I’ve been told all my life that sugar in fruit is “healthy” but sugar in soda isn’t? Is there any real difference or are they basically the same thing?
Asking for advice considering the health of moderate amounts of fruit vs. fruit juice in a diet. Opinions about this seem to be all over the map and I can't figure out what's scientifically valid and what's not. The question...
I was told that vegetables should be eaten more while fruits should be eaten less in order to have a better diet. Is this true?
Fruit is good for you. Sugar is bad for you. Isn't this a contraddiction? Of course when we talk about sugar, we mean added sugar, but in the end sugar is still sugar. Then why fruit is considered healthy while sugar alone...
In the last few days, I came across several posts saying that fruit juices are full of sugar; hence, you should not drink fruits; Instead, eat fruit. I like juice, But I got confused. Hoping for a satisfactory report.
Do they have the same nutrients? Or is dried fruit less nutritious? It also has a higher glycemic index?
Why do people keep telling me that fruit is bad for you? This is clearly a logical fallacy. Who, in the history of man, has grown fat from just eating fruit? Lord Of The Flies is a good reminder that...
How is fruit which contains natural sugar any different than candy/artificial sugar? Does the body process it differently?
I’m talking specifically about del monte fruit cups, but in general are fruit cups as healthy as fresh fruit if they don’t have added sugar?
As the title says. I'm not crazy about fizzy drinks. But cakes, chocolate, cookies, ice-cream and fruit yoghurt are a really issue for me.
If sugar from fruit doesn't count towards sugar intake because of the fibre, how is it any different than drinking fruit juice mixed with psyllium husk or other fibre supplement?
I had an overly-ripe persimmon today and holy crap that was the sweetest piece of fruit I’ve ever eaten. This got me thinking- what exactly happens when a fruit ripens? And does a very ripe piece of fruit contain more...
Is blending of any fruit is equivalent to same raw fruit consumption interms of calory intake and nutritional content etc?
I absolutely hate fruit, the texture, the taste, the tartness and bitterness, the mushiness of bananas…eugh. If I chopped up fruit and just swallowed the pieces whole with water and no chewing, would I still receive the health benefits?
Which health benefits do you gain from your choices?
Recently started eating dates and wondering is the sugar in them actually bad for you or have some sort of benefit I know I should have them in moderation due to the sugar content but just curious
A lot of us need serious nutrition advice: We all know that we should raise our own food, make our own bread, etc. and that processed food is bad for us. But in the real world, if you're working and...
Hello sub! So I understand that sugar/fructose is not great for the body. However, from what I had read, it's ok in fresh fruit due to the fiber. However, when it's in the form of fruit juices, or dried fruit,...
We know that excess fructose can cause a bunch of negative effects on the body. Almost everywhere I look, studies are showing effects from high fructose sources like table sugar, HFCS, and fruit juices. If a healthy person who doesn't...
Are there downsides to filling your 5 a day with fruit only and not eating vegetables?
Along with my fast I'm also trying to break my sugar addiction habit. I've cut out candy and dessert but have a box of tangerines at home. Is it ok to have 1 or 2 during my window?
Okay, so first of all, I’m aware that it’s still calories in calories out okay lol. I know if I don’t over consume it won’t pose much of a risk if any- BUT I’m curious if canned fruits in sugar...
I often hear people say that one barrier to eating healthier is that fruits and vegetables are so expensive. I'm wondering specifically what they mean by this because I've always found produce to be generally cheap? Obviously buy fruits and...
I always read how sugar is the worst thing for you as it's the only thing that is not needed for daily body function. Salt is needed, so is fat. But not sugar.
Personally, i’m just not the biggest fan of most fruits. Am i missing out on much?
Is there a difference to your body in taking ingredients and blending them rather than chewing them? Specifically I'm talking about making gazpacho - all raw veggies - tomato, red pepper, purple onion, garlic, cucumber and putting it into a...
It’s something my Indian dad always says, but I sort of assumed it was BS. My dad also says that fruits should always be eaten before a meal instead of after.
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I hate vegetables and am sensitive to nightshades. Only get carbs from dairy , white rice, and fruit. Now for the longevety studies on fiber does it matter where you get your fiber from as long as you get a...
Hi everyone! F, 23 16:8 I am trying to space out my snacks/meals to allow myself to achieve a caloric deficit more efficiently, as I struggle with over eating. I usually break my fast at noon and eat until 8 pm....
The information online seems very mixed and widely-inaccurate so I wanted to get the opinions of people in the nutrition community.. Fruit seems to be very healthy but can potentially become unhealthy when consumed in excess due to all the sugar....
I was reading an [article about breakfasts food](https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/12-best-foods-to-eat-in-morning) and I realized there are a lot of suggestions and I was wondering which one was the best one, since you cant eat them all. I was also wondering, is it better to...
Hello I am wondering if i need to wash the inside of the fruit as well as the outside i heard the pesticides that some farmers use gets into the soil and grows inside the fruit so i am wondering...
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Hey I’m really curious why there’s no warnings about too much sugar from fruit like bananas but added sugar like coke is so bad for you? If someone could explain that would be great I’m more worried about heart health...
I recently read that sugar has an impact on immune function. I assume this is primarily added sugars doing the damage, but curious if fruit sugar also has a negative effect on immune function? Clearly fruit themselves pack in plenty of...
So my mom works at a school in the cafeteria and recently brought home some scooby-doo fruit snacks. I loved these as a kid and now that I am older and know more about nutrition and how to reading food...
I was loving my fruit salads in the late mornings, was on top of the world, then i was getting a weird lump sensation in my throat and took forever to find out it was acid reflux. Anyway, when i knew...
Or would I benefit more from juices (like apple or orange for breakfast, for example) to get essential vitamins? Or, does the sugar in most juices outweigh the benefits of its vitamins?
My mom keeps on buying these ocean spray Cran-Apple juices because according to her, they’re healthy, which I highly doubt of course. It says 43% sugar (plus the added ones) and 100% vitamin C, which kind of has me sold...
Seedless grapes of the "victoria" variety and it's almost like a grape candy, it's so sweet. New Mango varieties had no fiber at all, extremely smooth and extremely sweet. What would be the impacts of a diet rich...
I(F30, 5’2”) am 189lbs, my goal is to get to 140lbs. I admit the idea of bulking up does not appeal to me, with that said my main goal is to drop the fat. My goal is also to eat...
Added sugar should be limited, but what if a person eats a lot of natural sugar per day?
I don't mean just drinking the juice of the fruit, I mean actually putting the whole thing in a blender with a little bit of water and drink the results
Sorry if it’s already been asked before.
How are natural sugars perceived in regards to nutrition? Should intake of natural sugars such as in fresh or dried fruits be limited just as you should limit intake with refined sugars? I will use the AHA recommendation of sugar...
So I have a juicer, a fairly expensive Breville that has been sitting in my cupboard for at least 5 years. I’m moving soon and I’m trying to decide whether to keep it or cast off the dead weight. Here...
In other words, what 5 fruits and/or vegetables eaten in a day or put into a smoothie provide the most, or greatest variety of, nutrients and minerals?
2 questions. 1.how to remove all pesticides from fruit 2.does frozen fruit have chemicals/pesticides if so how to remove those as well
Would there be any downsides to exclusively using fruit as your carb source? The rest of the diet would essentially just be meat and vegetables, no grains or roots/tubers.
I had about 48g of fructose in fruit today.. i this is too much I'm sorry
I'm interested in the benefits of eating fruit and would love to know of any good resources on it. I can't get over how much my toddler LOVES fruit.
I follow an OMAD diet. The only way to eat fruit for me is at the end of my only meal. Is it good or bad to eat fruit at the end of a big meal? Someone say it may...
Will fruit impact my weight loss while doing IF?
I don’t eat junk food so I’m not concerned about that. Just wanna lose the extra baby weight I have gained once I give birth and finish up breastfeeding (about 6kgs). Just curious what I should be eating when I’m...
I love throwing lots of fruits and veggies into my smoothies. Blueberry, strawberry, broccoli, spinach, carrot, etc. I usually buy fresh, but I just realised frozen is so much cheaper ??? Fresh is often 2-3x more expensive in my stores. Why...
Okay so we know blending or squeezing some fresh fruit is gonna be crazy healthy as long as no parasites or viruses or some weird stuff lol but with 100% juice but from concentrate and how all this stuff is heated...
I haven't been eating any sugar for probably 8 months. No cakes, no chocolate. I'm only eating honey, fruit, PB and sometimes fruit jams. So now I saw some healthy recipes but they use dark chocolate. So, does dark chocolate impact...
Some background: I've been doing some combination of IF and OMAD for probably around a year now. Extended fasting (24h+) is relatively new to me; I probably started incorporating them around 5 or so months ago. I don't remember what...
I recently came across a diet/lifestyle based on nuts and fruits that does not involve any cooking [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C5jWoC_CXQ) (it's not in English). Here's my notes/summary: * Wake up at 4 am. * Do meditation and yoga. * Drink water twice before 10 am. *...
Hi. I would like to enquire- what is the rough % of nutrients that are lost when you juice a fruit?
I'm wondering if it would be too hard on my stomach/digestive system if I just mashed a kiwi with a fork/spoon and swallowed the semi-mushy pulp and seeds without chewing the kiwi, because I have sensitive teeth and the kiwi...
I suffered an injury that prevented me from exercising, and I watched myself get bigger over time. It was super depressing. I’ve been using the intermittent fasting and it helped a lot, but I took a small break from intermittent...
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So if the recommended is 5x veg 2x fruit. Can I for example do 10x veg and 4x fruit on one day and none on another?
Hi guys, been doing IF (16:8) for about 3 weeks, shed off some weight but still have lots more to go. The issue is I really love eating ice cream and at the bare minimum need it about once every...
Are frozen fruits as healthy as fresh fruits? I like to buy frozen because you get more for your money, but questioning whether the nutritional value is altered at all by freezing.
Not for weight loss. For the average male who trains regularly. Fasting when I feel like it. ​ Cheers.
Hello! I have a question regarding dried fruits. What are the advantages and disadvantages of eating dried fruits? In case there are some specific dried fruits that are even recoomended to consume, let me know. Thank you.
I’m talking 7-8 days. How would one go about it? Step by step. How to get used to regular eating again, stay healthy and not get bloated? Fruit? Coconut water? Juicing, if so what fruit? Or what Thomas delauer says? Also,...
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I know they are different parts of a plant. But for example, I have no veggies at home today but I have some avocados, manderins and banana and will eat that plus some meat. Or do I need some actual...
Picture a standard, physically fit human in their 20’s. They have a tight budget and want to minimize waste while also maintaining optimal nutrient intake. If this human eats two meals per day, what grocery list would have the least amount of...
Hi everyone, I am currently on 8-16 IF, for a week now. IF is not new to me, I have done it before. Howeeeever, this time something weird is going on. My eating times are 8:00 to 16:00. I usually have a bun (two...
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The title says it all, haha. I’ve been looking high and low for a good monk fruit sweetener, which I know will be expensive but I hate erythritol 😩 any brands you recommend?
Hi! I'm new to intermittent fasting and I've been drinking Celestial Seasonings True Blueberry during my fasting hours to curb my cravings. However, I just read somewhere that fruit teas like these still contain ingredients that raises your insulin level...
You can only pick one category of fruits - so you can’t say “apples and pears”, but you can say berries. Or just apples. Sometimes I feel like snacking on something, but I’d like it to be nutritious as well.
I was curious as to what are some crops (perhaps known only domestically) that can be crowned as a superfood but has yet to reach a threshold amount of global coverage to term it as such. The reason was...
And any good ways to deal if anyone knows?
If you eat all of the vitamins/mineral/amino acids supplements and drink plenty of water; is that basically the same thing as eating fruits and vegetables? If you could eat all the nutrition in a fruit through supplements, then what’s the...
I understand the benefits of local veggies and fruit. And in season also makes sense, but I've also heard that growing in greenhouses works just as well. But could you technically not grow almost anything in a greenhouse and at...
I’ve seen so many people arguing saying it does and others saying it doesn’t and I honestly don’t know what to believe anymore.
Glucose, sugar, natural cane sugar, table condiment, carbohydrate, what's the difference? Is sugar collectively known as just sugar, or is there individual properties depending on which kind of sugar you're referring to? ​ I grew up with the mindset that all sugar...
Hey guys, I struggle a lot with fasting, as even though I enjoy a refreshing cold glass of water, my taste buds start craving flavour, even just during a 16:8 fast. Will green teas like this break a fast? I read...
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I hadn’t heard of using monk fruit sweetener as a sugar substitute until my sister mentioned she uses it. What are the benefits of using that over anything else? What are your opinions?
So after the thread yesterday, and just perusing the sub today and reading through various threads, this whole nutrition thing seems pretty confusing. There seems to be a lot of conflicting information out there, it seems that it is easier...
What is the safest sweetener with at least side effects proven by science? I wonder if someone got some good informations/ meta analysis/ personal experience about all the upsides and downsides of sweeteners listed below: 1️⃣MONK FRUIT 2️⃣STEVIA 3️⃣ALLULOSE 4️⃣ERYTHRITOL 5️⃣SUCRALOSE
No fiber and basically pure sugar is how people around here (myself included) view fruit juices. According to Stan efferding a mixture of fructose, dextrose and salt is the optimal post workout shake, because these...
Hello everyone, I'm looking for help in continuing to lose my weight through IF which so far has been great for me. Disclaimer, I do not live in America/UK, and I'm 169 cm high, male, 25 years old. So, my ultimate...
EDIT: I’ve got no problem with drinking water, I’ve got a rainwater tank with a great charcoal filter out and drink a heap. But i’m not going to drink *only* water for the rest of my life. **Coca cola** Average...
I can't stand dates. They taste like candy and have way too much sugar. Yet they are "natural". What do you think? I think it might be better to eat whole undried fruits, that seems healthier. Even if they have...
I live in the United States, and there seems to be sugar in literally everything here. Obviously not fresh vegetables or something- I’m speaking of anything that’s already pre packaged like bread or pasta sauce. I won’t even get started...
Suppose you had to make a meal plan for someone **extremely** lazy, who wanted a diet that kept them at a nice, healthy weight while requiring only the bare minimum amount of effort. Assume they don't care about taste or...
I know this sounds very silly and far fetched but i wanna know are vegetables actually toxic ? Most of the animal based / carnivore community argue that fiber is a lie and that we don’t need vegetables since they’re...
Starch is usually depicted as the evil of nutrition, 'it's bad for Candida', 'it's bad for infections caused by bacteria', etc., but almost all diets in the world are based on it. In the east lot of rice and soy...
Fruits are almost completely absent in everything I read or watch about breaking fasting. They aren’t mentioned even in the DON’Ts Are there any fruits that are good for breaking a 72h fasting? Papaya? Melons? Banana?
Hi guys, this question might sound silly but you never know these days so I'm just double-checking. I'm doing a 16:8 and I like to drink tea in the morning but I'm not sure if this fruit tea that seems...