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Do Eating Fruit And Losing Weight Go Together?

Fruit and weight loss, does it work?

Of course, it works. If you’re going to eat fruit and eat a lot less food, you’re going to lose weight. But it’s also essential to use your common sense.

Fruit contains a lot of sugar. If you get stomach upset and low blood sugar, you may be eating too much fruit or too many high-sugar fruits.

My favorite fruits for weight loss are those that contain beneficial enzymes like pawpaw, papaya, pineapple, and kiwi fruit. Pineapple and papaya contain the enzyme bromelain, and the enzyme found in kiwi fruit has a very positive effect on the pancreas. In my opinion, these fruits are particularly useful for weight loss.

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Kiwi fruit is remarkable. It has many compounds in it that help balance the microbiome. I find that most people can tolerate kiwi fruit, even if they have a yeast infection.

Watermelon contains the amino acid citrulline and can also be good for weight loss. But remember, watermelon is very high in sugar, so limit your intake if you have a Candida or vaginal thrush problem. In cases like this, I would suggest passing on the watermelon and having some pineapple, papaya, pawpaw, or kiwi fruit.

Fruit is fine, but don’t overstep the limits. Don’t eat twelve pieces of fruit and think that it will solve your weight problem. You need more than fruit in your diet to sustain good long term health, despite what fruitarians say. I’ve never had a client who feels good in the long-term by consuming primarily fruit, day in and day out.

Eat the right kinds of fruit and eat them in moderation. My favorite fruits are berries, and you can eat plenty of those without running into any trouble. And don’t forget that avocado is also a fruit. If you’re trying to lose weight, having one avocado per day is a fantastic idea.

Make sure you’re not eating canned fruit because it’s full of syrup and sugar. Opt for tree-ripened, organic fruit if you can. Consider fruit to be part of a balanced diet, not the end-all, and be all.

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Why Eating Too Much Fruit Isn’t Good For Your Gut

Some patients I see eat way too much fruit. Some people eat ten pieces of fruit per day. I think that’s far too much.

Eating anything in excess is not good for the body. I’ve always maintained that consuming particular foods is fine, like vegetable consumption or meat consumption, but it should be in balance with other kinds of foods.

I’m not here to argue the different merits of diets, you know, whether you are a vegan or whether you are a paleo person. This article is about the downsides of eating too much fruit.
If you eat excessive amounts of fruit, you’re going to be overloaded with fructose. Fructose consumed in abundance can upset intestinal permeability and encourage the growth of harmful bacteria in the gut.

Some studies have shown that large amounts of fructose can cause liver damage. Further, people who eat far too much fruit tend to have lower Bacteroides levels. At the same time, proteobacteria levels tend to go up.

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The microbiome often reflects the type of food a person east. For example, Prevotella bacteria thrive in the gut when a person eats a lot of fiber, particularly vegetable fiber.

Bacteroides bacteria prefer a mixed kind of a diet, especially if there’s a bit of meat in the diet. A healthy person will have a balance of different classes of bacteria.

If a person starts overeating one particular food, the result can be a bacterial imbalance in the gut. That’s why my motto is “Everything in moderation, nothing in excess” when it comes to healthy foods.

Of course, this motto doesn’t apply to unhealthy foods like high-fructose corn syrup. Up to 60% of foods now in US supermarkets contain high-fructose corn syrup. Avoid that substance as much as you can.

I am in favor of fruit, but I’m definitely not in favor of ten pieces of fruit a day. Definitely not.

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