Is fruit a fast burning carb, or slow?

[alex2363]

Just eat the fruit and stop worrying about the "speed" of the carb. It makes no difference to overall body composition. What does matter is overall caloric intake for body weight and macronutrient consumption for body composition. Please refer to the stickies for more info.

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[alex2363]

The speed of the carb burn is absolulty important and calorie counting has proven to be less effective when trying to achieve lean body mass. Depending on the level of activity as well as what your trying to achieve calorie requirments vary drastically. not to mention that you can achieve the same amount of calories from a McDonald's big mac as a you can a healthy chicken breast dinner which would you argue is healthier? The chicken dinner served with leafy greens and a side of beans contains a high number of complex carbohydrates AKA slow burning which will keep you full for longer and provide a consitant blood sugar level (no spike in insuline will result in less of the carbohydrates being stored as fat as well) aka a consistant level of energy. To answer the original question it depends on the fruit, the majority of fruit is high in fiber making the carbohydrates complex A.K.A slow burning however some fruits are faster burning such as bananas (high in protein though so also beneficial depending on the situation). hope this helped.

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