Experts said that dried fruit is healthy and not just giant sugar bomb.
Time shared that shriveled dried fruits are actually healthy, however always bear in mind that drying fruits also shrinks everything about it which include how much of the food you should reasonable let yourself eat. "If you remove the water from fresh fruits, it will reduce the serving size to about 75 percent," Texas Children's Hospital's Senior Clinical Dietitian Kristi King said. In other words, that smaller serving size can make dried fruit easy to overeat.
For example, you get a measly number of raisins, which is also known as dried grapes, in a serving. Those 1.5 ounce boxes at the bottom of your bag is one serving whereas a serving is a whole cup if you are eating fresh grapes.
Dietitian Kristin Kirkpatrick of Cleveland Clinic's Wellness Institute said that the spookiest part of overeating dried fruit is all the sugar. As a matter of fact, that Halloween box of raisins has 25 grams of sugar. "You just can't justify the added stress on the body to process such large amounts of sugar at one time, or the inflammation roller coaster that occurs on a high-sugar diet," she said.
Other experts also agree that you should not eat dried fruits which contain added sugar. Hence, you should always check the ingredient list to make sure. "When the native sugar of the fruit is combined with extra added sugar, you are now in the realm of candy," David Katz, MD, director of the Yale University Prevention Research Center, said. "Dried fruit is convenient, portable and durable, so it is a staple in my travel snack pack," he added.
Dried fruit is actually great and is a high-quality source of fiber. In fact, the box of raisins has 1.6 grams of fiber which can be a lot easier to eat than the whole cup of grapes you would need to get the same amount.
