About diet

[Alexa445]

I ask our Gp for a nutritionist for him or someone who could tell us exactly what he can eat and what no,but he told us to look on internet😏😏..i know basically its about no sugar,no salt,no fat,and lots of vegetables and fruits...but my question is..can he eat many fruit per day?he quit smoking and now he is eating fruits instead of smoking...its about 5 fruits per day..is that ok??

[NorthantsSteve]

Hi Alexa. The Mediterranean diet is the one the BHF recommends. I try and stick to this as much as I can and find it to be very tasty. heartuk.org.uk/healthy-diet...

With respect to eating fruit - 5 a day should be fine but fruit juice should be limited. My sugar levels were going up so I’ve restricted my fruit consumption. bhf.org.uk/informationsuppo...

Hope that helps.

[Alexa445 in reply to NorthantsSteve]

Thank you.I'll have a look

[Chappychap]

Fruit contains quite high levels of sugar, especially tropical fruit (and dried fruit contains absolutely insane levels of sugar!).

I've heard the "five a day" advice expressed as "4+1 a day", ie four portions of vegetables and one portion of fruit.

We're all different so I wouldn't be prescriptive about this, but purely for interest I have no fruit juice and no dried fruit. I'll usually have one portion of fruit (and never more than one portion of tropical fruit) but I'll also often have a portion of berries. However, if I'm out and about and need to buy prepared food then I'll stretch my rules and have an apple and a banana.

[MichaelJH Heart Star]

I fully endorse Steve's reply.

In addition I fully agree about fruit as many contain a lot of sugar (as fructose) and calories. I am diabetic so obviously wary of the sugar content. The mantra about fruit from WW and Slimming World puzzles me as many overweight and obese people are pre-diabetic. Carrots and cucumber wedges can be good alternatives.

[Alexa445]

Thank you all!He doesnt have diabet and also he is very fit,but i will try to give him less fruit..he is eating mostly apples.Thank you again!

[NorthantsSteve in reply to Alexa445]

Apples are good. A small scale study found 2 a day slightly lowers cholesterol. nhs.uk/news/food-and-diet/c...

[Ianc2]

Celery and hummus is a very pleasant snack, as are a small portion of nuts. Have a look at the glycaemic index , it makes for interesting reading and fits in well with Mediterranean diet. It is also worth trying to find a BANT registered nutritionist if you want more depth.