Amanda Colf Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 In term of servings per day/week how much is too much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tom Denham Posted February 4, 2013 Moderators Share Posted February 4, 2013 The meal template recommends an "occasional" serving of fruit. That should probably be less than 1 serving per day. The idea is for you to eat way more vegetables than you do fruit. Ideally, I would say 3 or 4 servings per week, unless you have a sugar dragon. If you struggle with sugar cravings, no fruit is your best choice. Feeding a dragon fruit tends to keep it strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krista Billows Rodriguez Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Starving my sugar dragon was high on my list of W30 priorities and I rarely consumed fruit last month. I do think it has made it easier for me to face and pass on sweet treats now that I'm in the reintroduction period. When I did have fruit it was a small serving of berries or sliced apples mixed in with shredded cabbage salad. I avoided really sweet ones like bananas, mangos and didn't touch dried fruit. Dried fruit is a food with no brakes for me for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 The meal template recommends an "occasional" serving of fruit. That should probably be less than 1 serving per day. The idea is for you to eat way more vegetables than you do fruit. Ideally, I would say 3 or 4 servings per week, unless you have a sugar dragon. If you struggle with sugar cravings, no fruit is your best choice. Feeding a dragon fruit tends to keep it strong. Wow! I didn't know that... here I thought I was doing really good just having it for breakfast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Strathdee Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 1-2 servings per day is reasonable for most folks. If you've got major insulin resistance issues, have a lot of weight to lose, or a serious sugar dragon, you may choose to restrict further. Like Tom said above, never let it push a veggie off of your plate, but remember fruit is food too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tom Denham Posted February 5, 2013 Moderators Share Posted February 5, 2013 I ate fruit at breakfast when I was a Whole30 newbie. I thought Melissa and Dallas were strangely reluctant to embrace fruit as good food back then. They never said bad things about fruit, but they kept recommending veggies instead. Once they edited a recipe I created and changed my reference to eating an orange to eating a few mandarin orange sections and I wondered, "Who eats a few mandarin orange sections? I eat the whole can if I open it!" Funny thing is, now that I have almost 3 years of Whole30 eating under my belt, I am strangely reluctant to embrace fruit as good food and keep recommending veggies instead... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpinSpin Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I am a diabetic, so I keep fruit to a minimum and limit which fruits I do eat. I pretty much limit myself to berries and the occasional bit of apple and I keep the fruits I do eat to meals, never snacks. So, berries sprinkled in my salads or chunks of apples in a chicken salad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Strathdee Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Fruit is definitely best eaten with a meal, and as an ingredient is a great option! My favorite salad is spinach + fruit (almost any kind will do) + chicken + avocado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Thanks Robin and Tom for the additional info. Although I haven't been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes I will be if I don't watch my blood sugar. I'll stick with my one serving of fruit for breakfast... doesn't see to awaken my sugar dragon... I have more of a salty snack dragon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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