About Dried Fruit and Fruit Juice

I am often asked about the value of having these two items in your diet. Avoid dried fruits, including raisins, craisins, dried cherries, and dried blueberries. Dried fruits are often treated with additives, and they are overly concentrated in calories and fruit sugar, which can play havoc with your blood sugar. They are not as filling as raw fruits, so they do little to curb hunger.

Choose whole fruit over fruit juice. Fruit juice contains no fiber and therefore does little to help control your appetite or make you feel full. What's more, fruit juice is a concentrated source of fruit sugar and is thus liable to send your blood sugar soaring.