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Too much fruit?

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  • candylilacs
    candylilacs Posts: 614 Member
    Bananas are a medium-glucose snack. Strawberries are cool (100% Vitamin C with a cup of them). Grapes --- not even Vitamin C and Vitamin B.

  • sp1219
    sp1219 Posts: 5 Member
    v_hetu, to chime in, I also recommend that if you are eating higher sugar fruits (yum, mangos and bananas), it's good to pair with a protein. For instance, if I'm on an empty stomach, I eat a few almonds first before eating the piece of fruit.

    I love sweets; I am in Indian and it's in my blood! A good piece of fruit in season is a lovely substitute for me. In the end, I'd rather eat too much fruit than too much chocolate or ice cream.
  • dfwesq
    dfwesq Posts: 592 Member
    candylilacs wrote: »
    Bananas are a medium-glucose snack. Strawberries are cool (100% Vitamin C with a cup of them). Grapes --- not even Vitamin C and Vitamin B.
    Do you mean that grapes aren't as nutritious? If that's it, there's a lot of scientific research showing a variety of health benefits from grapes' many phytonutrients. They're one of the most-studied foods. Here's just one article.
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3916869/

  • mph323
    mph323 Posts: 3,563 Member
    cstevenson86 wrote: »
    Fruit can act just as bad as candy....if you're not careful!

    I was told to eat the following fruits by our trainer at work:
    -Caneloupe
    -Honeydew melon
    -Blueberries
    -Blackberries
    -Raspberries
    -Apples
    -Pears

    Avoid the following:
    -Bananas
    -Strawberries
    -Grapes

    Hope this helps!

    There's something wrong with this list - it doesn't contain cherries. It can't be a list unless cherries are included as acceptable. I'm fine with avoiding bananas though - yuck!
  • v_hetu
    v_hetu Posts: 11 Member
    sp1219 wrote: »
    v_hetu, to chime in, I also recommend that if you are eating higher sugar fruits (yum, mangos and bananas), it's good to pair with a protein. For instance, if I'm on an empty stomach, I eat a few almonds first before eating the piece of fruit.

    I love sweets; I am in Indian and it's in my blood! A good piece of fruit in season is a lovely substitute for me. In the end, I'd rather eat too much fruit than too much chocolate or ice cream.

    This is great ! I do eat almonds but as snacks. For example, between breakfast and lunch, I will eat like 10 kernel of almonds which is like 70 calories. And for the second snack between lunch and dinner I eat a fruit or fruits like an orange, apple or cup of grapes etc.. but I will definitely take your suggestion into consideration. I am getting some great ideas. I have also started to walk with my changing eating habits and I walk about 4-5 miles.. trying to do better!
  • everstrong55
    everstrong55 Posts: 56 Member
    Don't eat too much,haha. Even drinking too much water is bad. Love is about restraining yourself.
  • spiffychick85
    spiffychick85 Posts: 311 Member
    dfwesq wrote: »
    candylilacs wrote: »
    Bananas are a medium-glucose snack. Strawberries are cool (100% Vitamin C with a cup of them). Grapes --- not even Vitamin C and Vitamin B.
    Do you mean that grapes aren't as nutritious? If that's it, there's a lot of scientific research showing a variety of health benefits from grapes' many phytonutrients. They're one of the most-studied foods. Here's just one article.
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3916869/

    Aren't grapes healthy from all the wine they make? Seriously?? I feel healthier every time I drink down a few grapes >:)
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