Such a thing as too much fruit ?

raidgirl

Which are the good fruits to eat ? And the ones with too much sugar to avoid ?
Of course everything might be good in moderation.....

masaku_88

Unless your pulling a freelee the banana girl and chugging 10 banana smoothies every morning I'm sure your fruit intake is just fine. My weight loss is on track and im almost always over on my carbs and sugars from fruit intake. You should be fine.

masaku_88

Eat any fruit you want in moderation of course.

TeaBea

masaku_88 wrote: »

Eat any fruit you want in moderation of course.

This^

Yes, fruit has sugar but it also has fiber to slow down digestion. There is such a thing as too much fruit. Too much fruit can crowd out other nutritional components such as protein & fat.

If you are low on fiber, pick higher fiber fruit (raspberries, guava). If you have blood sugar issues pick lower glycemic fruits (cherries, grapefruit).

cwolfman13

All fruits are good fruits to eat. IMO, yes...there is such a thing as too much fruit. There's such a thing as too much of anything.

AnvilHead

If you're eating so much fruit as to crowd adequate other nutrients out of your diet, that's too much fruit. Otherwise, no.

lemurcat12

raidgirl wrote: »

Which are the good fruits to eat ? And the ones with too much sugar to avoid ?
Of course everything might be good in moderation.....

What fruits do you like? Those are the good ones to eat.

You don't need to avoid any fruits due to sugar, there's nothing to support that idea.

However, if you (for other reasons) are doing low carb, you may find it's hard to fit higher carb fruits into your diet in more than quite small amounts. Whether that's worth it to you depends on you.

My general test to see if you are eating too much fruit (assuming you are indeed eating a lot to start with):

Are you within your calories, are you satisfied and not hungry, are you getting enough protein, are you eating a good amount of and variety of vegetables (and not just eating fruit instead), are you including adequate sources of healthy fats in your diet. If so, you are fine.

Francl27

Fruit has typically no fat and pretty much no protein, so too much of it can be a bad thing if you don't meet your other goals.

ETA: 'typically' no fat. I am aware that avocados are fruit, lol.

Christine_72

In summer i eat around 800g-1kg of fruit everyday, mostly watermelon and cantaloupe. It's winter here now, they are still available but the prices have sky rocketed so i've had to reduce the amount a bit.

I bought 2 cantaloupes and 2 quarter watermelons the other day, for a grand total of $26 (AUD) I think i have a fruit addiction lol to pay those stupid prices!

To answer your question, I still hit my protein and fat goals so eating plenty of fruit isn't too much in that context. If my other macros were too low due to my fruit consumption, then yes, that would be too much fruit.

spdaphne

Yep! If you aim for 1-2 serving of fruit, that's good. Berries are low in carbs and sugars and won't spike your blood sugar like bananas can. I try to keep my energy level pretty even all day so as much as I love bananas, I need to watch my consumption.

lynn_glenmont

Francl27 wrote: »

Fruit has typically no fat and pretty much no protein, so too much of it can be a bad thing if you don't meet your other goals.

ETA: 'typically' no fat. I am aware that avocados are fruit, lol.

And olives

lynn_glenmont

AnvilHead wrote: »

If you're eating so much fruit as to crowd adequate other nutrients out of your diet, that's too much fruit. Otherwise, no.

This is the right answer.

livingleanlivingclean

AnvilHead wrote: »

If you're eating so much fruit as to crowd adequate other nutrients out of your diet, that's too much fruit. Otherwise, no.

This.

I mainly eat frozen berries because I like them. (I have a thing for frozen food). I love pineapple when it's in season and juicy and sweet. I also love stone fruit. Oranges bore me, and apples are ok - best suited to crumble

Apparently durian is nice, but I can't get past the smell so I wouldn't eat that.