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If you’ve heard you should avoid fruit to help lose weight or control diabetes, you received some bad advice. Pretty much everyone may benefit from including some fruit in their diet, even people limiting their sugar intake. The average adult should aim for about one and a half to two cups of fresh fruit daily. Canned and frozen fruits are okay too, but opt for brands that don’t contain any added sugar or syrups.
But what about the natural sugar in fruit? Does it count towards your daily sugar or carb allowance? Should you avoid extra-sweet options like mangoes and bananas? Madhuri Kakarala, MD, PhD, an internal medicine doctor from Mercy Health Saint Mary’s in Grand Rapids, MI, offers some insight into which fruits contain the most sugar, and which may be lower-sugar options for people with diabetes.
