New report finds heavy metals in 45 popular fruit juices

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24. I probably eat too much fruit.

I don't have a problem with glucose...yet. But I should probably cut down. As for medical providers, they are not nutritionists. I've heard misinformation from them before, although I'm sure they must know what makes their patients react.

They are right that fruit has sugars. But, which food has a high glycemic number can be deceptive.

White bread (70 or so) has a higher Glycemic index number than sugar (around 68). A carrot (in the high 40s) has a higher GI than an apple (high 30s). Starchy foods are among the worst (white bread, popcorn, potato, rice). Also, the fiber in the fruits slows down digestion and lessens the effect of the sugars. As does eating protein with them. (But I guess you know all this, since you are pre-diabetic!)

You have a chance to roll the pre-diabetes back, is what I've read. To stop it from progressing, and to roll it back, by a change in lifestyle. My brother has diabetes. When he was pre-diabetic, he took medicine for it, but I didn't notice that he changed his lifestyle, so it progressed to diabetes. I was hoping it wouldn't.

The problem with foods in the U.S. has gotten so bad. Every year something comes to light about some processed food that is harmful, whether it's people dying from lettuce, or being contaminated from orange juice. What the heck is going on?