Do you eat fruit?

[amysuds]

I am confused about why many diets that support bodybuilding do not include fruit. If fructose is the issue, why should it be if it doesn't cause a large rise in blood sugar level? This in turn would mean it wouldn't raise insulin levels. Before I started training seriously, I ate fruit all the time, everyday. I was leaner then ever also. I am talking apples, oranges, bananas, strawberries and blueberries.....like 5 servings a day. Can anyone help me understand this theory?

[Preheated]

Eat your fruit, it's good for you. Don't listen to all the stupid broscience on these boards.

[Pacific-Baller]

It is the fructose. Your liver can only deal with so much of it. After that it becomes pretty useless.

Eat your fruit though. I think the positives largely outweigh the negatives. Just don't base your meals on them.

[MAK060]

yesssssss

[Smallbigsam]

i eat fruit all the time...dont take what people say in the nutrition and losing fat section too seriously, a vast majority have a eating disorder

[zacBEAST]

2 servings per day when bulking

2 servings per day on a cut and 1 when i hit a sticking point in my diet.

[May0819]

.I ate fruit all the time, everyday. I was leaner then ever also. I am talking apples, oranges, bananas, strawberries and blueberries.....like 5 servings a day.

...so what does that tell you?! .
again, everyone is going to have their own opinions, but thats how it is about everything > not just fruit.
EAT 'EM UP!

[Bioteknik]

it's the broscience mentality that since fruit contains mostly simple sugars, that it will lead to fat gains. Sweet potatoes are fine of course, brown rice too, but no fruit. huh?

[Holyspokes]

i have fruit every single day

[alottaboost]

Fruit is best first thing in the morning and post workout. I love 'dem oranges after an intense workout. Kind of a 'reward' to myself along with a protein shake.

[wouldlikemuscle]

Fruit is gooood.... now eat!

[Skull Crusher Chris]

Agreed, I have at least some fruit almost every day.

[churn]

i only eat bananas

they taste the best

I use a soy powder mix with skim milk and it tastes like ass so i throw a banana in a mix which im pretty sure is better than any sort of artificial sweetner or plain sugar

also i've read that potassium lowers lactic acid (sore muscles during workouts) so i figure i can work harder if I'm not actually feeling the burn but getting it silently

works for me

[Conduit]

I eat them almost every day...and I blend them in my protein shake

[Ibballard]

Bananas, raisins, strawberries, pomegranate. I eat fruit all the time. Nothing wrong with it, or anything else, in moderation. Keep track of the nutrients and how they fit into your macros, but also account for the high density of vitamins and other nutrients they give you. Go for it and enjoy it.

By the way. Best looking grandmother ever.

[DopeEfX]

I eat 1.5 bananas everyday and ive lost 78lbs thus far. Its ok man eat your fruit!

[johnnyironboard]

it's the broscience mentality that since fruit contains mostly simple sugars, that it will lead to fat gains.

Actually the broscience is that you can all the fruit you want. Humans evolved eating fruit when it was ripe- which wasn't very often. Once the liver is full of glycogen fructose gets stored as fat-if you are eating carbs the liver is usually full. That is why most bodybuilders cut out fruit near the end of a diet.

[johnnyironboard]

Nothing wrong with it, or anything else, in moderation.

How about crack, meth,drunk driving, and bareback street whore sex?

[Ibballard]

How about crack, meth,drunk driving, and bareback street whore sex?

Yep. All fine. My definition of "moderation" for all of these is just so astronomically close to zero as to be indistinguishable.

BTW... did you just compare fruit to raw-dogging a hooker?

[Bioteknik]

Actually the broscience is that you can all the fruit you want. Humans evolved eating fruit when it was ripe- which wasn't very often. Once the liver is full of glycogen fructose gets stored as fat-if you are eating carbs the liver is usually full. That is why most bodybuilders cut out fruit near the end of a diet.

well if you go over your macro total by eating a ton of fruit, is it the fruit's fault, or your own?


and how often is liver glycogen full during a caloric deficit?

[churn]

crack, meth

CM stack is great for cutting

last time i was on it, i passed out, woke up a week later 50 pounds lighter!

[abergirl]

i have never seen anyone get fat from apples...or oranges...or any other fruits for that matter.

so whatever works for you is fine.

[soon2b3olympic]

i have never seen anyone get fat from apples...or oranges...or any other fruits for that matter.

so whatever works for you is fine.

lmao not trueeee you can get fat but thats all based upon what else you are consuming etc etc, like the guy said about the liver.

CM stack is great for cutting

last time i was on it, i passed out, woke up a week later 50 pounds lighter!

hahahah ME TOOO!!! lmao.... but for some reason my ass hurt.

[abergirl]

lmao not trueeee you can get fat but thats all based upon what else you are consuming etc etc, like the guy said about the liver.

well i'm sure you could get fat off of it

i'm just saying i never personally have witnessed it

and if you have then fill me in sometime

[soon2b3olympic]

well i'm sure you could get fat off of it

i'm just saying i never personally have witnessed it

and if you have then fill me in sometime

lmao personally my metab is fuccccckd up lol. I probably would be the only person to get fat off of eating purely fruit hahaha. I workout 4-6 hours a day barely get 1500-2200 cals a day (yestrday it was 900) and im 205 with 17 inch arms, tell me how that haps? lol

[Ibballard]

lmao personally my metab is fuccccckd up lol. I probably would be the only person to get fat off of eating purely fruit hahaha. I workout 4-6 hours a day barely get 1500-2200 cals a day (yestrday it was 900) and im 205 with 17 inch arms, tell me how that haps? lol

Yes. You're not eating enough. And you're working out 4-6 hours a day.

Eat more, work out less, stop overtraining: you'll grow and or lose fat better

[soon2b3olympic]

Yes. You're not eating enough. And you're working out 4-6 hours a day.

Eat more, work out less, stop overtraining: you'll grow and or lose fat better

Growing is easy, im trying to cut down so i can get to a set fight weight. I gain muscle easily its a family trait.

[martina92685]

If anyone tells me not to eat fruit I immediately tune out.

[johnnyironboard]

well if you go over your macro total by eating a ton of fruit, is it the fruit's fault, or your own?


and how often is liver glycogen full during a caloric deficit?

None of your comments have anything to do with why fructose is eliminated during the later phases of a cutting diet by most serious dieters.

[johnnyironboard]

i have never seen anyone get fat from apples...or oranges...or any other fruits for that matter.

so whatever works for you is fine.

Getting fat is not the issue maximizing definition is why it is eliminated near the end of a diet. You people are confusing the two.