The thing about dried fruit…

Snacking away on some dried apricots are we? Feeling like you are on a one way train to your 5-a-day? Well before you devour the whole packet, let’s have a little chat about dried fruit. Whilst it is still fruit and therefore still good for you, you need to know that its sugar content is high (which we know if eaten in volume can be stored as fat…you don’t want your 5-a-day to turn into a pound-a-day, you dig?). It’s high in sugar because dried fruit has all of the water taken out of it, leaving you with a little bundle of sugar. Good for your sweet tooth, bad for your sweet ass! Fresh fruit still has its water content and as such is less dense in sugar. But us girls know that even eating fresh fruit requires a little protein to slow down the rate of absorption of sugar into the bloodstream. Sing it,”protein keeps you lean!!”. So if you find yourself reaching for the fruit bowl or some dried fruit, keep the portion of the dried fruit down and accompany it with some nuts, simples.

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