Come with me to Whole Foods to find healthy food 🤗 - Britt and I made a quick stop to grab some essentials for Mia and for the house. We found some quick grab n go’s, some healthy options and managed to get a few reviews in that ya’ll requested. - Important to note when it comes to fruit: fructose when it’s in fruit isn’t bad for us. The fiber forms a latticework along the walls of the intestines and prevents the absorption of the fructose into the intestinal cells. - However, the fructose we find in packaged foods is made from dextrose ( which is very close to glucose) which in turn is made from corn starch using a process called corn wet milling. There is a refinement process and the resulting product that we see in process foods causes separation of the tight junctions of cells that make up our intentional walls. This allows the sewage in our intestines to leach into the rest of our bodies. - Is a small amount dangerous? Not really. It’s the continual consumption and the fact that fructose runs rampant in many packed foods that leads higher amounts in our diet. - The less overall ingestion, unless it comes directly from fruit, the better for longevity. - Remember, I never judge your choices and life is about balance☺️🥰 - Details in my profile for my one on one fitness and nutrition coaching… – Or go to coachgabbi.com. – Happy shopping! - Not a paid partnership…with anyone - ever. - #healthy #healthyfood #nutrition - Referenced studies and additional educational material on fructose: - Febbraio MA, Karin M. "Sweet death": Fructose as a metabolic toxin that targets the gut-liver axis. Cell Metab. 2021 Dec 7;33(12):2316-2328. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2021.09.004. Epub 2021 Oct 6. PMID: 34619076; PMCID: PMC8665123. - Kawabata K, Kanmura S, Morinaga Y, Tanaka A, Makino T, Fujita T, Arima S, Sasaki F, Nasu Y, Tanoue S, Hashimoto S, Ido A. A high‑fructose diet induces epithelial barrier dysfunction and exacerbates the severity of dextran sulfate sodium‑induced colitis. Int J Mol Med. 2019 Mar;43(3):1487-1496. doi: 10.3892/ijmm.2018.4040. Epub 2018 Dec 31. PMID: 30628636. - Sellmann C, Priebs J, Landmann M, Degen C, Engstler AJ, Jin CJ, Gärttner S, Spruss A, Huber O, Bergheim I. Diets rich in fructose, fat or fructose and fat alter intestinal barrier function and lead to the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease over time. J Nutr Biochem. 2015 Nov;26(11):1183-92. doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2015.05.011. Epub 2015 Jun 16. PMID: 26168700. - Microbiol Spectr. 2023 Mar-Apr; 11(2): e04698-22. Published online 2023 Jan 31. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.04698-22 PMCID: PMC10100858PMID: 36719201 Disruption of the Intestinal Mucosal Barrier Induced by High Fructose and Restraint Stress Is Regulated by the Intestinal Microbiota and Microbiota Metabolites Jiayu Yu, a Tianlong Liu, a Qingyun Guo, b Zixu Wang, aYaoxing Chen, a and Yulan Dong - Further education on fructose: Huberman Lab’s Podcast December 18, 2023 Dr. Robert Lustig: How Sugar & Processed Foods Impact Your Health - @gabbituft