David Ghiyam

So the issue isn't necessarily the amount of fructose that a particular fruit contains. Bananas are about midway. Melons are higher. Watermelon, honeydew melon, cantaloupe are higher. There's a scale in terms of fructose consumption. One doesn't eat as many by mass, wouldn't eat as many blueberries perhaps as a big apple.

So the issue isn't necessarily the amount of fructose that a particular fruit contains. Bananas are about midway. Melons are higher. Watermelon, honeydew melon, cantaloupe are higher. There's a scale in terms of fructose consumption. One doesn't eat as many by mass, wouldn't eat as many blueberries perhaps as a big apple.

But having said that, our small intestine can handle about five grams of fructose at a time. Time is an important operative word. Why? Because when you're chugging a glass of orange juice or Dr. Pibb or whatever it may be, you're bombarding your digestive system with a huge fructose load, far more than it can handle. Like a rush of it. That's right, a rush.

But having said that, our small intestine can handle about five grams of fructose at a time. Time is an important operative word. Why? Because when you're chugging a glass of orange juice or Dr. Pibb or whatever it may be, you're bombarding your digestive system with a huge fructose load, far more than it can handle. Like a rush of it. That's right, a rush.

And it's far more than your small intestine can process, which is about five grams at any given moment. You don't eat all the fructose or consume all the fructose in an apple You don't chug an apple. Right. It takes time. You've got to chew it. You've got to swallow it. But you do drink a glass of orange juice or apple juice quickly.

And it's far more than your small intestine can process, which is about five grams at any given moment. You don't eat all the fructose or consume all the fructose in an apple You don't chug an apple. Right. It takes time. You've got to chew it. You've got to swallow it. But you do drink a glass of orange juice or apple juice quickly.

Not only that, but an apple contains fiber that slows the release, the absorption of fructose. It also contains vitamin C, which is relevant because the downstream consequence of ingesting higher amounts of fructose is the creation of uric acid, which affects your metabolic state in a negative way. But vitamin C helps to offset that by augmenting your ability to excrete uric acid.

Not only that, but an apple contains fiber that slows the release, the absorption of fructose. It also contains vitamin C, which is relevant because the downstream consequence of ingesting higher amounts of fructose is the creation of uric acid, which affects your metabolic state in a negative way. But vitamin C helps to offset that by augmenting your ability to excrete uric acid.

So eat the apple or two a day, keep the doctor away, but don't drink the apple juice. Or if you do, water it down.

So eat the apple or two a day, keep the doctor away, but don't drink the apple juice. Or if you do, water it down.

Well, it's not ideal. Is it better than processed fruit or sugars, though? I would say yes for the reasons that you delineated. The fiber, the vitamin C, the other nutrients, the bioflavonoids, the polyphenols, you name it. But if you're going to do that, then pace yourself, eat it slowly.

Well, it's not ideal. Is it better than processed fruit or sugars, though? I would say yes for the reasons that you delineated. The fiber, the vitamin C, the other nutrients, the bioflavonoids, the polyphenols, you name it. But if you're going to do that, then pace yourself, eat it slowly.

This morning with my breakfast, I asked for a bowl of fruit and the hotel brought, it was massive, this bowl of fruit. And at the end, the waiter asked me, well, do you want to box this up? Because you left two thirds of it. I said, no, I didn't really want to do that. So what did I have for breakfast this morning?

This morning with my breakfast, I asked for a bowl of fruit and the hotel brought, it was massive, this bowl of fruit. And at the end, the waiter asked me, well, do you want to box this up? Because you left two thirds of it. I said, no, I didn't really want to do that. So what did I have for breakfast this morning?

I had three eggs over easy, a garden salad for breakfast, who knew, with a side order of olive oil. A lot of fiber. A lot of fiber, a lot of good fat, and what turned out to be a very small bowl of fruit because I didn't eat it. And two cups of black coffee with allulose sugar in it, which acts as a GLP-1 agonist.

I had three eggs over easy, a garden salad for breakfast, who knew, with a side order of olive oil. A lot of fiber. A lot of fiber, a lot of good fat, and what turned out to be a very small bowl of fruit because I didn't eat it. And two cups of black coffee with allulose sugar in it, which acts as a GLP-1 agonist.

It means it stimulates the GLP-1 receptor in a positive way, as the natural GLP-1 produced in the body from the L cells in the small intestine would do. acts in a similar way as the GLP-1 ozempic-like drugs. They're all considered GLP-1 agonists. What is GLP-1?

It means it stimulates the GLP-1 receptor in a positive way, as the natural GLP-1 produced in the body from the L cells in the small intestine would do. acts in a similar way as the GLP-1 ozempic-like drugs. They're all considered GLP-1 agonists. What is GLP-1?

So this is a hormone that regulates things like appetite, regulates the emptying of the stomach, acts centrally in the brain to regulate how much food we consume, and even has a role in terms of how insulin does its job in the body as well.

So this is a hormone that regulates things like appetite, regulates the emptying of the stomach, acts centrally in the brain to regulate how much food we consume, and even has a role in terms of how insulin does its job in the body as well.