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Read that fiber in fruit's skin moderates the fruit's impact on blood sugar.would this be true for eating fruits like litchi,etc where skin's removed?
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Fiber is essential: You are quite right. Fiber in fruit modifies the way that sugar is handled in the body
Answered 6/8/2015
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