Is Fruit Salad Good For You?

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  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    Fruit salad? Oh yeah!

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    My kind of salad!

    OP, just read the label if you're buying commercially prepared stuff, go for brands that use fruit juice rather than syrup or (even better) buy fresh fruit and make your own, especially when you can get locally grown fruits in season.
  • ksy1969
    ksy1969 Posts: 700 Member
    couldn't resist

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  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Speaking of fresh fruit salad, does anyone know how much the average fresh fruit salad (pineapple, strawberry, melon, etc.) is per cup? Some people say 60 and some say 200! I'm not sure what to go with for a solid average...

    Since you bumped an old thread, most people are going to respond to the OP and miss your question completely. Unfortunately, the only way to know for sure how many calories are in your fruit salad would be to measure each type of fruit individually and log it all into MFP to see what it adds up to. If you're making it at home that might be possible, but if you're purchasing something ready made that's harder to do. I generally select something like a "fruit cup" or "mixed fruit" when I'm traveling and need to log something and just want a best guess of the calories. Fruit salads often have dressings or other high calorie items mixed in, so choosing to use a different search terms gets me something closer to what I'm actually eating. It's always going to be a best guess, though.
  • Redneckgirll
    Redneckgirll Posts: 4 Member
    Am I sabotaging myself eating fruit for my snacks? Since I started eating fruit for snacks I'm way over my sugars everyday.
  • ksy1969
    ksy1969 Posts: 700 Member
    Am I sabotaging myself eating fruit for my snacks? Since I started eating fruit for snacks I'm way over my sugars everyday.

    If you are not a diabetic, then sugar is not an issue. Many of us don't even track our sugar or sodium intake.
  • Redneckgirll
    Redneckgirll Posts: 4 Member
    Thank you! I've been so good at tracking everything I eat and I get so frustrated when its time and I track my afternoon snack and I'm already way over my sugar goal but ending every day at about 1150 calories and everything else looks so good.

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