Sugar question

[Slaiv]

well im wondering, seeing as how sugar is not good to consume especially when on a cutting diet, so im very good in watching my sugar intake ( i use equal for whenever i can)

BUT... here is what i dont understand.....

how am i supposed to avoid alot of sugar intake when the freakin fruits themselves have like 20g+ of sugar?!?!?!?

omg!! i mean.... sugar isnt good, but is this maybe a different kind of sugar? is this healthy sugar that wont go straight to my waistline

i am carb cycling, i include fruits into my diet and i watch my macros CAREFULLY and STRICTLY, but with my diet, im consuming like over 150g+ sugar a day (with all the fruits)

so please, can u guys explain this to me?

a candy bar has like 30g+ of sugar, but an apple has like 27g?!?!?

what the heck?!?!

[PEWN]

hold on ... ill get the answer..

[PEWN]

The difference between FRUIT sugar (fructose) and refined sugar
(sucrose) is as follows.

Fruit sugar is something known as FRUCTOSE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose

"Fructose is broken down by the body slowly and is converted into
SUCROSE and GLYCOGEN. Fructose is often recommended for, and consumed
by, people with diabetes mellitus or hypoglycemia, because it has a
very low Glycemic Index (GI 23) relative to cane sugar."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycemic_Index

"Glycemic index (also glycaemic index, GI) is a ranking system for
carbohydrates based on their immediate effect on blood glucose levels.
It compares carbohydrates gram for gram in individual foods, providing
a numerical, evidence-based index of postprandial (post-meal)
glycemia. The concept was invented by Dr. David J. Jenkins and
colleagues in 1981 at the University of Toronto."

Sucrose (common name: table sugar, also called saccharose) is a
disaccharide (glucose + fructose) with the molecular formula
C12H22O11.

This website explains it well

http://waltonfeed.com/fructose.html

"There are differences between the different sugars. When we eat
sucrose, our bodies quickly break it down into roughly equal parts of
glucose and fructose. Glucose is the sugar our bodies use for both
physical and mental energy. When our bodies sense an increase of
glucose in the blood, it immediately directs the pancreas to push
insulin into the blood stream. With the insulin, the body is able to
burn the glucose as energy. If there's too much glucose in the blood
stream to be used as energy, the glucose can be changed to glycogen,
the body's short-term storage energy supply. And if the glycogen pool
is already full, the body will turn it into long term storage in the
form of fat.
Different blood-sugar effects possible after
eating a high concentration of sucrose sugar.

Different blood-sugar effects possible after eating a high
concentration of sucrose sugar.
Depending on the condition of the pancreas, the above graph shows what
can happen when a person eats a lot of sucrose sweets at one time. In
each of the three cases, the large amount of sugar dramatically raises
the blood-sugar level but the results can be radically different if no
medication is given.
Eating a huge amount of sugar at once with it's resultant spike in the
blood-sugar level can cause stress to a weak pancreas as it struggles
to deliver enough insulin to bring down the blood-sugar to acceptable
levels.
This cycle is especially hard on people who have an abnormal
pancreas. If the pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin that person
is considered diabetic. If it produces too much insulin they are
considered hypoglycemic. These people will generally suffer from an
abnormal glucose level depending on what their condition is. Checking
the graph to the right, when a person eats too much sugar (sucrose),
there is a resulting rapid increase in their blood sugar level. If
things are working normally, the pancreas produces just enough insulin
to bring the blood-sugar level back down to normal. If they are
diabetic and no medication is given, there isn't enough insulin
produced and the blood-sugar level remains elevated. In a hypoglycemic
person, as the blood-sugar level raises, their over-active pancreas
dumps too much insulin into the blood stream and they end up with low
blood sugar levels which creates it's own havoc.
Using fructose instead of sucrose puts a strong damper on many
of these problems. Your body can't use fructose without converting it
into glucose in the liver. Actually, most of the time, however, unless
your body needs to immediately increase it's blood-sugar level, the
liver changes fructose into glycogen first. We have already mentioned
glycogen which is the body's short term energy supply. A typical adult
will have as much as 3/4 pound of glycogen in their various tissues at
one time, mostly stored in the liver and muscles. As the glucose level
in the blood begins to drop, the liver can rapidly convert this stored
glycogen into glucose."

In short the reason why Fruit sugar is better for you than table sugar
is that by eating table sugar (Sucrose) our bodies go out of sync with
our sugar levels as the sugar is processed in the body extremely fast
and in doing this the body informs the pancreas to pump out insulin.
Someone with a weak pancreas will have a hard time doing this.

Fructose (Fruit sugar) is broken down more slowly which allows the
body more time to react to the sweetener that has been consumed. This
puts less stress on the body and also the pancreas which is good news
for diabetics as they too can have sweet tasting things but without
the worry of a sudden sugar spike.



Sorry for the long answer but this explains it to a T

[Slaiv]

god bless u!!!

[PEWN]

is that what you wanted buddy..

[Slaiv]

yes thank you very much !!!

so fruit sugar is nothing wrong with it!! normal excersice and cardio on a daily basis and i should be able to take all that healthy fructose sugar and break it down in no time !!

so i take it fructose isnt bad for someone in a cutting diet?

[swizoleisdiced]

with the right timing...nah, u can still get ripped eaten fruit in moderation

[Slaiv]

great !!!!