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Fructose, Sugar, Obesity and You!
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QUESTION: What about fruit? Isn’t fruit mostly fructose?
Fruit is OK is because it has way more fiber than fructose. The fiber in fruit slows down the absorption of glucose, fructose, and fatty acids from the gut, while increasing the rate of transit which helps to trigger the satiety signal earlier.
This is important because the rate of fructose absorption determines how fast the fructose will hit the liver. The faster it reaches the liver (since the liver has a fixed capacity for extraction and metabolism), the more likely the liver will be overwhelmed by the excess and that more will end up as liver fat, causing insulin resistance.
The fiber in fruit limits the volume of fructose consumed (through its high satiety) and the rate of absorption, thus sparing the liver.
In other words, enjoy your fruit. "
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