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It’s important to address some of the commonly held beliefs about certain perceived problems or deficiencies with eating lots of fruit that are held by the general public and of course proliferated by those in mainstream science and media. One concern that is brought up frequently is the phobia of sugar and all things sugar-related. This is an iron law it seems in the culture of: Sugar is Evil.
If you recall from the chapter entitled ‘Simple Sugars vs. Complex Sugars: Understanding the Difference’, you are aware that simple sugars are the best thing you could fuel your body with and in fact your body is in dire need of this exact component in order to energize itself properly.
On the other hand, complex sugars are a tough pill to swallow. They require far more digestive work to break down, resulting in molecular carbon overload, causing acidic after-effects, and excessive work for the pancreas, liver and kidneys. If any sugars are evil, this would surely be the group and I don’t disagree with the villainization of complex sugars. I think the mainstream paranoia about sugars can be appropriately applied to complex sugars (processed sugar additives, grains, breads, dairy, many alcoholic beverages, and starchy foods like potatoes and corn).
However, simple sugars simply are being found guilty by association and are unfortunately being mischaracterized. In fact, these harmful effects, which are commonly attributed to sugars definitely persist when an individual consistently eats foods containing complex sugars, are nowhere to be found when the same individual eats simple sugars.
When it comes to simple sugars, there are actually five types, but out of those five there are two main kinds that are the most ubiquitous: glucose and fructose. Glucose is found in vegetables and fructose is found in fruits. Out of the two types of simple sugars, fructose is clearly superior, even though glucose is still a perfectly healthy and sustainable fuel for the body. There are a couple of reasons for that which are spelled out here.
The simple sugar from glucose (vegetables) actually requires insulin in order to pass through the cell walls, which causes extra work for the pancreas. On the other hand, fructose can enter the cell wall by diffusion requiring little or no insulin whatsoever. Put another way, the body can absorb the energy from fruit while expending very little to no energy to do so. This is one way that fruits are superior to vegetables.
On another note, fruit contains more angstroms of energy compared with vegetables, which can literally be measured. In other words, they are more electrically active and provide a higher level of energy and awareness to the body. We are after all electrically conductive beings — the body can only benefit from this heightened level of electrical power that fruits have, compared with vegetables.
Lastly, fruits are more liquified, lower in starch and cellulose (complex sugars), and fructose is overall easier to digest than glucose from vegetables. So the fact that fruits are higher in sugar as compared with vegetables is not a fair impeachment, because fruits contain multiple qualities making it easier for the body to digest and covert into usable fuel.
Unlike overloading the body with complex sugars — resulting in excessive carbonic wastes and the body working overtime to store the excess molecules as fat storage — with fructose, the body so easily and efficiently will transport the materials from the intestines to the bloodstream and to your cells, which are waiting eagerly to receive the fructose’s energy, fuel, and alkalizing properties. Put simply, your body gets much more ‘miles per gallon’ on a unit of fructose than it does for any other kind of sugar. It’s the most efficient and beneficial fuel for the body by far.
Fructose gets a bad name because of things like ‘high-fructose corn syrup’ which is actually a complex, refined and processed sugar made from corn — this is not only a starchy food containing complex sugars inherently, but one that is GMO (genetically modified)! It’s absolutely correct for high-fructose corn syrup to be so controversial.
When people worry about somebody eating a lot of fruit, concerning themselves with the concept of ‘this person may be overdosing on sugar’, they are missing the point — or they lack a complete understanding of the differences between the different types of sugars out there.
Is it possible to overload on sugars from fruit? Yes, I’m sure it is. Use your intuition — and pay attention to your body weight and if you are storing extra fat in your thighs, waist, arms and/or midsection. If you really are overloading your body with simple sugars, you should know, especially if you’re getting to the point where you are putting on excess weight. At this point you can conclude that your liver is working overtime to convert excess carbs, which cannot be used efficiently for immediate fuel, into fat storage.
You also may want to be considerate that some fruits — like dates or pineapples — contain much more sugar than other fruits, like apples or blueberries. So you can decide for yourself how much calories and extended fuel you need to burn through over the next several hours by selecting fruits with more or less sugar. Also, when juicing, you may want to be aware that — especially when juicing fruits containing a lot of sugar — especially without the fiber to slow the absorption of the sugar, it is possible to consume too much juice in one sitting which can spike the blood sugar and overload the body in that way. Much of this is just common sense and a good note about balance in all things.
Also, as a side note, pay attention to the time of day you’re eating fruit. As a general rule it is best to stop eating for the last several hours of the day before going to bed. The later in the day you consume sugar the more likely it is your body will store it as fat. So the amount of fruit sugar being consumed is not the only factor, but also keep in mind the time of day it’s being consumed as well.
Just pay attention to your intuition about how much energy you have during the day, how do you feel sensually after eating fruit, and pay attention to the amounts you are eating. It’s my observation that the body can burn through fructose, in terms of fuel, very quickly and efficiently. As a result, it’s not unusual if somebody is eating a meal of just fruit for him or her to have a giant bowl of many servings at once. This is still more easily digested and used as fuel than even a small plate of meat and potatoes.
So you see, it’s not just a question of calorie units, quantity of sugars in terms of grams and so forth, as much as the mainstream view tries to make it this simple. In fact, it’s about the molecular makeup of each individual food, with most fruit being digested and absorbed extremely easily in a matter of less than one hour, versus an ‘All-American’ plate of meat and potatoes or sandwich even with a modest serving size taking 4-6 hours or more to digest and creating all kinds of acidic blowback effects on the body.
In general, I do not worry about this concept that eating a lot of fruit is too much sugar. Use your common sense and intuition about what to eat. Stay aware of what you’re eating and pay attention to how your body responds to all types of foods including fruit. Don’t feel like you need to starve yourself or intellectually parcel out your fruit portion sizes — although if you are significantly overweight, you may want to be deliberate about portion sizes (weight management techniques are covered more in a later segment).
Make sure to use good old-fashioned, common horse sense. Also, stop reading trendy magazines you find on the rack at the supermarket checkout line. Those are the ones stating All Sugar is Evil and Protein is Our Savior and all kinds of ridiculous craziness. Go back to the world of logic and figuring out really what is the truth — that’s what Rapid Regeneration is all about.
When I started my journey, it was about me seeking the truth of the matter. I did not get into eating a lot of fruit just out of interest for fruits, and then declare that this is the real, true way to get results. I was always seeking the truth to figure out how to solve my problems. My journey to find out the truth to heal myself is how I finally came across the solution of using fruit to fuel, energize, and cleanse the body.
I care about the truth of the matter as much as anybody, and I am here now to clear the air on some of these misconceptions. Somebody that thinks eating a lot of fruit is too much sugar doesn’t understand the nuances of the different types of sugars, and doesn’t understand the basic molecular makeup of fruit and how the body digests it.
Be smart, and use your inherent power of discernment to figure out the truth for yourself!