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You may have heard it before, but it's worth repeating: You are what you eat. If you're eating a lot of junk food, you're going to feel like junk. But if you're eating healthy, you'll feel great. When it comes to working out, getting in shape – and remaining as such – helps boost your metabolism, burns fat, and builds muscle. However, to do that, you need to eat the right foods to support your workouts and help your body recover after a tough workout session.

Macronutrients are dietary requirements that your body needs in large amounts. There are three main types: protein, carbohydrates and fat.

The sugars found in fruit are fructose, glucose, and sucrose. Fructose and glucose are monosaccharides, the basic building block of any carbohydrate. Sucrose is a disaccharide, composed of 2 monosaccharides. A sucrose molecule is composed of one molecule each of fructose and glucose.

Poor nutrition, as in eating too much added sugar, can easily ruin all the hard work someone puts in at the gym. Sugar is in just about everything we eat and drink.