I have cut out most or all refined sugars and have adopted a diet of more than 75 per-cent raw fruits and vegetables. I go by the way I have been feeling, which is great mood and full of energy. But I realize many fruits such as apples and grapes contain high amounts of fruit sugar, yet I understand the body is meant to break down this type of sugars.It seems to me everyone in the United States including myself, is likely to get diabetes, or is afraid of it.
Can a healthy, non-diabetic person (with no family history of it) develop diabetes from eating fruit sugars, even if the processes/refined sugars were cut down to near 0 intake?
World - I do not think so
ReplyDelete؛ʇɹɐǝɥ& - yup. bc it really depends on ur intake, if its the recommended 3-5 servings of fruits per day, its more than ok.
ReplyDeletedont forget, the ancient ppls soley ate honey as sugar and they were fine, even had great teeth :D
Koby - You can't get Diabetes from too much fricken sugar!!!!! How many people do I have to tell this to?
ReplyDeleteMr. Peachy® - You would have to purposely eat too much fruit. In other words, you would have to give up certain other things and concentrate mostly on fruits. Fruit juices? That's another story. Most fruits have a relatively low glycemic index (GI) which does not place much of a load on your system. If all you ate was fruits, you would get tired of them long before you became diabetic. You would become diabetic much sooner if all you ate were bread and potatoes.
ReplyDeleteAnurag C - not necessary
ReplyDeleteTabea - Diabetes is not caused by what you eat. And certainly not caused by eating too much sugar.
ReplyDeleteIn order to get diabetes, you need to have diabetes genes.
If you don't have diabetes genes, you can stuff your face with as much food as you like, and you will not become diabetic.
But if a person has a very strong genetic predisposition to diabetes, they can eat zero amounts of sugar/zero amounts of carb, and they could still get diabetes.
You are right that fruit contains a high amount of sugar/carbs. In a diabetic, this sort of sugar is exactly the same as sugar from a jelly bean or regular Coke. It will raise blood sugar. A diabetic's body will not be able to metabolize fruit sugar because it's exactly the same as table sugar.
If you have no family history of diabetes, then you don't have to worry too much about your carb intake because you are probably in that lucky group that can eat whatever they like.