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Fruit and Fat-Loss
By Coach Emily Saunders
Ahh the season of fruit! Peaches, pears, berries, plums, melons etc. are everywhere and cheap! Women have so many questions about how much fruit to eat, when to eat it, and what types to eat. There is so much conflicting advice out there, isn’t there (as with every other topic under the sun)?
Some experts will suggest eating all the fruit you want and diets like Weight Watchers kind of lump it together as one category whereas others will tell you to avoid fruit at all costs like eating it will insure fat gain. So what’s a girl to do?
Truth is… like most things when it comes to nutrition… it depends! Each persons insides are so different and have different requirements. Some women can eat a fair amount of fruit and have great results, while others will find it significantly hinders fat-loss or that it makes them have cravings, or that they don’t feel satisfied eating it. There are many underlying causes for these differences including issues with candida (yeast overgrowth) and other gut issues (leaky gut/stomach acid issues) to various levels of insulin resistance. Others, whose metabolisms naturally burn muscle do better on higher fruit, higher starch diets.
So- my advice is general is to do your own personal research study. Eat low-sweet fruits in moderation. Take notes, measure results, monitor your hunger, energy, cravings and results.