Darlameister Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I need more clarification than "Occasionally add a serving of fruit"! Please. I bought dried apricots and dried figs. I am thinking of having one of each after dinner each night. What are your thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtFossil Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Hello Darlameister! Eat your fruit with a meal. No more than once a day, if that often. Many people eat no fruit on a Whole30. Most importantly, don't let fruit crowd vegetables off your plate. DON'T eat the dried fruit after a meal, as a substitute for "dessert"--or as a snack, as dried fruit can encourage sugar cravings and hunger and mess with your blood sugar. Choose fresh fruit is possible, and again as part of a meal (apple or raisins in a salad, etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darlameister Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 I meant as part of my dinner once I was finished with the rest of it. Why are they listed as acceptable foods if we aren't supposed to eat them on the Whole30? I bought large bags of each at Costco! This is more confusing than i had hoped it would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ShannonM816 Posted January 4, 2017 Moderators Share Posted January 4, 2017 They are acceptable (although with any dried fruit, read the ingredients-- sulfites are commonly added, and some fruits like cranberries are usually sweetened). Generally, don't let fruit push the veggies off your plate -- the meal template says to fill your plate with veggies. Fruit would be in addition to that, not in place of it. With dried fruit, be careful with your serving sizes. Think about how big a fresh apricot would be, and how that would relate to the closed-fist-sized serving of fruit, you'd probably have one, maybe two apricots. Then think about how many dried apricots you eat -- it's easy to eat a handful of them, but then you've probably had four apricots. As long as you watch your serving sizes, you could have fruit with each meal every day, but something you'd want to think about is, are you having it as a dessert replacement? If you feel like your meal isn't complete without something sweet at the end, now might be a good time to break that habit. How about sometimes having the apricots or figs chopped up in a salad, or part of a cauliflower rice couscous like this one: http://meljoulwan.com/2009/09/03/eat-your-vegetables-cauliflower-fouscous-pilaf/ or in a dish like the sweet crisp greens here: http://meljoulwan.com/2010/01/12/eat-your-vegetables-kale-chard-beet-tops-and-more/ (she uses cranberries, but I've subbed dried apricots, and I'm sure dried figs would be good as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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