Lately, I work quite late and have the tendency to eat supper even though I know that I am going to bed soon. Instead driving out for McD fast food, I eat fruit.
Maybe it sounds too good to be true but all you have to do to maintain your ideal weight is to eat fruit every day. Fruit benefit many people wanting to lose weight. After all, it is one of the most healthy and natural foods. Fruit contains a large number of vitamins and minerals. It has also been shown that eating the whole fruit or juice is best to gain the benefits rather than taking supplements to provide each nutrient separately.
We should eat at least 5 pieces of fruit every day in order to gain the full health benefits of eating fruit.
If you are eating about one-third of the diet as fruit and vegetables, you should notice rapid weight loss because fruit consumption helps fill the stomach faster. By doing this, it encourages less high calorie foods to be consumed. Also, fruit is also low in sodium so they help reduce the chance of gaining weight because of water retention.
Here are some tips to ensure you have at least 5 pieces of fruit in your diet:
- Add dried fruit to breakfast cereal
- Eat apple or pear before leaving for work
- Eat small piece of fruit thirty minutes before light workout
- Find recipes that contain fruit
- Always have a bowl of fruit near TV (instead of having Mr Potato)
- Drink more fruit juices
If you have just started making fruit in your diet plan, not to expect immediate results. It will take time. Be patient.
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Angie Tan // Sep 12, 2007 at 2:35 PM
Ooo… Apparently, eating fruits in the morning is the best as your body can absorb the nutrients in the fruits better. Besides that, if you can eat the fruit, it is much better than taking just the juice as some places will top up with water and sugar.
In UK, they give discounts if you shop for 5 types of greens be it fruits or vege. It’s to teach people to eat healthily.
Oh yeah, durian, although it is a fruit, is not good. It’s high in cholesterol and has too much sugar!! ;-)
Certain types of fruits are good but apparently manggoes have too much sugar content and should be avoided.
Great tip. When I feel hungry, I reach for my apple or kiwi fruits. Grapes are easy too.
sylvesteR // Sep 12, 2007 at 3:44 PM
I personally prefer orange and watermelon, since orange has the most ascorbic acid content and watermelon has this cooling effect and prevents dehydration. What’s more, the seeds are also high in fibre. For me,I think it’s best to have it before bed or in the morning of course.
Well, I have also seen some ladies skipping their lunch, all they had was just an apple. I don’t think that’s the best way to lose weight, at least have some rice would be better. Well, can’t help it since they were so eager to see the results and in the end what did they get….gastric!!
Hafiz // Nov 28, 2007 at 1:49 AM
Mun, great website! As for fruits, the NHS recommends in its 5-a-day campaign 5 portions per day. If someone asks about the size of a portion, my lazy way is as much as I can grab. I’ve substituted Pringles with fruits when snacking.
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Hizzoner // Mar 5, 2008 at 9:34 PM
Durian has no cholesterol – this can only be found in animal-based foods.
Slz // Jul 29, 2008 at 8:09 PM
note to all, everything in moderation is the key
i took to eating fruits whenever i felt like snacking, so on average i consumed about 1banana, 2 mandarins, 2/3 pear/apples in a day.
the result was i experienced frequent flatulence, and a visit to a gastronomist confirmed that i had helicobacter bacteria in my gut, and also a slight intolerance from fructose(fruit sugar, namely apples and pears, not citrus fruits).
now i take about 2 kiwifruit sized fruits a day., so its best to have ‘too much of a good thing’. Asians especially seem to have a high chance of having moderate intolerance of fructose or other sugars.
Sarah // Jan 15, 2009 at 10:48 AM
hey there,
this article caught my interest. its winter, and ive been bingin on a lot of chocolate and wafer, thus leads to my additional 3kgs.
so, now im training myself, so that whenever i feel like having a snack, i would reach for an orange, or strawberries. other than that, im also going on a healthy diet, eating organic food. but these past week, ive only been snacking on orange, say like 5 per day. and the problem is im gaining weight, i am getting chubby. perhaps anyone have any ideas why?
Bt // Jan 15, 2009 at 12:09 PM
It could be partly due to your stomach bloating from the fructose sugars of the fruit you are consuming. How it happens is when there is excess fructose/sugars in your stomach, the friendly bacteria and bad bacteria feast upon the sugars, fermenting them and thus releasing gases-you might experience flatulence.
When you snack on those oranges, perhaps have you considered your total daily calorific intake? A healthy diet should include regular exercise, the body will metabolize the excess into fat all the same, be it organic or non-organic.
Sarah // Jan 15, 2009 at 12:52 PM
I do exercises, i walk for an hour everyday, and i also practices yoga and pilates.
Its not just the stomach, its also the cheeks.
sleeze // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:08 AM
I eat one apple or 2 carrots in the morning before a bowl of cereal or oats, drink a lot of water, and full meal for lunch and a bowl of fruit salad for dinner (1banana, 1apple, 1kiwi, grapes) with 5 spoons of &peaches with 5spoons of low fat yoghurt(100g=35 cal). I have lost 20kg in 4months.I cant survive without fruits. I also exercise 5times a week for 1hr.
sleeze-bag // Apr 12, 2009 at 1:42 AM
Careful there sleeze, at that rate you may become non-existant very soon!
Too many oranges are VERY BAD for you! They have a very high sugar content and will result in weight gain not loss! Better to eat 5 DIFFERENT fruits a day. Also 5 oranges does NOT mean you are having your 5-a-day, you are just having 5 times 1 of your 5-a-day. It has to be 5 different fruit/veg (not 5 x 1 of same fruit/veg!) OK!
sleeze // Apr 12, 2009 at 10:43 AM
@sleez-bag
You have no idea how you cracked me. I could nt stop laughing. Anyway, you are right but the problem is that im fat. I needed to loose 20kg and have 10kg left. Unfortunately, it seems I have reached my plateau. I cant seem to loose any kilo now despite my exercise routine.