I’ve seen the commercials – I kind of felt the same way when people asked why HFCS was bad because I didn’t know the facts. I just knew it wasn’t good for you. Now I KNoW!

Any food item that has to have a commercial suggesting that it isn’t bad in moderation can’t possibly be great for you and that’s easy to prove after doing the research or reading your results from the doing the research:) THANKS

I still feel like there is soooo much to learn, and honestly, sometimes the internet is a a bit overwhelming – espcially when I find conflicting information. If anyone has any good links discussing the various types of sugar, please share.

Here are a couple links I found discussing fructose.

http://www.ific.org/publications/qa/fructoseqa.cfm

http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/nutrition/a/fructosedangers.htm

(no i am absolutely not going low carb)

May I ask why you are avoiding fructose? Most products sweetened with fructose aren’t that sugar-laden in my limited experience. And fructose is more slowly absorbed by the body than white table sugar. I’ve never heard anybody complaining about fructose. Do I need to be hunting for that on labels, too?

Thanks for recommending my post about Dr. Oz’s, “YOU On A Diet” to your readers.

I’ll give you that clarification….there is a HUGE difference between refined sugar and the natural sugar in an apple. The refined stuff has absolutely no nutrients and it actually leeches valuable nutrients from the body in order to be processed by your body, since it comes in with nothing.

So absolutely, eat fresh fruit, I sure do. With that being said though, I always eat a protein with the fruit unless I am doing a mono diet to cleanse my lymph system, which if you’re interested in that you can learn more about here. I only mention that as an aside however, that’s not how I eat as a lifestyle. And, the reason it’s not beneficial to eat fruit by itself all the time is because it will effect your blood sugar levels.

Hope that helps, all the best with getting off the refined sugar!