Fruit Glorious Fruit

Following on from yesterday, we identified that SUGAR carbohydrates are actually the preferred form for the body for optimal health. Weird isn’t it that we have been brainwashed to believe that the opposite is true. The reasons for their superiority are:-

1. Easily digestible

– glucose is the fuel for all cells, so the closer the food substance is to the final form, the less processing the body has to do and the more energy is available for detox, for energy, for elimination, for fighting bugs etc

2. Clears the gut quickly

– so doesn’t feed bad bacteria, or stress the liver, or impair metabolic rate, or create inflammation, or create endotoxin

3. It’s a stress reliever

–  because it provides instant energy and nutrients without the stress promoting factors

4. Has a lower impact on insulin (than starch)

– this is because half the molecule of sugar is fructose; it’s processed by the liver and doesn’t impact blood sugar or raise insulin. This is the reason why sugar’s make up of glucose & fructose is superior than the all glucose composition of starch and is better for diabetics too

Now given that sugar has so many benefits, you may be wondering then why pure refined sugar isn’t recommended over fruit and the reason is – additional nutrients, water content, soluble fibre content and balance of nutrients.

Pure sugar is a powerful metabolic stimulator — a little goes a long way. At the same token it ramps up all processes of the body like cell renewal, energy production, hair growth, skin replacement etc, all which require a certain level of nutrients to happen effectively.

Fruit – the perfect little package

This is where fresh whole fruit comes in. It is the perfect little package of vitamins, minerals, water content, a little protein, a little fat, a little soluble fibre and a larger amount of totally supported sugar content, that nourishes your body completely without any negative effects.

So if you ate just refined sugar instead, you would soon develop nutritional deficiencies. Not because sugar ‘depletes’ them as I have seen written so many times, which is then given as a reason to avoid sugar. But it’s because the body is utilising them at a faster rate for high energy, cell creation and a fast metabolism. So the answer is to eat more nutrients along with the sugar.

We do this by giving whole fruit preference over refined sugar.

As we mentioned yesterday, there are too many negatives going on with starches – yes even potatoes – for it to make up a large portion of your diet. Personally I can’t just have the sweet taste all the time, so I still eat potatoes and white rice sometimes, but I limit my starch intake to 25% of my daily carbohydrates.

So now you know a large part of the answer. Fruit should be the focus of the diet for optimal health. Protein and fats are also necessary, but they play more of a supporting role to the fruit focus.

It certainly takes a bit of a mind shift to work fruit into every meal, as we are not used to doing it. So tomorrow I will share a basic meal plan, so you know where to go from here.

Kristy x