Let's look at the plus side. Fruit makes a great natural laxative and can help satisfy a sweet tooth. And it's fat free. In addition, fruit is easy to obtain. We can have it fresh, canned, frozen, cooked, or as a juice.
Fruit also has fructose, commonly called fruit sugar.
That makes some people with diabetes wonder if this is a good choice for them. They have a valid concern, as far as it goes. Fruit does have a lot of fructose. But that's not the whole story. Fructose is a carbohydrate.