Should I be scared of the carbs and sugar in fruits?
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Still waiting for citations on the bolded part.Yes. Absolutely. The main sugar in fruit is fructose, which is the same sugar as high fructose cornsyrup. Fruit actualy contains MORE fructose than high fructose corn syrup. It has been well-documented that fructose causes: diabetes, metabolic syndrome, damage tot he immune system, imflammation, and a host of other problems.
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Hello everyone,
This is my second attempt at MFP as I failed at logging for two months. Anyway my question is I see lots of carbs and sugars in the fruits that I eat in a day. I usually eat an apple, a pear and two tangerines in a day as snacks. Can they affect my weight loss? Should I decrease the number of fruits that I eat?
Absolutely not. Eating more calories than we burn is what affects weight loss.
Moderation is the key.
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Be scared of a caloric surplus and MFP's protein guidelines. Good luck!0
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Tedebearduff wrote: »Hello everyone,
This is my second attempt at MFP as I failed at logging for two months. Anyway my question is I see lots of carbs and sugars in the fruits that I eat in a day. I usually eat an apple, a pear and two tangerines in a day as snacks. Can they affect my weight loss? Should I decrease the number of fruits that I eat?
You should focus on actually logging your food for now, do that for 6 months then start looking into your macros.
6 months? If her macros are seriously out of whack, that is something she would want to bring to light immediately and modify her diet as quickly as possible.0 -
At this point i am just glad that this post is a place where you can show your sarcasm skills.
Thanks to everyone else
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kookooman333 wrote: »calories are calories. better to get them eating healthy natural things like fruits and veggies instead of processed grains, sugars, etc. no particular food group needs to be avoided except "crap."
LOL explain to me how fruit sugar is better than the sugar in dark chocolate...???????????0 -
kookooman333 wrote: »calories are calories. better to get them eating healthy natural things like fruits and veggies instead of processed grains, sugars, etc. no particular food group needs to be avoided except "crap."
LOL explain to me how fruit sugar is better than the sugar in dark chocolate...???????????
Obviously the sugar is dark chocolate is better because dark chocolate, duh.......
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xsmilexforxmex wrote: »No, they're good for you. I had a nutritionist tell me to try to balance them with some protein but that's easier said then done and upped my caloric intake way too much.
It's also a myth, and who eats meat with fruit FFS.
Who said you could only get protein in meat? I was thinking peanut butter with the apples and pears! You could actually do any nut butter!
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Peanut butter has a pretty crappy protein to calorie ratio.micheleld73 wrote: »xsmilexforxmex wrote: »No, they're good for you. I had a nutritionist tell me to try to balance them with some protein but that's easier said then done and upped my caloric intake way too much.
It's also a myth, and who eats meat with fruit FFS.
Who said you could only get protein in meat? I was thinking peanut butter with the apples and pears! You could actually do any nut butter!
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community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1123553/should-i-stop-eating-fruit0
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digginDeep wrote: »micheleld73 wrote: »xsmilexforxmex wrote: »No, they're good for you. I had a nutritionist tell me to try to balance them with some protein but that's easier said then done and upped my caloric intake way too much.
It's also a myth, and who eats meat with fruit FFS.
Who said you could only get protein in meat? I was thinking peanut butter with the apples and pears! You could actually do any nut butter!
Mmmmmmmmmmm. "Nut butter."
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xsmilexforxmex wrote: »No, they're good for you. I had a nutritionist tell me to try to balance them with some protein but that's easier said then done and upped my caloric intake way too much.
It's also a myth, and who eats meat with fruit FFS.
Really??? I do all the time. Fruit with meat is amazing.. you are missing out. Hellloo pork chops with apples, turkey with cranberry, melon wrapped in prosciutto, figs with ANYTHING...Nom I'll show you how it's done
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I agree. I had turkey slices with grapes and cottage cheese. Twas the bomb.xsmilexforxmex wrote: »No, they're good for you. I had a nutritionist tell me to try to balance them with some protein but that's easier said then done and upped my caloric intake way too much.
It's also a myth, and who eats meat with fruit FFS.
Really??? I do all the time. Fruit with meat is amazing.. you are missing out. Hellloo pork chops with apples, turkey with cranberry, melon wrapped in prosciutto, figs with ANYTHING...Nom I'll show you how it's done
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kookooman333 wrote: »calories are calories. better to get them eating healthy natural things like fruits and veggies instead of processed grains, sugars, etc. no particular food group needs to be avoided except "crap."
LOL explain to me how fruit sugar is better than the sugar in dark chocolate...???????????
Obviously the sugar is dark chocolate is better because dark chocolate, duh.......
/endsarcasm
let me guess..anti oxidants nullify the "bad" sugar...0 -
Absolutely not. You would have to be eating a lot more than that to make it a problem. Nutritionists are still recommending fruit with each meal and/or as snacks throughout the day. A small apple has only 35 calories, 47 in a tangerine and 102 in a pear. All of these put together is still less than the 210 in a Kit Kat bar. Eat your fruit without guilt.0
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or just eat the kit kat bar..either way you will be fine..Absolutely not. You would have to be eating a lot more than that to make it a problem. Nutritionists are still recommending fruit with each meal and/or as snacks throughout the day. A small apple has only 35 calories, 47 in a tangerine and 102 in a pear. All of these put together is still less than the 210 in a Kit Kat bar. Eat your fruit without guilt.
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