Actually no. The sugar in fruit and the sugar in table sugar are both "simple sugars". They're the same chemical, one is just much more pure and absorbed much more quickly, which has a significant effect on how the body handles it.
Or, eating big hunk of rock candy is to eating a piece of fruit as eating a bunch of cocaine is to chewing coca leaves.
You said it exactly: refined sugar (white sugar, corn syrup, etc) is more pure and absorbed much more quickly. This has a significant (and terrible) effect on how the body handles it.
Also note that refining sugar from fruit can lead to the same kind of bad sugar. But if you're eating it in a whole piece of fruit, you're also getting all the other good things that come with fruit so it's a lot better.
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Ah, my mistake in assuming that refined sugar == simple sugar. Thanks for clarifying.
Actually no. The sugar in fruit and the sugar in table sugar are both "simple sugars". They're the same chemical, one is just much more pure and absorbed much more quickly, which has a significant effect on how the body handles it.
Or, eating big hunk of rock candy is to eating a piece of fruit as eating a bunch of cocaine is to chewing coca leaves.
You said it exactly: refined sugar (white sugar, corn syrup, etc) is more pure and absorbed much more quickly. This has a significant (and terrible) effect on how the body handles it.
Also note that refining sugar from fruit can lead to the same kind of bad sugar. But if you're eating it in a whole piece of fruit, you're also getting all the other good things that come with fruit so it's a lot better.