Hello everyone, We are often told to ‘eat more fruit and vegetables’ to improve our health. We are also told to cut down on sugar, which causes weight gain. Fruits are naturally sweet (which makes them taste great) because they contain relatively high amounts of sugar. This makes the advice seems contradictory. Should we avoid eating fruit because it contains sugar? Or is the sugar in fruit different from that in processed foods? We asked two nutrition experts, ‘
Is sugar in fruit healthy?
Is sugar in fruit healthy?
Is sugar in fruit healthy?
Hello everyone, We are often told to ‘eat more fruit and vegetables’ to improve our health. We are also told to cut down on sugar, which causes weight gain. Fruits are naturally sweet (which makes them taste great) because they contain relatively high amounts of sugar. This makes the advice seems contradictory. Should we avoid eating fruit because it contains sugar? Or is the sugar in fruit different from that in processed foods? We asked two nutrition experts, ‘