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To eat only fruit for lunch?

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auroraboringalice · 26/10/2018 15:03

Trying to shift the last couple of stone and thinking about Christmas. Don't eat enough fruit 'n' veg. Thought about swapping out my usual lunch for fruit only to keep calories and fat down and get my bowel moving (TMI, sorry!).

I keep reading hysteria over sugar content in fruit though? Old gimmer here - fruit used to be seen as a harmless healthy snack.

Should I worry about this? I am cutting right back on chocolate and biscuits and other rubbishy forms of sugar, so surely some fructose is okay?

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IHaveBrilloHair · 26/10/2018 17:17

Carrots are too high in sugar?
Oh c'mon now.

ohthejoys · 26/10/2018 17:24

What about soup? At least 2 portions of veg. Low fat and very filling! Small flask is not expensive if you don’t have a microwave at work!

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auroraboringalice · 26/10/2018 17:47

I work from home Blush

Can't be arsed preparing meals and happy to snack on fruit and a few nuts through the day.

I don't mind trying a salad or veg instead (so long as not too much prep). I'm the kind of person who'd rather just take a carrot and eat it than faff about preparing it iyswim!

It's just that all the diet "wisdom" has completely turned around. I am old enough to remember the original high protein/low carb, then the low fat, and now we've come full circle again Confused

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auroraboringalice · 26/10/2018 17:59

I've read so much over the years about models (eg Claudia Schiffer) only having fruit for breakfast and suchlike. I think I have that in my subconscious as a good thing to do Confused

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hazell42 · 26/10/2018 18:01

I often have fruit for lunch. Don't see a problem with it.

Nenic · 26/10/2018 18:02

Fruit is very healthy. Only on mumsnet is it classed as junk food

GunpowderGelatine · 26/10/2018 18:03

Fruit IS healthy, if people think having fruit is the same as having the like of Haribo tangfastics they're a bit dim

DarlingNikita · 26/10/2018 18:03

No one's called it junk food Hmm and it's not only on MN that people say it's high in sugar.

thecatsthecats · 26/10/2018 18:13

My sister got a stomach ulcer from too much stress, fruit acid and coffee without proper meals.

Forget the sugar - acidic meals are not good for your stomach lining on a regular basis!

GrabEmByThePatriarchy · 26/10/2018 18:14

Nowt wrong with eating a raw carrot!

spanishwife · 26/10/2018 18:18

It's not that fruit is bad for you, it's just not as good as the equivalent of veg... More sugar as you say.

What I love is apple slices dipped in nut butter (get the proper stuff e.g. meridian which is much healthier) and have no more than 20g. Nuts are healthy fats which is essential for weight loss and generally good for you - shiny hair, good skin etc.

Then do some pepper, carrot, cucumber sticks with guacamole (fresh/homemade if possible, not old del paso) or hummus. Again, make sure you are weighing this portion out or it could end up being high cals and not worth the swap.

spanishwife · 26/10/2018 18:20

Low fat Greek yogurt (fage is gorgeous and creamy) with berries and nuts is also lovely, no need to add honey etc, and weigh your yoghurt and nuts!

IfNotNowThenWooOoOoo · 26/10/2018 18:23

Fruit sugar does not stick to your belly.
WTAF?
It does if you dribble pear juice down your front while watching telly.

IsTheRainEverComingBack · 26/10/2018 18:27

Can I suggest you (OP and everyone else) reads The Diet Myth by Professor Tim Spector - microbe science is undoing everything we thought we knew about nutrition.

SaucyJack · 26/10/2018 18:30

Would you eat salsa with your carrot sticks?

It’s a much lower cal snack than hummus, and tastier (to my mind anyway) than satsumas.

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auroraboringalice · 26/10/2018 18:33

The Diet Myth by Professor Tim Spector

Ohh, thanks! Like the sounds of that. I need to get up to speed. I really do!

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IHaveBrilloHair · 26/10/2018 18:33

Low fat Fage has the texture of melted pritt stick.

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auroraboringalice · 26/10/2018 18:34

Thanks for suggestion Saucy I find salsa very spicy. Can't do spicy.

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Havaina · 26/10/2018 18:38

All the advice seems to say melon and all the berries (raspberries, strawberries, blackberries) are low sugar and apples, bananas, oranges and grapes are high sugar.

Polkapjs · 26/10/2018 19:15

Starving now reading this - I would love a big chopped veg stash with peanut butter. Mmmm

Petitepamplemousse · 26/10/2018 19:17

I’d add some protein, like veg and hummus or a boiled egg or it won’t keep you full for long enough.

Almostfifty · 26/10/2018 19:22

One of my DC has been seeing a dietician to try to put weight on (I know, I know, if only I could give him my belly fat...). She told him that fructose is NOT bad for you, and to eat plenty of it, especially with greek yoghurt and nut butter (she recommended cashew nut butter and it's rather lush). She told him it would be good for me too, even though I'm trying to get rid of some weight.

spanishwife · 26/10/2018 19:25

@IHaveBrilloHair you are definitely in the minority! It's amazing! I wish I could find it in Spain :(

IsTheRainEverComingBack · 27/10/2018 00:31

auroraboringalice spicy salsa is spicy, non-spicy salsa isn’t spicy. If you buy mild salsa it’s just tomatoey

IHaveBrilloHair · 27/10/2018 00:55

Maybe so SpanishWife, but I still think it's revolting.
I avoid anything low fat, or low sugar etc as its never very nice, I'd rather have the real thing and less of it.