Food chemistry Vol 8 : Are fruit sugars harmful for our body? The difference between natural and additional sugars!!
Hello friends,welcome at my 9th post of food chemistry. Today I will write about the nutritional differences between the sugar in the fruits and the sugar in the processed food. Μany people think that sugar contained in fruit is just as damaging to health as sugar which is contained in sweets. But what is the truth? Should we eat more fruits or they are dangerous to our health?
To answer this question, we must first understand the difference between natural and additional sugars. Natural sugars exist in fruits in the form of fructose and in milk in the form of galactose. Οn the other hand, the additional sugars are added to the foods during their processing and we usually find them in the form of classic table sugar, which is scientifically called sucrose and is usually composed of fructose and glucose. Ιn fact the chemical structure and composition of the above sugars is the same. Their only difference is the way our body metabolizes the specific sugars.
The sugars found in fruits are a piece of a complex nutrient grid which contains vitamins, trace elements and vegetable fiber. These nutrients help to slow the absorption of fructose from the body and thus we have better control of sugar in the blood. They also prolong the feeling of satiety and help to reduce the storage of fat. Αll the structural components of this nutrient grid are essential for the good health of our body!!
In the category of additional sugars, sucrose is not accompanied by a grid of valuable nutrients, so they are rapidly absorbed by the blood. Αs a result we stay hungry and the sugar in the blood goes to very high levels.
In conclusion, the sugar in the fruits can also be harmful to our body but it contains many nutritious ingredients that nourish and shield our body. So if the next time you eat a fruit and think it's harmful to health, due to the sugars it contains, think about how many other nutrients you'll get from it. If you want to quit sugar, stop eating foods which contains additional sugars(sucrose) because it contains no beneficial nutrients for our body.
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Very educative post,thanks for sharing
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Thanks for sharing my friend!!! Very interesting!!!
Natural sugar is really beneficial and comes with numerous health advantages.
Imagine the benefits that accrues to honey or datepalm.
I love this article
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useful info,,thanks for sharing,,something very helpful for all of us,,good one @zkalemiss
I am in keto right now so as of fruits I eat low sugary ones like berries. In moderation they might be ok but juices definitely aren't. You get all the sugar and non or little from the fiber.
I would be interested to know if coconut sugar is actually better for you than table sugar. I've heard opposing views on this.
My father bought some day biological coconut sugar. in terms of everything is as @zkalemiss told you, the only difference is the glycemic index which was lower than table's sugar but in general it differ from person to person so it's not something that adds great value. in terms of taste it was better from the table sugar. I made pancakes with it :p
Wouldn't the lower glycemic table make it a healthier choice? This was my understanding.
so what is really happening is that the ''proofs'' are not sufficient. only a study had be done by the Philippine department of agriculture that is showing that the GI is 35 while i think the average of table sugar is 60 but the department didn't compare it with the table sugar but with glucose :P Also the GI of every human being is different so even 35 can be a lot. Different as well can be the product of coconut sugar and the way they made it so again the GI can be a lot higher.
Finally in america in terms of people that face diabetes they don't even bother with the GI and according to the American Diabetes Association in the process of making the coconut sugar they sometimes add fructose etc etc increasing the GI :)
basically the differences are mostly none. as i said in terms of taste it is really good but if you wanna replace sugar with it, that's not the best option. i hope i helped you!
Thanks!
hello @rebeccamorgan, my opinion is that all sugars are harmful for our health. Even those that coming from fruits. Cococut sugar contains a lot of important nutrients but in very small quantities so if you want these nutrients to benefit your body, you have to eat big quantities. Table sugar and coconut sugar have the same calories. In conclusion I think that coconut sugar is not better than table sugar but if you like it you can consume it in logical quantities like any other sugars.
Interesting. I don't eat a lot of sugar, but thought maybe if a person were to eat sugar than they would be better off with coconut...
Wouldn't the lower glycemic table make it a healthier choice? This was my understanding.
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