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metalgearsingh Posts: 44 Joined: 2003/04/12	2003/04/17, 08:50 AM Hi I wanted to know if dry frut was any good? Im currently on a fat loss diet and tonning up! thanks
gwindalyn Posts: 434 Joined: 2003/01/15	2003/04/17, 10:32 AM I could be wrong, but I was always under the perception that dried fruits were very high in sugar. -------------- ~Jennifer http://www.gwindalyn.com
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2003/04/17, 05:24 PM Jennnifer, your right on, any fruit or vegetable that is dried or dehydrated has a more elevated sugar content. There for it would be a bad carb! -------------- We must become the change we want to see. Ivan Montreal Canada
rev8ball Posts: 3,081 Joined: 2001/12/27	2003/04/17, 05:42 PM Dried fruits tend to be higher in sugar than their fresh counter parts only because they are more concentrated by being dehydrated(given that they are not sugar coated like some can be). However, the majority of the sugar found in most fruit is fructose, and it is a low GI sugar. -------------- Michael "Trample the weak; hurdle the dead!"
roni0906 Posts: 1,008 Joined: 2002/01/24	2003/04/17, 08:47 PM Yes, very high in sugar. -------------- Lisa Just laugh about it....
dahayz Posts: 794 Joined: 2002/05/08	2003/04/18, 08:14 AM And, dried fruit is usually fried in coconut oil. Not good either.