What fruits are especially high in calories and fructose?

Question

Is it true that pineapples, grapes, watermelon and pears aren't *as* healthy as apples or oranges because they have such a high glycemic index and are high in fructose. Should I avoid them if I want to reduce my caloric intake?

Answer 1

Most fruits are not “high” on the glycemic index. Low on the GI charts are banana (51), kiwi (47), grapefruit is (25) mango (41), oranges (31), Papaya (56). Only watermelon is listed as “high” in most charts (72), followed by pineapple (66), and raisins (64).

You don't need to avoid fruits, and naturally occurring fructose isn't actually bad for you because fruits are a good source of fiber and nutrients.

Caloric intake differs from the glycemic index, although they do have an overlapping relationship in terms of weight loss. If you want to lose weight, eat whole, unprocessed foods such as whole-grains, vegetables, fruits, and beans. Avoid fried food, junk food and fast food. Don't worry too much about the glycemic index in fruits because they're very good for you, unless you're a diabetic.

Answer 2

There is a wide disperity of nutritional value and glucose content in certain foods. Banana's are little more than unwanted carbohydrates but blueberries are relatively low in sugar and high in antioxidants. There is a place for fresh fruit but not the unrestricted benefactor many dietitians today believe to be. Bear in mind that most of the calories in fruit come from simple sugars, fructose and glucose, the very sugars in white table sugar.

The other side of the coin is that fruit is a useful source of fiber, vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals. If your a normal weight, fresh whole fruits in modest amounts can be acceptable, although you should learn which fruits provide the greatest phytochemical and vitanutrient intake in relation to their sugar content. The greatest advantage in fruits are to choose berries of all sorts, followed by melons, peaches, plums, apricots, and kiwi.

Fruit juices are not a good choice and should be avoided. All fiber is gone and all that's left is sugar. Let's look at Orange Juice for example. For all the heavy advertising that OJ is a good source of vitamin C, folic acid, potassium, and other vitanutrients, OJ is also extremely high in sugar--more than the average candy bar. Apple Juice, Grape Juice, pineapple juice, and prune juice have even more.

Among vegetable juices carrot juice is very high in sugar and should be avoided. However, tomato juice is a good choice as it contains enough lycopene to make a difference.

Canned fruits have no nutritional value and loaded with added sugar. Same is true for dried fruits.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

who said that?
fructose is also called: fruit sugar. most sweet fruits contains plenty of it. if you want to consume fruits, you cant avoid it even in apples and oranges.
about pineapples, in Indonesia, people eat the hard part of the pineapple (the center part) in slimming purpose. and it works, also proven in some local research.
people with cancer are also recommended to consume this hard part of pineapple, and also the white flesh of watermelon (the flesh right under the watermelon's skin)
grapes are good to maintain our heart healthy.
pears are good for our digestion system.
so why are they not healthy?