I don't discount fiber at all, I think it's woefully lacking in the modern diet. But the reality is that vegetables are far more nutritious and lack much of the sugar that fruit does. And I'll say this before I continue: carbs are broken down into glucose (sugar).
It's why if you're diabetic and controlling blood sugar is an issue, you have to watch your carbs as well. Fiber is a carb but one the body doesn't digest, and therefore doesn't affect your blood sugar level.
So my argument is again that if you eat fruit to replace potato chips and oreos, then it is certainly the healthier option. But fruits themselves are hardly healthy. If you want my recommendation, go Atkins and stick to meat, vegetables and fat.
Let me ask you this: what does a cup of strawberries give you that a cup of broccoli doesn't?
The less healthy a life I lead, the worse my mood.
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I don't discount fiber at all, I think it's woefully lacking in the modern diet. But the reality is that vegetables are far more nutritious and lack much of the sugar that fruit does. And I'll say this before I continue: carbs are broken down into glucose (sugar).
It's why if you're diabetic and controlling blood sugar is an issue, you have to watch your carbs as well. Fiber is a carb but one the body doesn't digest, and therefore doesn't affect your blood sugar level.
So my argument is again that if you eat fruit to replace potato chips and oreos, then it is certainly the healthier option. But fruits themselves are hardly healthy. If you want my recommendation, go Atkins and stick to meat, vegetables and fat.
Let me ask you this: what does a cup of strawberries give you that a cup of broccoli doesn't?