Lowest Sugar Fruits
This list surprised me a bit. I have always heard from body builders that cantaloupe was the lowest sugar fruit.
You can read the whole article here:
http://www.dailyspark.com/blog.asp?post=how_much_sugar_is_in_your_favorite_fruit
Want to know how some of your other favorite fruits stack up? Check out the chart below!
| Fruit (100 grams of edible portion) | Sugar Grams (4 grams = ~1 tsp) |
| Raspberries | 4.42 |
| Strawberries | 4.66 |
| Blackberries | 4.88 |
| Papaya | 5.90 |
| Watermelon | 6.20 |
| Grapefruit (pink) | 6.89 |
| Cantaloupe melon | 7.86 |
| Honeydew melon | 8.12 |
| Peaches | 8.39 |
| Kiwi | 8.99 |
| Apricots | 9.24 |
| Pineapple | 9.26 |
| Oranges | 9.35 |
| Pears | 9.80 |
| Plums | 9.92 |
| Blueberries | 9.96 |
| Apples | 10.39 |
| Bananas | 12.23 |
| Cherries (sweet) | 12.82 |
| Mango | 14.80 |
| Grapes | 16.25 |
| Figs | 16.26 |
| Pomegranate | 16.57 |
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, ''USDA Database for the Added Sugars Content of Selected Foods''
Just throwing in the mix that the riper the fruit typically the higher the sugar content- I think anyway. I noticed when I was looking up glycemic index stuff that mango changed depending on ripeness. Made sense, because it is much sweeter tasting when it is ripe. Thanks for the post!
At goal and looking to maintain now. My motto is "Just don't quit. No. Matter. What."
Lap Band 2006
VSG 2008
Yep -- the only fruits I'll eat right now are raspberries, blackberries and strawberries, and even then, not very many because I'm finding that just about every carb makes me want more -- even when I make green beans or other "good" carbs.
Since I'm not about to give up leafy greens and a few berries now and then (even for a die-hard low carber, that just doesn't make good nutritional sense to me!), I just eat then and deal with the the small cravings that get triggered!
Starting weight: 260; Surgery Weight: 250; Month 1: -15.6; Month 2: -11.8; Month 3: -11.4; Month 4: -7.4 Month 5: -8.6; Month 6: -3; Month 7 -3.8; Month 8 -7; Month 9: stall; Month 10: -4.4; Month 11: - 2.6; Month 12:-3.4
