Subject: RE: Fruit=sugars? Well, comparing eating less strawberries to less apples is not as simple as Gylcemic index. I could eat 2 pints of strawberries easily. Apples are so fiber-ful, I can't eat more than one. GI used as a single metric is flawed. Case in point: like a lot of people who read an article in a magazine, I got it in my head that since snickers had the same GI rating as a banana, they were equivalent for fuel. Not for me they're not. To answer the question, I can only give you my experience. I eat fruit every day. A banana at breakfast, and usually an apple somewhere else in the day. I also eat honey. Sometimes I have a clif bar which is definitely processed. Even so, my A1c dropped from 6.7 to 5.4% and my fasting glucose test dropped from 126 to 82. The switch? No more baked stuff, ice cream, little debbie, anything like that. Lots more fruit. Endurance training requires some sugar. Getting it all naturally from fruit is probably one of the best ways. For weight loss, I just know I didn't get fat on apples. Apple pie, that's another matter. |