Is all sugar equally bad? If not, what makes the sugar in fruit different?

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Is all sugar equally bad? If not, what makes the sugar in fruit different?

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ELI5.. they are not different. If you took the sugar from a fruit and refined it the same as… refined sugar and ate both, they would both be the same bad for you.

The sugar in a fruit, is just a not so bad side effect of eating all the rest of the fruit. As opposed to say eating a chocolate bar, where there is no rest of the fruit good side.

But do not be fooled, eating a thousand grapes or squeezing dozens of oranges and only drinking that, is still not great for you. It is still sugar.