Fruits are an expression of nature's great generosity. They are beneficial and should be on everyone's menu if we want to maintain good overall he alth.
Fruits are full of nutrients, antioxidants and fiber that make our body work well. In their bright colors and abundance of nutrients, fruits should be an indispensable part of the daily diet.
All this is a fact, but it is also a fact that excessive amounts of fruit actually work against our he alth. Here are some side effects that excessive fruit consumption can cause:
Fructose and its relationship to triglycerides, uric acid and free radicals
Fructose, or fruit sugar, may not be so he althy. The reason - almost every cell in the body uses glucose for energy, but fructose can only be absorbed by certain liver cells.
When fructose enters liver cells, complex reactions occur. One of the end products of these reactions is triglycerides, a type of fat just as dangerous in large amounts as cholesterol.
Other products released during these processes are uric acid and free radicals. You can only imagine how dangerous it would be if the levels of these harmful components spiked. And they jump if there is too much fructose in the blood.
Insulin spike
Some fruits are really high in sugar, so too much fructose can cause an insulin spike. When insulin levels are high, the body has a hard time burning fat.
Fruit sugars are often stored in the body as fat so they can be used later for energy.
Fruits with the highest fructose content
- Lichi
- Apple fruit juice
- Bananas
- Figs
- Grapes
- Mango
Low Fructose Fruits
- Strawberries
- Raspberries
- Blackberries
- Lemons
- Dini
- Melons
Fruit can cause carb overload
Fruits are a great source of carbohydrates that provide a quick burst of energy, but overloading the body with carbohydrates also overloads it with fat. So try to stick to a small portion of fruit a day.
Fruits are a source of carbohydrates, which means that if you focus on them you should greatly reduce or exclude other sources of these substances - bread, rice, potatoes and others.
Fruits and fruit juices
Fruit juices are essentially different from the fruits themselves. The consumption of fruit supplies the body not only with sugars, but also with fibers, which greatly facilitate metabolic processes.
With squeezed fruit juices, we get only the sugars, since the pieces of fruit and the skins have been removed. It is for this reason that we must be very careful with drinking fruit juices and especially with their quantity.
Fruit in liquid form is mostly fruit sugar, directly entering the bloodstream and bypassing digestion. This most often leads to large spikes in blood sugar levels.
Fruits contain many important substances, but not all necessary for the he alth of the body. They contain extremely small amounts of essential fatty acids and amino acids, which are obtained from meat, vegetables, nuts, legumes.
Fruits are also deprived of calcium, iron and selenium.
