Fruit Fructose’s Bad Rap
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Yes, we all know high fructose corn syrup is isn’t a good thing, but does that mean the natural fructose found in whole ripe fruit should be avoided too?
If you listen to a lot of nutritional advisers you’ll get the impression natural fructose is the spawn of some minor demon, but that’s not a scientifically well-supported idea.
In fact, the fast majority of science shows we should be eating lots of natural fructose in the form of fruits and vegetables.
Get the lowdown on this controversial sugar here.