Ep1 How much fruit should I be eating?

Today we're going to be talking about how much fruit is too much fruit. 
Spoiler alert: for the most of us - it's not a thing. 
Too much fruit is not a problem most of us will struggle with. 
This is a question that I genuinely get asked so many times, because I say eat more fruit and my patients are saying: but it's full of sugar. 
First is that 75% of the population does not eat enough fruit. The recommendations are for five different pieces of fruit and vegetables per day, which translates to one to two pieces of fruit a day. And 75% of the population are not hitting one or two pieces of fruit a day! 
This is  astounding because fruit is delicious, and colourful and beautiful and lovely. So why why are we not having any part of the reason that we're not having any, is because we're terrified of how much sugar is in it. 
But in reality, is it the same? 
Let's talk banana versus chocolate bar: the banana has fewer calories, less sugar than a chocolate bar and has the fibre has the vitamins has the minerals which no offence chocolate bar, but they don't have it. 
And what we've seen from the research is that when you increase your intake from two fruits a day to five fruits today, we see a  13% reduction in risk for general mortality, 30% less risk of death from any cause. We see lowered risk for heart disease we see lower risk for cancer we see lowered risk for respiratory disease. Basically better health. 
Why is this? It's because of the fibre. If you pick up an apple or a banana or a pear or a kiwi and you eat it as is, then you're getting all of that fibre. And what does this do? Okay, so the first thing is that we're increasing tremendously the amount of vitamins and the amount of minerals and the amount of antioxidants that we're having. What are these do? First of all, they make us happy because they're colourful. So we eat through our eyes, right? We see this colourful food and it makes us happy but it genuinely also makes us happy because of a biochemical response. So the more fruit we eat, the happier we feel. It helps relieve anxiety it helps relieve depression, it helps reduce stress levels in our lives. It also makes us look better and feel better physically, not just mentally although it does work mentally as well. When we look and we feel better everything else just seems that much nicer in life. But also we're adding all of the fibre what is the fibre do well of fibre makes you poop properly? We're adding the water as well because fruit contains water and fibre so we're making better poop. What does that do that literally getting rid of the crap in our body. It's the best form of detoxification, it replenishes our body with all the things that needs. 
So like I said, if you're a diabetic, and we're counting how many carbs you're having, then this does not apply for you. But if you're generally healthy person when you add all of the fruit, what we found is that your blood sugar levels don't rise, they go down. And we're lowering all of the other things that we want to be lowering like your cholesterol and your blood pressure, which generally helps with health in all directions, it lowers your risk of heart disease and metabolic syndrome. And like I said before cancer and pulmonary disease and respiratory disease. So eat more fruit, eat more fruit, because it is delicious. 
But if you're thinking, Oh, I shouldn't eat. I shouldn't eat mo

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Transcript

Today we're going to be talking about how much fruit is too much fruit. 
Spoiler alert: for the most of us - it's not a thing. 
Too much fruit is not a problem most of us will struggle with. 
This is a question that I genuinely get asked so many times, because I say eat more fruit and my patients are saying: but it's full of sugar. 
First is that 75% of the population does not eat enough fruit. The recommendations are for five different pieces of fruit and vegetables per day, which translates to one to two pieces of fruit a day. And 75% of the population are not hitting one or two pieces of fruit a day! 
This is  astounding because fruit is delicious, and colourful and beautiful and lovely. So why why are we not having any part of the reason that we're not having any, is because we're terrified of how much sugar is in it. 
But in reality, is it the same? 
Let's talk banana versus chocolate bar: the banana has fewer calories, less sugar than a chocolate bar and has the fibre has the vitamins has the minerals which no offence chocolate bar, but they don't have it. 
And what we've seen from the research is that when you increase your intake from two fruits a day to five fruits today, we see a  13% reduction in risk for general mortality, 30% less risk of death from any cause. We see lowered risk for heart disease we see lower risk for cancer we see lowered risk for respiratory disease. Basically better health. 
Why is this? It's because of the fibre. If you pick up an apple or a banana or a pear or a kiwi and you eat it as is, then you're getting all of that fibre. And what does this do? Okay, so the first thing is that we're increasing tremendously the amount of vitamins and the amount of minerals and the amount of antioxidants that we're having. What are these do? First of all, they make us happy because they're colourful. So we eat through our eyes, right? We see this colourful food and it makes us happy but it genuinely also makes us happy because of a biochemical response. So the more fruit we eat, the happier we feel. It helps relieve anxiety it helps relieve depression, it helps reduce stress levels in our lives. It also makes us look better and feel better physically, not just mentally although it does work mentally as well. When we look and we feel better everything else just seems that much nicer in life. But also we're adding all of the fibre what is the fibre do well of fibre makes you poop properly? We're adding the water as well because fruit contains water and fibre so we're making better poop. What does that do that literally getting rid of the crap in our body. It's the best form of detoxification, it replenishes our body with all the things that needs. 
So like I said, if you're a diabetic, and we're counting how many carbs you're having, then this does not apply for you. But if you're generally healthy person when you add all of the fruit, what we found is that your blood sugar levels don't rise, they go down. And we're lowering all of the other things that we want to be lowering like your cholesterol and your blood pressure, which generally helps with health in all directions, it lowers your risk of heart disease and metabolic syndrome. And like I said before cancer and pulmonary disease and respiratory disease. So eat more fruit, eat more fruit, because it is delicious. 
But if you're thinking, Oh, I shouldn't eat. I shouldn't eat more than an apple a day. I say eat an apple, and a pear and a kiwi and a banana and some raspberries and blueberries and whatever else you can think of and have all of those every day because it will help you feel better. So if you're worried about it, if you need specific consultation, then you know where to find me.