Fruit has sugar. Candy and soda have sugar. Why is eating a whole mango healthier than eating a candy bar?
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Basically, it’s because fruit not only has less sugar per portion, it also has a lot more than just sugar
An apple is 86% water, 10% sugar, 2% fibre, and the rest is a few vitamins and minerals (things like potassium, and vitamin C). An orange is similar.
A mars bar is about 60% sugar, 8% saturated fat, and little to nothing in terms of vitamins and minerals.
(All of these percentages are by weight)
It’s not that the sugar isn’t bad, it’s that the goods outweigh the bad by a long shot.
Technically, anything cooked over an open flame is slightly carcinogenic (increases risk of cancer). But the benefits of cooking your food outweigh that minor downside by a lot
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