I was told that vegetables should be eaten more while fruits should be eaten less in order to have a better diet. Is this true?
eating too much fruit is hardly ever going to be a concern. (usually) don’t blend, juice, crystallize or dehydrate them and eat the peel when that makes sense (eg always eat apples’ peels, maybe eat mangos’, avoid eating pineapples’ lol) and you’re fine. despite being more calorically dense than most vegetables, they are far from being a concern
if you have the privilege of accessing fresh, locally-produced and sourced fruits which are appropriate to your local climate, do not need to sit for days in transportation and are free from pesticides, by all means go ahead
Eating too much fruit never made anyone obese or gave them health problems. If you like fruit, eat fruit. All the keto crusaders in the comment section are going to say fruit is too much sugar, blah blah blah, it’s packed with fiber and micronutrients, it’s very healthy. Don’t reduce your fruit intake to make up for lack of veg, just add more veg.
If you only eat fruit then that is too much fruit. I think your question is the wrong way around. Yes you should eat more veg than fruit, but that simply means that you should be eating a boat load of veg. You should be eating a relatively large amount of fruit but even more veg. Don’t reduce your fruit intake just because you are not getting enough veg.
There is no such thing as too much fruit (provided u don’t have a health condition and that u aren’t eating too much of a vitamin or mineral). No one has ever died, become obese, or gotten diabetes from too much fruit.
We are genetically programmed to eat and enjoy fruit, so I wouldn’t say you should consume more veg than fruit. However, if you are already eating enough carbs, eating a lot of fruit may not be the best idea.
Having said that, I have been using fruit as one of my main sources of energy in the past month and I have been feeling better than ever. It really depends on what your goal is, but I will strongly recommend at least a few servings every day.
fruits are much higher in sugar, vegetables are much higher in nutrients. and there’s nothing you can get from fruit that you can’t get from vegetables (nothing useful, that is. you don’t need the sugar)
Not only is fruit full of fiber, but important vitamins and even some H2O. If you exercise regularly, you would have a hard time eating “too much” fruit. The only argument against fruit is the sugar, which is almost irrelevant when compared to juice and soda. If you exercise regularly, cut out all juices and soda, then eat fruit with every meal, you will be in better shape then 90% of people in westernized countries and still be consuming considerably less sugar. Eating a balanced diet of [wild/organic] meat, veggies, grain, and fruit is ideal for the vast majority of humans (ceteris paribus).
Fruits are great, and unless you’re watching your calorie intake or have diabetes (also fruits will not give you diabetes), there’s no harm in eating a lot of fruits, well, maybe some diarrhea from certain fruits.
One is too much. The human body was not designed to metabolize fructose. But if you must eat them, eat the whole fruit so at least you get some fiber as a consolation prize for putting fructose in your body.
Honestly depends on your goal but I don’t eat vegetables at all anymore and mostly focus on ruminant animal proteins and fats (do not eat vegetable or seed oils aka PUFAs) with local, organic, seasonal fruits. I’m at my ideal weight, building muscle, and my digestion is better than ever before. Not saying that exact diet is the right combo for you, but it’s just to say that fruit is not evil and we evolved to eat it. Your body actually starts to experience stress with a lack of sugar, and fruit/raw honey is the only natural source of it. I personally think if you’re going to eat fruits, pair it with more protein and some fats, not a giant bowlful of veggies. If you’re vegetarian or vegan then none of this can really be applied.
The answer is it depends. If you’re eating 5-10 servings of fruit per day and no vegetables, you’d likely be better served adding some vegetables to the mix, and mayyybe lowering your fruit intake to where you’re not eating more than 150g of sugar per day.
But if you’re eating 6 servings of fruit and 4 servings of vegetables per day, then you’re likely doing just fine, and flipping those ratios wouldn’t make much of a difference.
edit: flipping