Naturally occurring compounds in fruits and honey mitigate negative sugar effects and prevent gut bacteria overgrowth.

“Historically, humans would never have consumed sugar without all of the other compounds in that strawberry. So, that strawberry is a complex food. It's not just sugar. It's red. It has it tastes right. There are thousands of components in that strawberry. Hundreds of different chemicals in that strawberry that your body is used to getting with that sugar. And whether it's strawberry or banana or orange or honey, any of these sugar containing foods that humans have historically consumed, these compounds prevent the overgrowth of bacteria in our gut.”