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 Are fruits COmplex carbs... like Bannanas
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| Author | Topic: Are fruits COmplex carbs... like Bannanas | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder 
Posts: 81 |
and apples and such, just curious, thanks. Gettinbig2     | ||
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Cool Novice 
Posts: 21 |
No they are simple carb use them with moderation or u will add fat. | ||
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Elite Bodybuilder 
Posts: 803 |
Yes body72 is right,they are simple CHO... | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
Posts: 62 |
Yes - They are simple carbs, but they will NOT make you fat !!!!!!!!!! That is pure bull crap !!!! Calories above your maintenance level that are not used for energy are turned to fat !!!!!!!!! | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
Posts: 177 |
it is easy to get fat on fruit. It contains a lot of fructose and sucrose. It is like eating candy with a multivitamin and a bit of soluable fibre added. Think about it a bear will only eat fruit right before he goes into hibernation to build up his fat stores. Fruit = sugar = shit. | ||
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Novice 
Posts: 6 |
how much is too much? for say a 170 bro??? | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
Posts: 256 |
yes you will get fat because of the sugar content | ||
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Cool Novice
Posts: 46 |
As already stated by others,fruit is not a cmplex carb.It contains the natural sugar fructose.Fructose is not a great carb 4 us ironheads because it is easily turned into fat as it passes through the liver.Stay away from it when trying to get lean.It is best to eat it 4 breakfast if u must have it.It is also not a particularly good carb to carb up w/. ------------------ | ||
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Elite Bodybuilder
Posts: 803 |
FRUCTOSE IS NOT EASILY TURNED INTO FAT!!!!!!!!!! For a CHO to be turned into fat is a long process that doesnt' happen often. It can and does happen sometimes, but most of your CHO gets oxidized, and your fat will get stored... Yes its simple sugars, but what do y'all think complex CHO gets turned into in the body???(everything gets broken down to simple sugars)But Fruits and complex CHO are both important to us. The key is moderation. | ||
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Elite Bodybuilder
Posts: 1360 |
Carbs DO NOT make you fat, contrary to popular beleif. An excess of CALORIES do...Period...end of story. A restriction in CALORIES, not neccessarily carbs is what causes weight loss. If you restrict your calories to the point where you are burning more than you are consuming you will loose body weight...even if all you ate was carbohydrate. Fruits are good carb sources. Just like any other food though, if you over eat them, you will be adding additional un-needed calories...That is what causes the weight gain. | ||
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Pro Bodybuilder 
Posts: 386 |
fructose is good because it has a low GI,but only good to an extent,too much of it,for example using it as the carb source for your meal replacment will overlaod the livers ability to metabolize it ,this causes the liver to convert it to palmitate,your body can only handle so much fructose at one time,i am not sure if this applies to just one sitting though or the whole day,and im not sure on how much is too much,but i just know using fructose as your carb source in a meal replacement(eg 30g 3 times a day) is too much,i hope someone who knows will clear this up for me | ||
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Cool Novice
Posts: 15 |
when you are talking about sugars and getting fat. Some are going to effect you differently. You don't want your blood sugar levels to crash. Do a search for a glecimic index chart sorry about the spelling. All fruits are different. | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
Posts: 84 |
too much fructose will make you gain weight so if thats wut your lookin for...eat lots of fruit!! | ||
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Pro Bodybuilder
Posts: 386 |
i use to do that my soph year of h.s, after every meal i would eat a banana or 2 bananas till i felt extremely full i think and it did help me gain weight ( over time of course not just in one day,noticalbe results) | ||
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Cool Novice
Posts: 46 |
Too anyone who thinks that fruit is not easily turned into fat,in most cases,u r wrong.Fructose is not easily stored as glycogen and is not handled well by most.Since it is not a great fuel 4 liver or muscle glycogen,it it converted into tryglycerides more easily than other carbs,despite being low on the glycemic index.Also,the majority of people in this country r insulin insensitive,so if u don't watch your carbs u will not get lean.Of course there r exceptions,however,with all the competitors I have ever coached,they all looked better after removing fruit from the diet...in terms of bodyfat%.Remember that protein and fat r essential nutrients,carbs r not! ------------------ |
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posted February 28, 2001 11:34 AM