Paola

Do many of you still eat alot of fruit ?
Have you banned fruit completely from your diet ?
Do you avoid all fruit that has a higher glycemic index ?

I find that even the lower glycemic index fruits bother me.....but do we really need fruit in our diet ?

scapoodle

I still eat it. I just add some pb or cottage cheese to it. Don't eat as much in the winter months. But when spring springs, I'm back on it!

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chantelley

I drink a lot of smoothies, i find it easier to get them into my diet that way

Paola

Do you get hungry if you eat fruit on it's own ?

chantelley

After a while yes i do,bananas not so much, certain fruits yeah but with the smoothies its like having a big drink too so it fills me up longer.

Paola

Maybe if I make a large smoothie and try to sneak some fruits in there it might work.......what do you put in your smoothies ?
I'm looking for a good protein shake.....good quality, but they are so darn expensive too.......but what else could I put in the smoothie otherwise ?

chantelley

My abolute fave after some experiments is

frozen Banana, strawberries and raspberries, with apple juice. You can add frozen yogurt and stuff too, i prefer mine without.

But theres so many things to experiment with its all trial and error and what you find tastes nice.

chantelley

http://www.smoothie-recipes.net/

Thats a good site, you can go by certain fruits and theres lots of good recipes

Paola

At this point I can't even imagine what eating a banana or a pear or an apple will do to my blood sugar......I can't even tolerate berries.......so I'm not sure what to do.
Maybe try and find a good protein powder, make it more of a veggie shake, and just literally a few berries, some nuts.......I don't know......I wish I could wake up to find a chef in the kitchen whipping me up the meals I need.........HAHA...like that's ever going to happen !!!!

PinaColada

i try to eat fruit and veg, its good for health and nutrients and bowel cancer/heart disease run in my family, im going to get back into the smoothies, ive not made them in a while as ive had no inspiration lol

How much fruit/veg is one portion of ur 5 a day? is it 1 portion per fruit, so if i have 5 pieces of fruit in my smoothie thats me covered?

chantelle did u buy a frozen bag with bananas/strawberries/rasperries or did u buy fresh and freeze them lol and how much - is it just a handful of each plus 1 banana?

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chantelley

Asda do a frozen bag and theyre not too expensive and it has banana strawberries and rasberries in(if my memory serves me) They also do a bag of just rasberries and they have a mixed one of like melon, mango and grapes and such, not my cup of tea though.

You can buy them and freeze them yourself but i find its easier to buy them frozen.

Depending on what you put in it will get you your 5 a day. The juice counts as one no matter how much you drink/put in.

http://www.5aday.nhs.uk/WhatCounts/P...izesFruit.aspx great site and tells you what equals a portion of each fruit

PinaColada

thanks chantelle for the link, i have saved it and will study it later

i will need to go to asda for the stuff lol

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sarah jane parr

I always have my five fruit and veg a day, i love all kinds of fruit more than veg, but i have always been like that.

Paola

So how come some of us can't tolerate fruit ?

I would love to eat some fruit but it sends my hunger through the roof.

I'm going to slowly try and sneak it in to shakes and see how that goes.

I'm not sure if I asked this before but, seeing as a banana is high on the glycemic index, does that mean that we have to avoid it forever ??

sarah jane parr

I don't avoid them altogether, i will have a banana at once or even twice a week, i try to eat oranges more now.