badger
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You are confusing a number of concepts. First of all, most fruits are made up mostly of carbs - Foods in general have 3 main components - carbs, fat and protein. carbs can be broken into different groups such as simple or complex. 1 gram of carbs contains 4 calories, 1 gram of protein contains 4 calories and 1 gram of fat contains 9 calories. Eating more calories than you burn - no matter whether they are from carbs, fat or protein will cause you to gain weight.
chobo219
You should do some research on glycemic index (GI). it's true that fruits have simple carbs, but you need to look at how the carbs affect your blood sugar level.
Here's an example: an apple has a GI of 58. This is very modest and will have a steady blood glucose effect. A cup of long grain white rice (a common food on the bodybuilder's menu) has a GI of 109. This is extremely high and will cause a sharp rise in blood glucose levels. Here you have a simple carbohydrate that has a much less effect on increasing blood sugar than a complex carbohydrate.
The above information would certainly indicate that long grain white rice would have a much greater chance of promoting fat gain than the simple carbohydrates from an apple.
The lesson to be learned here is that the differences in carbohydrates goes far beyond simple and complex. It's how these carbohydrates effect blood sugar that tells the real story. So don't worry about eating/snacking on fruit...unless you eat them nonstop throughout the day. =]
Quackles
Yes. If you eat excess calories of ANYTHING including fruit, the body converts it and stores it as fat.
jaemers24
Anything that doesn't burn off eventually turns into sugar(carbs) which will turn into fat while you sleep.
strongrock24
nope fruit makes u loose weight
trust me ive expierenced dieting on fruits