The Problem with Fruit Juice

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: Episode 546 – Nicole Recine RN, MSN, CDE joins Vinnie Tortorich to discuss the problem with fruit juice and how fruit juice can hurt just as much as processed sugar on this Saturday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast.

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DIABETES DEBACLE

• Nicole, a diabetes expert, and Vinnie went through the twitter “shit-storm” together
• The two wanted to find out why people were upset and quell everyone’s fears
• They had literally just recorded a podcast touching on the differences between Type 1 and Type 2
• So, Vinnie brought on some people who were prior upset with Vinnie because they are affected by Type 1 diabetes, but with Vinnie they brought awareness on this show

THE PROBLEM WITH FRUIT JUICE

SUGAR IN FRUIT AND IN FRUIT JUICE

• Your body does not know the difference between fructose from an apple or high fructose corn syrup
• If you are gonna eat fruit, eat it in the whole form
  • This is better because limits the amount of fructose
• Fructose is metabolized in the liver, if you have big doses of fructose, it can hurt your triglycerides, cause liver disease and diabetes
• When you eat high levels of fructose, you do not feel full because fructose does not raise insulin levels, which is what makes you feel full
• Fenfen – was given to overweight people
  • Sped up metabolism and made your brain feel full
    • Drug was taking place of what we can make our bodies do anyway
    • When it was taken off the market, really hard for many people
• Apple juice- one of the highest fructose things
  • Coke would be better because it has glucose which is better for your liver
  • 8oz of apple juice in a 16oz bottle
    • So so bad for you
    • 2:1 fructose:glucose
    • 58g of sugar, no fiber
• Naked juice is not healthy — it is straight fructose!!!
  • 10 cups of carrots, many apples, tons of raspberries, etc etc
    • You overeat this fruit but don’t even notice because of how it is presented!
• Green juice — it is cold pressed
  • first ingredient is apple juice then pineapple juice, cucumber juice, spinach juice, romaine lettuce juice, swiss chard juice, lemon juice, kale juice
  • 35g of sugar — the fact that it is green makes no difference
  • To get that much sugar from raw spinach, you would have to eat ~350 cups of raw spinach, OR 97 cups of swiss chard

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