Hey, it's Lundy and it's Jess and you're listening to the Food Heaven Podcast, your online resource

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Hi, thanks for taking my question.

I was wondering about the sugar found in fruit.

I always thought that it was perfectly fine to have as much fruit as I wanted because

the sugar found in fruit is natural as opposed to processed or refined.

But now I've heard that maybe it's not as good or okay as I thought it was.

So I was wondering if you could explain a little bit about the differences between sugar

found in fruit and refined sugar and if there is such a thing as having too much fruit

and too much sugar in fruit.

Thank you.

Listen, I thank you so much for sending us your question.

If you haven't already heard, we're starting a Q&A section on our podcast and you can

record your questions right into the podcast page on our website and we'll record our

reply into a mini episode.

So you can also do it on your phone where you record a voice note and then you can email

it to us and either Jess or me, Wendy, you will reply.

Okay, so now to answer your question, what's up with the sugar in fruit?

Well, the main sugar in fruit is called fruit toast and although fruits come loaded with

numerous health benefits, we should still be mindful of how much fruit we're eating.

So we typically recommend two to four servings of fruit each day and if you're not as active

or you're mindful of the amount of calories you're taking in or you have lower calorie

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