I have a selection of studies saved for every time the anti-fruit line gets brought up.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28182058
>it's absolutely possible to give yourself diabetes just eating too much fruit.
[citation needed]
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28182058
>it's absolutely possible to give yourself diabetes just eating too much fruit.
[citation needed]
I don't have a citation either, but google search reveals the following points:
1) One serving, or one medium apple, provides about 95 calories, 0 gram fat, 1 gram protein, 25 grams carbohydrate, 19 grams sugar (naturally occurring), and 3 grams fiber. 2) Recommended amount of consumed sugar for an adult is 30 grams per day. 3) You can also find a lot of citations how increased sugar consumption increases chances of diabetes.
So two apples already gets you above the recommended amount. An apple is basically 80% sugar in terms of calories: 19 * 4 / 95 = ~80%
There are no studies to my knowledge that show increasing fruit intake increases chances of diabetes. But there are studies that show that the risk of diabetes goes down by increasing fruit intake.
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/food-types/how-does-su...
> The government recommends that free sugars – sugars added to food or drinks, and sugars found naturally in honey, syrups, and unsweetened fruit and vegetable juices, smoothies and purées – should not make up more than 5% of the energy (calories) you get from food and drink each day.
But even if the recommendation is added sugar -- what is the real difference between added and "natural" occurring sugar? Does this distinction invalidate my comment above? The point being that it's quite possible and even easy to consume several times, or even order above the reasonable amount of sugar by eating fruits. The apple is not even the sweetest one.
This does not count sugar in fruits or vegetables, but their juices.
Fearing diabetes is kinda missing the forest for the trees; the laser for the shark; the BED for the banana - it's deranged priority.
But thou asked.
1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Defence_Against_Fresh_F...
> Our findings suggest that there is significant heterogeneity in the associations between individual fruits and risk of type 2 diabetes. Greater consumption of specific whole fruits, particularly blueberries, grapes, and apples, was significantly associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, whereas greater fruit juice consumption was associated with a higher risk. The differences in the associations between individual fruits were not accounted for by variation in the glycemic index/glycemic load values of individual fruits. Overall, these results support recommendations on increasing consumption of a variety of whole fruits, especially blueberries, grapes, and apples, as a measure for diabetes prevention.
https://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f5001
People who look at only the macronutrient ratios (fat, carbohydrates, and protein) while disregarding everything else tend to underestimate the health benefits of fruits. Nutrition is more than just macronutrients.
fwiw, I eat a low-carb diet (up to ~90g of net carbs, so not strict keto). I often eat some fresh or from-frozen fruit: blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, orange (half a navel or a whole mandarin), or a few apple slices. I never drink juice. I don't feel fruit gives me any nutrition I can't get elsewhere. I can get vitamin C for example from various vegetables including red peppers, cabbage, and dark leafy greens. I also take a multivitamin because it's hard to get enough of some nutrients (notably vitamin D) that fruit doesn't help with anyway.