Why Fruit May Be Holding You Back

cbevan1229

i would advise cut back on smoking, alcohol, and drugs.

Oh crap, you mean my drugs are making me fat, too? :sad:

dodgersprincess

If God didn't want us to eat fruit, he would not have have created it.

itgeekwoman

I love my raspberries, blue berries and strawberries. That's my sugar fix for the week!! Eating whole natural foods includes fruits and berries in moderation like everything else. I just had 2 cups of strawberries which is most of my sugars for the day. Tomorrow I get blueberries life is good!

jillbeanschoop

Ugh, I quoted and then hit post accidentally. Anyway, I agree about Glucose and sugar, etc. Basically, all carbs are turned into glucose (a form of sugar) in your body. Our bodies need glucose to function. Fruit are carbs, pasta is a carb, sugar is a carb (candy, sugared ice cream, etc.) and certain starchy vegetables are carbs (corn, peas, squash). As a diabetic, the important thing is to moderate your carbs. For women, that's 45-60 grams per meal and 15-30 grams per snack. You need carbs (which become sugar in the body) but too much at a time can cause a crazy mess when it comes to the insulin levels in your body. Have some carbs with every meal, which includes fruit, but keep it in check. Eat food, not too much, mostly plants :-) I do believe that is simple and decent motto.

dodgersprincess

I believe in the Bible diets. God Created Fruit. The only time fruit was a wrong choice was when man let sin in the world.

tigersword

"Glucose is the form of sugar that travels in your bloodstream to fuel the mitochondrial furnaces responsible for your brain power. Glucose is the only fuel normally used by brain cells. Because neurons cannot store glucose, they depend on the bloodstream to deliver a constant supply of this precious fuel.

This blood sugar is obtained from carbohydrates: the starches and sugars you eat in the form of grains and legumes, fruits and vegetables. (The only animal foods containing a significant amount of carbohydrates are dairy products.) "

Deny the body carbs and simple sugars and you deny the brain the ability to function properly. The correct way is moderation, getting the recommended servings of fruit per day. Fitness and diet are all well and good, but you have to also think about the physiology of the body and what each system requires to function.

Well, yes and no. While glucose is needed for brain function, the brain can function on ketones as well. Also, glucose can be manufactured from protein and fat through gluconeogenesis, so technically, you don't need carbs. Eating carbs does have the advantage of being more efficient than gluconeogenesis, as well as allowing the body to use protein and fat for the things it needs them for, rather than converting them to glucose.

Romans624

Right now I'm low carbing, and walking for exercise. I notice if I have fruit, esp something like banannas, I won't lose weight. I don't eat a ton, so I don't gain, but at my weight I should still lose.

So for now, I try to keep fruit occasional, but it is hard since everything is in season right now. Go into the grocery store and smell the berries, peaches, and more so delicious! lol. I do suspect that once I get a lot of weight off, and start strenght training with muscle building and all that, when I up my calories I can have fruit a bit more.

AlmstHvn

Terry's Chocolate Oranges will ALWAYS be on my "safe to eat" list. Always.
Always.

OP - Thanks for that finely researched piece, I had no idea fruit could be so worthless, or even sabotage my weight loss journey. Rest assured I shall be sticking to good old honest McD's, pizza, and KFC from this point. (Btw - can I still eat Terry's Chocolate Oranges as part of my 5-a-day?)




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MissCheese

I've lost nearly 47 pounds eating a lot of fruit.

Gizziemoto

Eat and enjoy like everything in moderation. When you cannot have fruits or veggies you really miss them.

mtaylor33557

Terry's Chocolate Oranges will ALWAYS be on my "safe to eat" list. Always.
Always.

OP - Thanks for that finely researched piece, I had no idea fruit could be so worthless, or even sabotage my weight loss journey. Rest assured I shall be sticking to good old honest McD's, pizza, and KFC from this point. (Btw - can I still eat Terry's Chocolate Oranges as part of my 5-a-day?)




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Oh, I haven't seen one of those in forever!! Now I want one!

escloflowneCHANGED

Water will also make you gain weight....It's true! I once drank 1/2 a gallon of water, I gained 4lbs. I gave up water that day!

I believe in the Bible diets. God Created Fruit. The only time fruit was a wrong choice was when man let sin in the world.

I just got in trouble for being on the internet at work because I had an audible laugh lol

WaterBunnie

There'll be a thread on why we shouldn't drink water tomorrow....

ahamm002

Given that the vast majority if epidemiology studies have demonstrated that all types of fruit are associated with longer life, you'd have to be pretty stupid to avoid them for health reasons!

And where else do you want to get your carbs? Do anyone actually still think that bread is healthier than fruit? The glycemic load of most fruits actually isn't that bad b/c of all the fiber they have. And then there is the massive amount of vitamins, antioxidants, etc that you'd be missing w/o fruit.

The fructose in fruit may possibly be an issue for professional bodybuilders with 6% body fat trying to get down to 3%. Otherwise it's completely irrelevant.

valorieflowers

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RuthieCass

There always has to be some "villain food," holding us back from our inner, skinny, healthy selves, isn't there? It used to be fats. Now it's carbs or, more specifically, sugars. I think it's ridiculous to blame sugars (even simple sugars) for making us fat. It's even more ridiculous to demonize sugar from fruit. We got fat because we ate too much in general, not just too much sugar (or carbs).

Just check out this professor, losing weight on a diet rich in Hostess cakes and Twinkies: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html

bm99

This sounds like a lot of crape mixed with a little junk science to me.

TheOriginalGinging

Okay.......so what do I believe? I've been eating a lot of fruit because I thought it was good for me. I usually eat two plums and a nectarine and maybe a peach every day. Is that too much? Even if it is, I KNOW it's better than what I was eating before...

Check out myplate.gov--it will give proper portion for BALANCED NUTRITION! Very important. I'm 51 and should have 1.5 cups of fruit a day. I always choose fresh.

Erica27511

I am not doing WW, but I do know they tell you that you don't have to count your fruits. If your theory is true then how do you explain that? Just curious.

vsmurrow

Shut up.


Shut up forever.

LALOCHA34

This is fine with me, I am not a fan of fruit! I actually ate some today..ugh. Where are my veggies!

Enigmatica

I'm a big berry eater because they fit my nutritional goals so well, and I'm in a healthy weight range so not in any hurry to lose the last 2 pounds. But any time I've wanted to speed things up I've found that cutting fruit AND grains usually does the trick quite nicely. Then I go back to my regularly scheduled programming.

taso42

One time I was accosted by a bunch of bananas. They held me down, drugged me. I woke up pants unbuttoned. It was a horrible experience, one I will never forget. As revenge I have vowed to eat one of their kind every single day. F U, bananas. F. U.

LesterBlackstone

LOL.

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LesterBlackstone

One time I was accosted by a bunch of bananas. They held me down, drugged me. I woke up pants unbuttoned. It was a horrible experience, one I will never forget. As revenge I have vowed to eat one of their kind every single day. F U, bananas. F. U.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piWCBOsJr-w

CoderGal

One time I was accosted by a bunch of bananas. They held me down, drugged me. I woke up pants unbuttoned. It was a horrible experience, one I will never forget. As revenge I have vowed to eat one of their kind every single day. F U, bananas. F. U.

Bananas in your pajamas? :P

happyfeetrebel1

I believe in the Bible diets. God Created Fruit. The only time fruit was a wrong choice was when man let sin in the world.

LOL..there are an awful lot of things that God 'created' that you just wouldn't wanna eat.

cbevan1229

LOL.

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Ah. <backing away.>

Sarauk2sf

LOL.

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BaconMD

The issue with fruit is not the amount of calories that we get from it, but the quality of them.

I import all of my calories from China. I know they're lower quality, but they're a lot cheaper.