Thread: Too much fruit????

I'm not convinced, I still believe eating anything in excess is going to be bad for you. Say if you eat 5 bananas, 4 apples, 5 pears, 200g grapes, 2 kiwi fruits and 2 oranges in 1 day (not to mention being about 18 points)- thats can't be good! Thats a lot of sugar, and if WW really believe that you can't eat too much fruit why do they point it - to help us limit the amount we eat of course! There is some research out there to the contray i can't remember who its by, Dr Ben something or other

Well the email that accompanied the answer said that the facts were checked by dieticians, so it's come from qualified professionals.

The sugar found in fruit is not the same sugar you would put in your tea, so the same concerns about too much sugar from eating fruit shouldn't apply.

The reason I follow the core plan is because i prefer to have an onus on eating good quality healthy food, rather than less of foods that are not so nutritious. I can't really comment on the points value of fruit as i've not followed the points plan - I begrudge having to count apples!

I'm not advocating not eating fruit and veg - I firmly believe that 5 a day should be followed by everyone whenever possible (that includes me), I just believe that even fruit in excess can be bad - the important word being in excess.

Sugar is sugar, yes some has a more detrimental effect than others, but still an excess of fruit sugars can still at least affect the enamel on your teeth if nothing else and thats been proved, different dieticians will say different things pretty much like doctors, I think you only have to look at the health problems a lot of fruitarians suffer from to see that even healthy food eaten in excess can be bad, its all about finding a fine balance, 2-3 peices of fruit a day is more than enough for me ( a perfect day for me is 2 peices of fruit, 3 portions of veg), people with Candidasis can't eat mosts fruits because of the sugar causing an overgrowth of yeast in their intestines, but everyone's different, whatever works for you is great I say! The world would be boring if we were all the same. Everyone has to find their own ratio of fruit and veg that is right for them.

But could the reason that WW do not point fruit on Core be that there is no option to have so many other sugars, whereas on Points you could have the whole quota on sugary stuff? If a person on Core is doing it right, they shouldn't need much fruit in between anyway, if they are filling themselves up correctly.

Just a thought!

Christine

Very true, you are supposed to satisfy yourself fully (but not be stuffed) at each meal and only snack in between meals IF you are hungry.