as well as bouts of stomach discomfort, diarrhea, bloating, and heartburn.
Glossary: diet
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