The Muscle Couple with some information about fruit consumption likely to ruffle some feathers.

You Can't Get Shredded Eating Lots of Fruit!

The relationship between fruit sugar (Fructose) and normal table sugar (Glucose) has been a source of feverish debate in many fitness circles for decades.  As we’ve discussed on this blog many times before, the net effect of carbohydrate consumption is always dose dependent and time specific.  Meaning, if eaten at the right time and in the right dosage, carbs will typically help replenish muscle glycogen levels to maintain optimal performance for any hard training athlete or competitor.

But there is one BIG IF biochemically when it comes to the consumption of Fruit sugar.  Fructose has the terrible quality of preferentially refilling liver glycogen.  Why is this bad?   Humans have a very limited capacity for storing glycogen in the liver.  Once you reach that storage capacity, Fructose is readily converted to triglyceride and stored as fat.  And even worse the triglyceride usually shows up in a male/female’s most prone areas like hips-love handles and belly.

So if you’re following along, over consumption of Fruit is a BIG NO-NO for anyone interested in maximizing fat loss.

Fruit clearly has a lot of other beneficial qualities. It is a tremendous source of micro nutrients including vitamins, minerals, enzymes, fiber and antioxidants.  It is also essential in helping ward off chronic disease and maintaining immunity.

The Muscle Couple bottom line:

If you are shooting for single digit bodyfat %’s  your fruit consumption should be strictly minimized.

For anyone else, a couple of servings of Fruit per day (especially high fiber fruit like Berries-Apples-Pears etc)won’t hurt and should offer the micronutrients necessary to maintain a strong and healthy immune system free of sickness and disease.

MIHWCS