Question:
Can someone please explain the difference between

the sugar in fruit and the sugar in candy? I hate to sound so stupid, but I'm just learning this stuff... I am craving some strawberries, but 1 cup (which i couldnt eat) has 20 sugars. That seems high! IS there a difference? Can someone please explain for me?    — Summersect (posted on March 13, 2002)

March 13, 2002
Fruit is natural sugar (fructose) and the sugar found in candy is refined sugar. I do not tolerate refined sugar at all, but do just fine with fruit.
   — livnliter

March 13, 2002
I have dumped on both fruit and refined sugars. I always figure if it will make me dump, it will make me fat again. Worse, if I can eat it and NOT dump, it will make me fat QUICKER, cuz it will sneak up on me. I use fruit with caution, and never ever real juices.
   — vitalady

March 13, 2002
another way to explain the difference would be like this: natural sugar is a good carb & refined sugar is a bad carb. my dr insists on well balanced meals & tells us upon hospital discharge to eat whatever we want as long as its pureed. i do eat fruit (i am a big big fruit lover) but i make sure to peel the skins off apples & pears, & i am very careful not to eat fruit if i have had a glass of real fruit juice that day. & vice versa. even tho the sugars in fruits is natural, they still have the ability to stop or slow ur weight loss.
   — sheryl titone