Anahad O’Connor, interviewing Dr. Robert Lustig for the New York Times:
Q. A lot of the recipes in your book use fruit to add sweet flavors. Was this a way to limit refined sugar?
A. Exactly. People always say to me, “What about fruit? It has sugar.” But I have nothing against fruit, because it comes with its inherent fiber, and fiber mitigates the negative effects. The way God made it, however much sugar is in a piece of fruit, there’s an equal amount of fiber to offset it.
There’s only one notable exception: grapes. Grapes are just little bags of sugar. They don’t have enough fiber for the amount of sugar that’s in them. But I have nothing against real food, and that includes real fruit. Eat all the fruit you want. It’s only when you turn it into juice that I have a problem with it, because then it loses its fiber.
Hmm, interesting note about grapes.
I’ve always found that my weight tends to fluctuate with my mood much more so than with my diet.
Who’s with me on the “optimistic about the future” diet?