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Why am I afraid of fruit?
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From the cartoony picture, it kind of looks like this:
I put that on facebook a couple of years ago after a mystifying nature walk and found out it was a "hedge apple", "horse apple," or "osage orange."
No, a hedge apple is not the same as a sugar apple. I live in southern IA where there a lot of hedge apples - nobody wants them and everyone who has them is always trying to get rid of them. People will bring bags full into work and hand them out. Some suckers will take them because they think they can put them around their foundation and keep insects out. I don't know anyone who has ever eaten one.
Here is some interesting information on them: http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/1997/10-10-1997/hedgeapple.html1 -
Just learned that the 1 large banana in my AM green smoothie is self-sabotage... will be using only 1/2 a banana until the last couple are gone and then not buying again. Darn it!2
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midcitycat wrote: »Just learned that the 1 large banana in my AM green smoothie is self-sabotage... will be using only 1/2 a banana until the last couple are gone and then not buying again. Darn it!
@Midcitycat - you can actually cut them into quarters or whatever size, freeze them, then use them slower if you want.1 -
KnitOrMiss wrote: »midcitycat wrote: »Just learned that the 1 large banana in my AM green smoothie is self-sabotage... will be using only 1/2 a banana until the last couple are gone and then not buying again. Darn it!
@Midcitycat - you can actually cut them into quarters or whatever size, freeze them, then use them slower if you want.
Good idea - thank you! Would not want them to go to waste.1 -
It makes me sad how high in carbs rambutan is. I grew up eating that stuff and I would always beg my mom to buy some, as they were expensive.
It took me years to learn what they were really called - I grew up calling them 'hairy fruit'.0 -
petunia773 wrote: »KnitOrMiss wrote: »Apples are one of the worst fruits for me, personally, as I always feel hungrier after eating them, and if you keep the portion size reasonable (I think I've been told that 1/4-1/2 apple is doable on higher carb limit form of LCHFMP (not low carb low fat - I'm hoping that's a typo!!), you might be able to do it.
Personally, I aim for lower sugar fruits, and stay away from ones with fructose at all....
http://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/fruits
The main reasons that I personally am somewhat scared of fruits is that my body doesn't process a banana any differently than it would a candy bar, and for me, these have to remain a rare treat (aside from berries), as any real dessert should be... It becomes a slippery slope for me of cravings and sugars and all that mess...
So, you may be able to eat apples, but you may not. Personally, I'd say at the lower carb end of that spectrum.
I agree! I found when I did eat apples when I was just counting calories and not watching carbs, apples definitely made me hungrier for whatever reason and I'm not diabetic or insulin sensitive that I know of...never been diagnosed with any of that.
Apples contain enzymes that will aid in digestion. That's probably why you feel hungry after eating one. I used to eat them if I was REALLY full right before bedtime, because they will help you break down foods in a hurry.0 -
When I eat fruit at all (besides savory ones, but most people aren't talking about savory fruit when they say "fruit") it's in the evening and paired with a good amount of fat - berries with heavy cream or half and half, apples (a small one, preferably tart) with either cheese or peanut butter. I find if I go to bed shortly after, and increase in appetite is not noticed, but if I eat those types of things in the morning, I'm hungrier all day long. But, yes, you can have fruit, even sweet fruit. Pair it with something, watch the timing, and keep the portion small.3
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I have noticed when I have days with fruit in, I tend to feel hungrier by the evening than days where I am mainly carnivorous - so I am going to make sure I limit any fruit (including berries) to an occasional treat3
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KnitOrMiss wrote: »http://www.lowcarbsosimple.com/guest-post-strawberry-cheesecake-fat-bombs/
Easy thing for me is 1 block cream cheese, 1 stick butter, both at room temp, splash vanilla, puree strawberries, sweeten to taste.
I made these using the recipe from @KnitOrMiss and just had one. It will take a team of wild horses to keep me from having another. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Hint: I don't have a silicone ice cube tray so I used the bottom of a Styrofoam egg carton (18 egg size) and it worked perfectly.
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If you want to take the natural sugar carbs out of any fruit, do this:
Buy or make Kombucha
Add fruit to it, dice up into small pieces (size of a penny or less)
add a small amount of cinnamon (1/4 teaspoon)
Let it ferment for 2-3 days
drink the kombucha, eat the apples
The bacteria in the Kombucha will eat the natural sugars out of it. The longer you let it ferment, the less sweet they are. A week will make it tart. Still tastes good. It actually makes the fruit "fizzy" because the fermentation process makes carbon dioxide gas (carbonation). I ate an apple done this way today.
Warning, it may form a SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria & yeast) on the drink, just take a fork and sift/scoop it out. You can eat the SCOBY, but the texture is slimy.
I've done pineapple, honey crisp apples, strawberries, and other fruits this way.
I hope this helps,
Dan the Man from Michigan
Keto / The Recipe Water Fasting / E.A.S.Y. Exercise Program
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Whoa. That sounds like something to try.
Do you have a tried and true method of making kombucha at home?0 -
I'm terrified of fruit. Much more than of sugar per se. Sugar, I can control. I'll have a crustless cheesecake or a chocolate mousse, with real sugar, and it's a small quantity and I enjoy it and that's it. Fruit starts with a few berries, quickly goes to some berries, lots of berries, half an apple, a whole apple, two or three apples and whatever other fruits looked "healthy" and I had the unfortunate idea of taking home.
I have absolutely no fruit self control, that was my favorite food before and this woe hasn't changed its appeal. The only difference is that I now know that it'll take me a month or more to recover from a fruit spree.
Actually I think my self control has slipped. Last Summer I had fruits from a friend's orchard and kept it at sensible quantities, this year I just want to eat all the fruits.
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KetoGirl83 wrote: »Actually I think my self control has slipped. Last Summer I had fruits from a friend's orchard and kept it at sensible quantities, this year I just want to eat all the fruits.
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Arrrr, sounds like scurvy to me!
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Now I'm craving cherries.0
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