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<blockquote data-quote="Member496333" data-source="post: 2211887"><p>But is it really though? Glucose is glucose, and fructose is fructose, whether the source is fruit, grains or table sugar. Granted, fruit has more nutritional value than the cake or the biscuit, but from a diabetes perspective they may as well be the same thing. I do understand your sentiment, but I believe it's largely born out of social conditioning and the five-a-day mantra that most of us have been spoon-fed since childhood.</p><p></p><p>For T2DM in particular, fructose is heavy-duty kryptonite. A silent assassin. Silent because it typically doesn't cause glucose excursions, but does contribute directly to hepatic fat deposition. And hepatic fat deposition is something that already insulin resistant type 2s would do well to avoid. As always, of course, all of the above is only my humble but considered opinion. I'm not in the business of telling others not to eat fruit, but I do believe that it's misunderstood, and is erroneously represented as a health food.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Member496333, post: 2211887"] But is it really though? Glucose is glucose, and fructose is fructose, whether the source is fruit, grains or table sugar. Granted, fruit has more nutritional value than the cake or the biscuit, but from a diabetes perspective they may as well be the same thing. I do understand your sentiment, but I believe it's largely born out of social conditioning and the five-a-day mantra that most of us have been spoon-fed since childhood. For T2DM in particular, fructose is heavy-duty kryptonite. A silent assassin. Silent because it typically doesn't cause glucose excursions, but does contribute directly to hepatic fat deposition. And hepatic fat deposition is something that already insulin resistant type 2s would do well to avoid. As always, of course, all of the above is only my humble but considered opinion. I'm not in the business of telling others not to eat fruit, but I do believe that it's misunderstood, and is erroneously represented as a health food. [/QUOTE]
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