Is there any significant dietary differences between natural sugars (from fruit) and artificial ones?

Question

I am aware that consuming too much sugar has a very detrimental effect on one's health, yet we are expected to eat many fruits for good health purposes. I am sure that the sugars derived from fruits typically digest more smoothly along with the nutrients in the fruits themselves, but I am wondering if the effects of eating fruit often are comparable to high fructose corn syrup consumption. I would like to control my blood sugar a bit more but still absorb all the vital nutrients from fruits.

For example, if I consume 10 teaspoons of sugars derived from fruit in a day, how does this stack up against 10 teaspoons of refined sugars?

Any input on the subject will be appreciated.

Answer 1

It's true that sugar is sugar, and they have the same effect on your WEIGHT, but the effect on your BODY is different.

Refined sugars are just that, refined and processed, just there to enhance the taste and all the good stuff is taken out. Say you have a choice between an apple or a biscuit-same calories, but while the biscuit just has sugar and other crap, the apple has NATURAL sugar from the earth, plus vitamins which make you healthy and your skin nice, fibre which makes you feel full (you can eat 10 bikkies in a row, but try eating 10 apples, no way!) and water which your body needs every day. Plus fruit has a lower energy density compared to most sugary foods. For example, a large satisfiying apple has 450kj, whereas a large cookie has 2000kj. See the difference?

PLUS, since you want to control your blood sugar, MANY fruits have a low GI (glycaemic index), which is another reason why they're a better source of sugar.

I sometimes have sugar binges where I eat heaps of sugary foods in a row, and I get a massive headache.

But if I eat heaps of fruit in one go, I never get that same headache.

So, stick to fruit.

Answer 2

You might think more in terms of how much protein you should or can eat, rather than what type or how much sugar you should eat. If you try to up your protein intake, you will have a smoother level of blood nutrients, including your sugar level, from the amino acids. The diabetic diet is high in protein, but is actually a very healthy diet for anyone to follow. Fruits are healthy because they help digest your other foods such as your protein. They provide nutrients, and help in functions regulated by fiber. You are supposed to think of it this way: whatever sugars are in the fruits, are also accompanied by the nutrients necessary to digest them and use them for your body's needs. Table sugar and fructose, and corn syrup have had the nutrients needed for proper use and digestion already removed. Then they sell those for other products, by the way. Usually any product that is "enriched" has had nutrients removed, and it is only the chemist's guess as to what to add back in.

Answer 3

refined sugar is not unnatural it comes from beets or sugar cane, it is simply refined. It is however a great deal more concentrated than that which is found in fruit. It takes seconds for refined sugars to enter the blood stream, while the body has to break down the fruits to obtain their sugars and that can take up to an hour. But sugar is sugar, regardless of where it comes from, ten tsps of sugar from any fruit is identical to ten tsps of refined sugar, the only difference is in eating the fruit, or eat ten tspn of refined sugar (yuck). One is absorbed instantly, before you even swallow it, the other takes some time to break down.

Answer 4

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