Is it possible to eat too many berries

No other high fiber foods cause as much trouble. Thank you so much for this enlightening article. I was craving for it but guess what? It also sure rings a bell about the impossibility to lose weight… will try it out! I just recently started making smoothies. With fruit, unsweetened almond milk, and protein powder.

I have one for breakfast and one for lunch and then eat a reasonable dinner. I was a fast food 3x a day person and never ate fruit. I cannot handle textures.. Made from organic powder in my home. I did a search on eating fruit and upset stomach and ended up here. I had a train journey to make last Friday and had consumed a punnet small one of blue berries a few hours before. I ended up having to stand outside of the train loo for the last hour of the journey, feeling bloated, sick, hot, cold and really quite unwell.

I thought I had picked up a 12 hour bug. Today I bought a pint of mixed fruit and eat the lot after a salad lunch and my god I am feeling it again now. Not nice! I have been trying to figure out the culprit of my bloating..

I originally thought it was the beans, lentils and brown rice I was consuming. I have to asses my diet, reduce the fruit and add more veggies … Boy, I hope this helps with my digestion. I decided to eat cleaner, and I love fruit! I ate fruit in the morning, afternoon, evening and in between. I love fruit and figured its fresh, nutritious, unprocessed etc!

Well, I began experiencing bloating, indigestion, burning sensation in abdominal area. This went in for a couple weeks. My husband just lost his job, so I had no insurance.

I was on web-md diagnosing myself with everthing from ulcers to cancer! Then at work I was feeling nauseated, and miserable! I tried to eat a chicen ceasar salad, but was just too sick. I ate two minuscule pieces of lettuce, sipped on some club soda and just could not eat. I found the club soda to be soothing The burning, bloating and nausea had gotten the best of me. I didnt eat all day and the discomfort began to subside. Never did it enter my mind it could be my fresh healthy fruit.

After all, I could live on fresh fruit and some protein. Later that evening feeling some hunger pangs, but afraid to eat only sipping perrier.

I finally threw caution to the wind and got a plain hot dog from as I was starving. I waited for the dreaded burning, bloating and nausea. It didnt happen. I drank club soda and later had some brown rice and garlic shrimp and a thai ice tea. No pain or discomfort. I later had some cheese and crackers, no problem.

I finally started to realize maybe it was all the fruit! I began searching google and found this thread! This morning not a bite of fruit and my stomach is 90 improved. I will now be incorporating more veggies and easing up on the fruit to see how things go. I love fruit and I consume at least 7 portions a day but not shifting weight like I feel I should. Which is annoying because I do everything by the book.

Then I get told I eat to much fruit. Reading this makes me realise why. I do get bloated but not always. I will try cutting it down to 2 portions and maybe snack add some vegetables as I usually only have a day. Thank you for this article it defiantly makes me realise why I may not be losing the weight. Thank you very much for your very informative article. I am one of the many readers who binged on fruit and never thought it to be an issue as I am quite lean, very active and have no problems with my sugar levels.

But now, I know better and will try to cut back on the fruit. The difficulty is what else to eat between meals as I am a vegetarian, eats loads of vegetables including green juice and I try to eat processed food like rice crackers sparingly. After reading your very informative article, I fall under 1. I noticed that after eating a couple of peaches a day, I was very bloated and my sugar readings were slightly higher. Also noticed weight gain, I guess from the bloating and I am pretty fit, but with the peaches I noticed a difference.

I will be cutting out peaches! How funny is that. Even my blood test is perfect. The 5 points would be:. You are obese 2. You generally experience heart attacks 3. You have sweet tooth after each meal 4. Your conscience is telling you to stop killing innocent beings 5. You tend to become ill more often. Of course these points are a bit edgy but so your points are. All of them are real concerns about consuming mostly fat and protein instead of carbohydrates, which fuels our body naturally.

You even know that well if you have a degree of nutrition. I take a sandwich bag full of grapes and cherries. I also have one smoothie a day made with 1 cup of blackberries, strawberries 1 bananak and vanilla yogurt.

Also one scoop of greens. Is this to much fruit. I googled this coz I have had an increase in headaches, bad ones! I got very sick, and vomited many times, and I got so weak I could barely walk. Anyway, I am male, 54 yrs old and thought I was losing weight. The bloating thing really hit true for me. Just an insight to my day — half a watermelon, 3 kiwis, 3 pears, 2 apples, 2 oranges, berries, a whole box of strawberries. I no longer drink sugared beverages and cut down drastically foods with table sugar but i now eat a lot fruit.

The results are no more IBS and i have lost weight!!! No bloating, diarrhea, exercise 3 days week, walk miles days week, but cannot lose desired 10 lbs midsection weight. Should I cut some of the fruit? Hi Lilly Can you please explain how fructose raises blood sugar. Best wishes Jillian. I tried removing all common food allergens to see if my digestive problems would go away.

Between the diet change itself and all that healthy food I was eating, everything got way worse. As I eat loads of plums and peaches that my coworkers brought in from their trees, your post is a great reminder that natural does not mean unconditionally healthy, and it all comes down to moderation. I understand how blood sugar can be impacted but I am not aware of I what you mentioned in a comment about having difficulty digesting a protein-containing meal with fruit.

Right with you Lily. Fruit is advertised to us both in nature and marketing as being better for us than it really is. I think of this post every time I purchase fruit.

It is so true. Veggies can be just as yummy. Add some legumes or beans to a salad for a healthy dinner. I also love egg salad on a bed on fresh spinach for a quick and easy lunch. I live in FLA so am fortunate to have fresh fruit and veggies year round.

Hi Lily! Welcome to the PNW! Rob and I loved it there and we are hoping to be back next summer. I know you will enjoy all the wonderful things the area has to offer! When adjusting my diet, I realized I was eating too much fruit through my sugar intake. So I actually switched out a high-sugar fruit which I was eating with the thought of getting vitamins and fiber , with a low-sugar, low-glycemic granola bar as my mid-morning snack.

I had way more energy and my digestion got back on track surprisingly quickly. Though, that being said, the northwest cherries are amazing. As always, thank you for your food advice! I eat 2 or 3 fruits every morning but not half cups of each.

Usually rasp. Is that over doing? Sandee lee. I chose fruit — oh wow!! I bloated, cramped, burped and all the other ghastly results of over-fruiting. I am dead against juicing and smoothies owing to the amount of sugar consumed in one portion. Good morning Lily it has been mentioned to us that we eat far too much fruit. I must emphasise that I am extremely health conscious most of the time, but occasionally binge. Every second day we have a smoothie consisting of 1 stick celery, 1 carrot.

To this we add 1 tablespoon raw honey. I eat as a very large breakfast daily — in my nutra bullet raspberries,blueberries,blackberries,ground almonds,chia seeds,pumpkin seeds,sunflower seeds,flax seeds,q 10,walnuts,Brazil nuts,sesame seeds,full fat Greek yogurt,agave syrup,dates and almond milk.. Having suffered from gallstones from a diet high in cheese years ago I find that on the rare occasions I have had an attack after being tempted with a cheese dish the only food my body will willingly accept and feel good on is the above mix of nutrients.

I eat in one day 2 granny apples, 2 nectarines or peaches, a good handfull of strawberries and oikos yogurt with a ton of fresh blueberries added to it. Feel very bloated and agitated afterwards so now i know why, thank you for this insight and please know that i try to be very healthy with my food choices, i used to weigh pounds and now i am pounds and have kept it off with diet and exercise for 10 years but in the last year have become addicted to fruit but have severe bloating so any advice would be appreciated, i am 41 years old and female if this means anything.

I got prove that eating too much fruit is harmless. Even for diabetic type 2 patients. For reference, a small apple weighs about g.

So glad I found this!! In total shock that you can eat too much fruit! Yes I have been extra amounts since I got my new blender. I will be cutting back as from today, learning I suffer the side affects. Thank for the tip! Thank for the tip. I definitely suffer fruit side affects. Will be cutting back as from today. I have all the five symptoms mentioned. I joined Slimming World and eat huge amounts of fruit. I told the leader about this and she laughed it off. Thank you so much.

I run miles per week and eat unlimited fruit. It really is disgusting. I wonder as I get older my body cannot handle all the fruit, as I do seem to be a bit more bloated, but I am so hooked. I found this really helpful! I also absolutely love smoothies and usually have a glass of OJ mid morning. Immediately after eating, I was getting stomach aches and had to go, I was worried for my training and your article has reassured to me that there is such a thing as having too much, balance is key!

Unfortunately, I just ate 8 apricots and that was definitely not even half of the fruit I ate all day…. Gonna have to work on it. Is it good or bad for my liver?

I joined Weight Watchers Dec I am down 30 pounds, and thank fruit for that. Most fruits are 0 points, so I have been eating lots of fruit, so I can eat dinner with my hubby. I have a few of the symptoms you mentioned, and no idea where they may have come from! Now I know, and thank you! Look out veggies, my new love!!

Into my second week of a four week stay on the island of Malta. Only to find myself in the early hours with a painful stomach and running to the loo. However, coming upon this sight has lead me to a whole new way of looking at fruit and of how they should be consumed.

You have possibly saved me from having more of upset stomach in the future. But seeing it all in black and white, wow! Thank you for an altered perspective. Thank you!! Thanks so much? Hi there. I starting following fruitians in a Facebook page.

I absolutely relate to the factor of bloating! I consume a great deal of fruit. Thanks for the tips. Wow, thank you for this information!! A couple months ago I had to take some antibiotics. I read that lactose can cause diarrhea for 6 weeks after antibiotics, so I thought it must be my morning yogurt causing the problem. Then one day I had the yogurt without any fruit and I had no diarrhea!

I thought I was really being nice to my body by eating so much fruit. After reading your article I am guessing that the real cause of my diarrhea is the fruit!! I was doing fine until 2 months ago. I am in my mids, athletic, thin, vegequarian vegetarian plus a little bit of fish. Thanks again! This article was very helpful! False post……. This is some really great information. It was easy to understand.

Recently I have been eating too much fruit and this information really helped me understand about how much ftuit to eat. Thank you so much this information really helped and I am now going to share this website with my friends.?? Man, this kinda bums me out. I have been trying to eat better and have substituted fruit for snacks.

Guess I need to work on balancing with more veggies. I was always told to keep it down to 2 a day, which felt like a cruel and unusual punishment. One of the side-effects that has always bothered me the most is the bloating and the stomach aches, most prominent after eating tropical fruits that I adore like papaya and pineapple, or oranges; also, apples always make me soooo hungry!

I wish you all good luck in your attempts to keep fruit from taking over your life :. In other words, their bodies are trying to get the nutrients by binging on the foods that contain them.

Is that true? This is not ideal, disruption to meditation and requiring more sleep is undesirable. A week or so ago I was lying down for a while, and when I got up I started feeling faint and almost collapsed to the floor, getting a blackout.

My zinc was low several months ago, but since I started taking zinc tablets it has been good. I got a blood test in early August, and my iron, vitamin B12, and vitamin D levels were low. Recently I tested the acidity of my saliva—it was 6. I was also having a banana, six dates, and a handful of sultanas every morning. I may still adjust to reduce my fruit intake and see how that goes. We tend to eat them more like a vegetable than a fruit because they are not as sweet, and the latter two are only mildly acidic.

I get plenty of exercise and am slightly underweight, so fruit intake is not a concern for me in terms of weight. It was my mum that said and may I quote this just rolled off her tongue your fruit intake is way to much its just pure sugar, my reply rubbish fruit is good for you and low fat.

How wrong was I , mums know best. I have since stopped my fruit just to see what happens. Hi Lily, just came across your website. I have eaten now I think too much fruit for the last few years. Since the birth of my 2 children I decided it was time I lost some weight. I reduced my portions and carb intake dramatically but carried on eating the same amount of fruit as before. No wonder I have hardly lost weight. I am so glad I came across this article.

I think now I have a plan! Firstly I craved any kind of olives I ate them by the catering tin, each day, and not a lot else, for months and months. Suddenly I stopped. Instead I ate 5 X 4 pun nets if necturines a day. Plus strawberries. At this time I became anemic breathless, pale skin, white in bottom of eyes. He recommended iron tablets and said you need to take a vitamin supplement C so the iron absorbed into your system. I took a B supplement instead. After 24hours I was I was no longer breathless.

I am not taking the iron anymore but do crave necturines cold hard one after another. I feel very bloated and cannot loose weight as you suggested in you write up, thank you for writing the facts I am now going to cut them out or reduce to just 2 a day.

I have been operated for cancer in , and I and not able to swollow whole foods. I have to make smoothies.

I weight lbs before my operation now I weigh lbs and I am not able to gain weight. Can you help me organize my meals so they can be best for me? You mention to eat more vegetables like avocado, bell peppers and tomatoes, but those are all fruit. Are we supposed to treat them like vegetables like most people assume them to be?

And if yes, is that because they are not particularity sweet? Very insightful article. I began eating one bowl or fruits mixed bowl everyday for breakfast assuming that fruits are super healthy and best breakfast to eat and was bloated all the time. Eventually on thinking hard, I realized that the one thing common for 2 months that I was super bloated was that I was having fruits on empty stomach for breakfast.

Thanks for the explaination and I am disappointed in these tasty fruits and my ability to digest them. Hi Lily, interesting article and I am going to act on it! I have been attending a well known slimming group for longer than I car to remember and had moderate success. Just a stone and a half from target …. I am maintaining week after week.

Yes I do…. I graze all day in fruit. In my kitchen I always have an overflowing fruit bowl and as I walk by, I pick a pear or orange etc. I should still lose….. I am going to cut the fruit to a couple of portions a day and replace with more vegetables to snack if needs be. Thank you. I gave up all the bad foods 10 months ago.

I have lost 50 pounds without ever being hungry! I eat as much as I want! Of course, my diet is fruits, nuts, lean proteins and lots of veggies. I eat my fruits to get maximum benefit. I Start with Bran cereal and grapefruit.

Some healthy snacks and a few sandwiches for lunch. Dinner is typically fish with a large salad. I do allow myself to indulge on Sundays to minimize the cravings. Although I will eat whatever I crave on Sunday, I find myself not over indulging. I will eat pizza if I want.

Also, I do have a sweet tooth! I started exercising about 2 months into the diet. By that point I had lost almost 30 pounds. Losing the weight first motivates you to work out! It really is all about the diet though. Thanks, this was helpful. I am not able to swollow whole foods. I have lost all my fat. So I started to pump iron to put on some weight. I ve been eatting smoothies that contain 1 banana, 1 kiwi, 1 avacado, spinach, frozen berries, pumpkin seeds, nuts, and use powder proteins Now I got a juicer and juicing my vegis and drink one cup of this vegi juice plus my smoothie, I would like to know how much of the vegi juice should I drink?

Thankyou in advance. Hi, I might be eating too much fruit because I really love it and have always had a sweet tooth. I cut out most sweets already and now eat fruits instead.

I have chronic constipation and need all the fiber I can get. I have a healthy weight on the low side, 3 kgs away from the underweight category.

I eat about 4 pieces of fruit a day, whole. Could I still be overdosing on fructose? If I cut back on fruits, I fear I might lose weight. For your constipation maybe try eating watermelon as one of your servings of fruit? Watermelon works wonders on my digestive track and is a great water dense fruit.

Or you could try fiber one cereal with some raspberries. Hope all that helps, have a lovely day! I have been eating a large bowl of fruit with yogurt every night also kept to a strict diet but only lost 1 lb thid week is this fue to my fruit intake after reading this i think this is the case. I came across this page while searching for answers on this unbearable pain I get from eating fruit.

I love halos, strawberries and pineapples. I really need to shed about ten pounds to be at a comfortable weight. I see everyone speaking about greens and I have a question if I may as what can I do to give them flavor, but not make them unhealthy? It teaches you how to make veggies taste good, including recipes.

Thanks so much for the article! Am I just paranoid? I am on a e foods diet for autoimmune disease and i have had bloating lately along with what seemed like sugar spikes and crashes and cravings. I thought fruit intake in the last couple days might be the answer. Although i think I only get about 3 servings, that may be too much for me. Plantains, apples oranges and bananas are my go to. Well it all makes sense now as I have 4 of the 5 symptoms.

I will definitely cut down. The thing is a few months ago I could feel it helping but I was spacing out my meals, eating fruit, and drinking milk between 5am and pm plus other healthy things. So by not eating as much fruit and getting more water will that help? My husband was always telling me that I was eating too much fruit but I ignored him because if fruit is good for me more fruit would be better, right? Well no!!

I was eating 2 huge bowls of fruit twice a day. Oh my gosh. My usual breakfast used to be a latte and a pack of Brevita cocoa biscuits. I go the gym a lot and thought my body needed better nutrition to support my gym programming. Please can you advise me of some smoothie recipes that are stomach friendly. Loved the article. Ooo yes, definately! I seem to be carrying the extra around my middle.

I shall have a go at a celery stick or carrot as a snack instead. Definitely the stone unturned here! I still point the kids towards fruit snack rather than chocolate and they are getting a taste for nuts now. They no longer ask me for chocolate when they get in from school — result!

I am a member of FA. Everyone else in the program is losing tremendous amounts of weight. I am not. During this past week I decided to completely eliminate fruit from my diet and instead have vegetables squash, green beans, cabbage, broccoli. Do what works for you , Sarah. Before the fruit craze buckets of green queen olives. Which fruit took over from. Off any iron in my system and left me anemic.

So your write up makes perfect sense, especially about the weight. Thank you for your advice. So thank you for the info! I love my daily fruits.. I have struggled with my weight most of my adult life!

Abuse, 6 kids and a sweet tooth and no self control…have been the main culprits. And now i cant seem to shake natural sugar or meat. Seems it has come down to that. All of the above are true except maybe number 2. I just spent money and bought conventional meats, and the swicthed again over to raw fruits and vegtables…and the fruit is killing me, I know its too much, I can go all day and just eat fruit. When iI think of eating just vegtables…I want to curl up in a ball…I want meat, veggies, fruits and some fun foods like nuts seeds raw honey, dates, raw dairy etc and the like.

Problem is I need to be a normal weight. My problem…if i eat too much fruit or pasturized dairy it seems my feet begin to pain me. My choices…paleo orsomethimg similiar in the long term, the Daniel diet…without grains beans nuts and seeds in the short term etc. I need no or low inflamation foods and grass fed meats and eggs and raw dairy.

Right now ive made a year long committment to the Daniel diet and so I need help with that. How to eat vegtables only or mostly and be satisfied. Thank you for your time. Desperation, Pamela Hey awesome post you have there!

And these days my tummy bloats and could this fruit-munching habit be the trigger? And oh ya! You mentioned about fructose causing all those sorts of things. Is it possible for a higher glucose ratio fruit cause this problem as well? Much love from Malaysia, thank you!

You know: pasta , cauliflower pizza , etc. Both dietitians note that those with diabetes and elevated blood sugar levels should consult a registered dietitian or their physician if they feel unsure about how much fruit is appropriate for their diets, since they have to be more mindful than others about any kind of sugar consumption.

As always, it can't hurt to ask! According to the U. Department of Agriculture USDA , your daily allotment of two cups can come in the form of fresh, frozen, dried, canned, pre-cut, or pureed fruit. If you're channeling your inner-baby and pureeing all your vitamins in smoothies, you might not find it that hard to measure out two cups of apple, blackberries, or some combo.

If you're enjoying more adult forms, of fruit, however, it's not that easy to eyeball serving size. For reference:. You can find a more exhaustive list of fruit serving sizes here. It would take me pretty much the rest of my life to tell you all the benefits of the fruit.

A sacrifice I would gladly make except for that means never eating mango again myself. The best of the best are definitely worth covering, though. This is good because it helps prevent the surges in blood sugar that when repeated, can over time lead to insulin-resistance and increase risk for type 2 diabetes ," says Malkani. If you've enjoyed fruit in your oatmeal, you've probably also experienced its satiating superpowers.

Who could complain? A few fruits come out on top when it comes to fiber content. Raspberries contain about eight grams per cup, a medium pear has about six grams, an apple contains five grams, and bananas, oranges, and strawberries all contain about three grams for their respective serving sizes. Design your fruit salad accordingly. One critical thing to keep in mind: Drinking fruit juice or fruit-based smoothies is not the same as eating whole fruits, and both of those beverages may pose a number of health risks.

Some recent evidence, including one study from Harvard School of Public Health, has linked fruit juice to an increased risk for diabetes. While the evidence tying juiced and blended fruit to health problems is somewhat mixed, Lustig says both of these processes either remove or destroy the stringy bits of insoluble fiber that help limit the rapid absorption of sugar in the small intestine.

Some fruits may be better to indulge in than others. Berries, though pricey, have been linked to both improved heart and brain health.

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