09/14/20

#59 Fruit. Good? Bad?

 This week's Monday Motivation focuses on whether fruit is good or bad.

At a snapshot, fresh fruit has about 50/50 split of glucose & fructose. 

There are lots of myths about fruit like "you shouldn't eat fruit before lunchtime". 

I like to break the fruit into high and low glycemic index fruits (GI).

Low GI fruits:

• Cherries 
• Grapefruit
• Pears
• Apples 
• Oranges 
• Plums
• Strawberries
• Peaches
• Grapes
• Tomatoes

High GI fruits:

• Watermelon
• Pineapple
• Mango
• Pawpaw 

2-3 pieces of fruit a day is enough.

I love for one of those servings to be 1/2 cup of berries for a great hit of anti-aging properties. I also love a banana especially after working out and I want to pull some carbohydrates into my muscles. 

TIPS:

• Don't drink your fruit. Eat the piece of fruit used to make juice with a glass of water, otherwise, you missing out on lots of the nutrition fruit provides like fibre.
• Stay away from dried fruits, it's easy to take on too much-concentrated sugars this way.