Why do people cut out fruit?

SpaceFanMomma

When I was deployed a few years ago, my coworker would practically chew me out everytime I ate any fruit, carrots, or other "bad" items. I wanted to yell at him to shut the hell up, but he outranked me and I would have been in big trouble. Needless to say, I still lost weight and the sweetness in the fruit kept my sugar cravings in check. I just can't live ina world where I have to cut out entire subsets of food.

UponThisRock

General recommendations from nutrition gurus are:
1. Fruits are good but veggies are way better
2. Lower the fruits intake as much as you can
3. If you have to eat them, then eat them in the morning

1->2->3

By "nutrition gurus," you must mean idiots.

leanmachinedream

As far as I know I don't have any medical issues preventing fruit from being properly digested or making me tired.

I just can't live ina world where I have to cut out entire subsets of food.

Neither can I. I'm capable of spending the majority of my week eating healthy but if I couldn't have a kiwi, a slice of pizza, or my homemade cookie-brownie-oreo-fudge tower..well that would just be a sad life.

I'm trying to keep my sugar intake under 25 grams. I go over. A lot. It's hard to say if that's preventing any weight loss because I've only really just started trying to get my eating and exercise in a healthy range.

rml_16

Everything in moderation. :-)

I eat fruit daily. I lost 34 pounds in 12 weeks doing so. But some people are more sensitive to carbs and any kind of sugar, so it's all a matter of what works for YOU.

rml_16

General recommendations from nutrition gurus are:
1. Fruits are good but veggies are way better
2. Lower the fruits intake as much as you can
3. If you have to eat them, then eat them in the morning

1->2->3

By "nutrition gurus," you must mean idiots.

I think I need you to be my personal MFP translator. It pays in fruits.

I1ahunt

The reason people cut out fruit is the same reason people do 1000 crunches a day...it worked for someone else.

Bottom line is the human body processes different "sugars" differentally....Fructose, which comes from fruits is broken down by the body more slowly and is converted into glycogen......"Table Sugar" is made up of fructose and glucose.......your body uses glucose to fuel energy needs......if the body detects to much glucose it converts it to glycogen which it stores for near term energy requirements.....if the body detects to much glycogen....it converts it to FAT.......normally people who cut out fruit are trying to "shred", "cut" or "rip" either for personal astetics or for competitions.


My 2 cents, based on research,education and experience...but I have been wrong about other things and I am sure someone will disagree.

There is only person that can figure out if something is right for your diet/health plan/workout regime............YOU!

robinogue

Because people don't make the distinction between natural sugars (fruit) and refined sugars (processed foods). There is a very important difference in my opinion.

exactly! natural sugar (fruit) isn't bad but people see that negative red number next to sugar when they enter their foods and panic thinking it's bad. If anything I eat more fruit and yes that number always stays negative and red :smooched:

MaximalLife

Serious here..
Any diet, program or guru who claims fruits are bad?
Don't walk; RUN!
That's just bad, bad, bad advice all around.
Fresh fruit and veggies should be the staple of any food intake program.

ArroganceInStep

Because I have an insanely bad sweet tooth, and if I eat fruit I find myself desperately craving ice cream and cupcakes, and those things don't fit into my diet.

ChanyRae

You name it, someone avoids it. There is so many good nutrients in fruit, and it's delicious! I find it really curbs any sweets cravings I may have.
Too much of anything is bad for you. But to cut out fruit completely is in my opinion ridiculous.

bcattoes

No, of course not. Fruit is very good for you.

niknak2308

I agree with most others on here - everything in moderation. This is supposed to be a longterm change of lifestyle that we can maintain, rather than something restrictive. Especially considering the healthy nutrients and vitamins from fruit.
And wow, I've never heard of mixing fruit and protein... totally new to me! So it's supposed to prevent sugar spikes? Will have to look into this...

lemonadem

Because people have a misconception that insulin is the bad guy.

http://weightology.net/weightologyweekly/?page_id=319

This is a great article, thanks!

issyfit

And wow, I've never heard of mixing fruit and protein... totally new to me! So it's supposed to prevent sugar spikes? Will have to look into this...

A couple of suggestions:
berries added to a low sugar (I like Carbmaster) yogurt;
low fat ricotta cheese mixed with a little crystal lite pink lemonade powder, cool whip and berries
apples with peanut butter
sugar free pudding topped with fruit

tashaa1992

I know some people think you have to watch how much fruit you eat because of the calories, they will all add up, etc, but the only thing you have to watch in terms of fruit is the sugar content. Yes it's natural sugars but they can ruin your teeth if you don't eat it in moderation. I'm a recovering anorexic, fruit and veg is all I have been eating well up till now. Granted there are alot of calories but only eating them made me really ill, I was severely underweight. All I'm trying to say is an extra piece of fruit won't hurt your weight goals, just watch out with the sugar. Hope I helped somehow:-)

Tasha
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Kamalka

I have a clear example that cutting fruits is rubish: my wife. A normal day is 10 fruits (including banana, oranges, kiwi, etc.), and 2-3 times a week is above. She is just crazy bout them and she is so slim (without exercise) that slimmer would be good for hospital with nutrition tubes directly into her blood. Her weight is not ok because she cutted on portions, I mean she has 3 real meals/days and these meals are ok for me, as a man (bigger eater). She drinks full fat milk, has chocolate (dark) every morning...she eats normally but over-eat fruits without any consequence.

My carbs and sugars explode because of fresh orange juice and honey (a tea spoon every morning)...so with my 4-5 fruits during the day, I should be obese!!! I would not stop such good habits if I was not logging my food, so I do not stop and keep on losing fat every week. And if at some point I had to cut fruits to lose the litte fat I still have...I would stop losing fat, I am already very happy about my shape now.

In addition, a recent US study showed that obese people getting into diet now and then had shorter lives than the ones doing nothing about it...I conclude that the wrong method is worse than no method at all.

I swear I have example of 6 packs abs guys eating fruits and vegs like crazy...that is certainly the best method there is

carrie11777

lipglossjunky73

I don't know. I never heard someone say they are overweight because they ate a few pieces of fruit a dy....

hml1976

I think some of the new research about sugar is really interesting. I would never cut out fruit completely but I also don't think that it should be eaten 5 times a day.

I am trying to eat (and feed my family) more according to the real seasons that fruit and veggies are available. For example we don't eat tomatoes in January or apples in June. If you only stick with what's available at the time and eat in moderation, I think it probably works out to be a healthier diet with more variety. I'm not sure the human body was made to eat strawberries every day all year round.

AlabasterVerve

The Harvard School of Public Health website is great (I think) and has become my new go to source for information on diet and nutrition. Here's an excerpt from their article on carbohydrates:

"One thing that a food's glycemic index does not tell us is how much digestible carbohydrate it delivers. Take watermelon as an example. The sweet-tasting fruit has a very high glycemic index. But a slice of watermelon has only a small amount of carbohydrate per serving (as the name suggests, watermelon is made up mostly of water). That's why researchers developed a related way to classify foods that takes into account both the amount of carbohydrate in the food and the impact of that carbohydrate on blood sugar levels. This measure is called the glycemic load. (14, 15) A food's glycemic load is determined by multiplying its glycemic index by the amount of carbohydrate it contains. In general, a glycemic load of 20 or more is high, 11 to 19 is medium, and 10 or under is low."

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/carbohydrates-full-story/

Searching the GI Database (linked to in the article above) the only fruits or veg with a high glycemic load of 20 or more--that I saw--were:

corn
potato
yam
dates
raisins
sweet potato

Fruit is great. Eat your fruits.

ADobs

I could never ever follow a "diet" plan that cut out fruit. Yes some fruit is high in sugar, HOWEVER, it's not processed sugar, therefore your body digests it properly. Fruit and vegetables are the best things you can put into your body.

littlebluej

I don't cut out fruit, but I do limit the time I eat it. I'll only have fruit in the morning/before noon.

deksgrl

Unless you are a diabetic..... EAT FRUIT!

issyfit

Unless you are a diabetic..... EAT FRUIT!

Or unless you want to avoid getting Diabetes--then limit it, South Beach (developed to help prevent Diabetes and Heart Disease) suggests 1-2 fruits/day.

PaleoPath4Lyfe

Is it the carbs, the sugar? I was under the impression those things aren't that bad for you. I mean, it's fruit. I'd be devastated if someone told me to lose weight I had to stop eating apples and kiwi.

.....Do I?

For some people with blood sugar issues it may be necessary.

We are all different, so experiment with what works for YOU.

PaleoPath4Lyfe

Because people don't make the distinction between natural sugars (fruit) and refined sugars (processed foods). There is a very important difference in my opinion.

There is no difference. Sugar is sugar in the body.

deksgrl

Unless you are a diabetic..... EAT FRUIT!

Or unless you want to avoid getting Diabetes--then limit it, South Beach (developed to help prevent Diabetes and Heart Disease) suggests 1-2 fruits/day.

It shouldn't be an issue unless a doctor has told you that you are pre-diabetic.

chiera88

a lot of people don't like them (like myself) so it's an easy thing to get rid of and therefore eat less calories. when i do rarely eat them, i don't count the calories so that i don't deter myself

Acg67

Unless you are a diabetic..... EAT FRUIT!

Or unless you want to avoid getting Diabetes--then limit it, South Beach (developed to help prevent Diabetes and Heart Disease) suggests 1-2 fruits/day.

So how much fruit consumption would cause someone to get diabetes?

AlabasterVerve

Unless you are a diabetic..... EAT FRUIT!

Or unless you want to avoid getting Diabetes--then limit it, South Beach (developed to help prevent Diabetes and Heart Disease) suggests 1-2 fruits/day.

So how much fruit consumption would cause someone to get diabetes?

And why would the CDC list eating fruit as a way to prevent diabetes?