How much fruit do you eat?

jsmoke · 8 Mar 2018 at 14:06

Also I read that orange and apple juice (100%) are missing the key ingredient that's meant to be healthy, does anyone know.

I don't eat much fruit to be honest, buy a bag of apples and satsumas on a shopping but that's for a month, so maybe one a day for 2 weeks.

MrRockliffe · 8 Mar 2018 at 14:08

At least a banana every day for breakfast. But fruit can be quite pricey. I like the easy peelers from Sainsburys, and pink lady apples. But other than that, it's too expensive.

Royal Fleet · 8 Mar 2018 at 14:11

Juice misses the fibre out. So you end up with too much of the bad stuff (sugars) and not enough of the fibre. You do get the Vitamins etc. The recommendation IIRC is no more than 200ml of juice per day.

FWIW I have either 200ml of Orange juice or a home made fruit smoothie (which includes apple juice) every day and then 2 apples.

Fruit is good for you in the right way and amount. Vegetables are in some ways better as you can eat as much as you like of those.

Spuj · 8 Mar 2018 at 14:14

MrRockliffe said:
At least a banana every day for breakfast. But fruit can be quite pricey. I like the easy peelers from Sainsburys, and pink lady apples. But other than that, it's too expensive.

Easy Peelers and Pink Ladies for me as well. During the working week I have 1 of each every day, weekend tend to forget to eat fruit :/.

During the summer we will usually have a strawberry, raspberry, blueberry medley as a pudding in the evening and every now and again will make a big fruit salad we eat over a couple of days.

MrRockliffe · 8 Mar 2018 at 14:16

Spuj said:
Easy Peelers and Pink Ladies for me as well. During the working week I have 1 of each every day, weekend tend to forget to eat fruit :/.

During the summer we will usually have a strawberry, raspberry, blueberry medley as a pudding in the evening and every now and again will make a big fruit salad we eat over a couple of days.

Have you tried freezing blueberries? They're awesome in the summer

Martynt74 · 8 Mar 2018 at 14:33

I tend to have a banana and apple (usually braeburn) for breakfast each day.

Rannoch · 8 Mar 2018 at 14:59

Marvt74 said:
I tend to have a banana and apple (usually braeburn) for breakfast each day.

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Spuj · 8 Mar 2018 at 15:00

MrRockliffe said:
Have you tried freezing blueberries? They're awesome in the summer

No normally we buy fresh but freezing them sounds like a great idea

Scam · 8 Mar 2018 at 15:07

Half a banana on my oats in the morning, an apple at some point during the day. Mostly have some satsumas in too, sometimes they come to work as well. Or kiwis. Sometimes we get blueberries in for the morning too.

MrRockliffe · 8 Mar 2018 at 15:08

Spuj said:
No normally we buy fresh but freezing them sounds like a great idea

I buy them fresh but then freeze - they go like sweets. Perfect for picnics etc

x-st · 8 Mar 2018 at 15:10

Two good sized apples a day on work days, four on off days....so 18 pieces a week. If I'm lucky I'll also have a punnet of strawberries as a treat after the weekly shop and possibly a 6 pack of kiwis interspersed through the week too. I don't snack or eat biscuits or chocolate so fruit is my go to substitute.

Also eat loads of carrots but since they're not a fruit doesn't really apply here.

JoeF1 · 8 Mar 2018 at 15:17

Apple, 2 Bananas and an Orange every weekday.

Spuj · 8 Mar 2018 at 15:18

MrRockliffe said:
I buy them fresh but then freeze - they go like sweets. Perfect for picnics etc

oh wow right ok, that's a nice tip will have to give it a go. Thanks!

chroniclard · 8 Mar 2018 at 15:21

Hardly any, waste of calories when I could be eating burgers.

DrToffnar · 8 Mar 2018 at 16:34

I eat as much my budget allows me too as it can be a little expensive. Generally a Banana, Kiwi, Apple and 2 Satsumas a day. I'll generally eat anything 'fruity' though.

Pyr0m@nI@]{ · 8 Mar 2018 at 16:39

How much fruit do you eat?

Not enough

TallPaul1878 · 8 Mar 2018 at 16:40

For my lunch I usually take to work an apple, a tangerine and a banana. That's to go with my sandwiches, usually ham or turkey salad, and a chocolate bar. I prefer plain dark or milk chocolate, no caramel or other such filling.

Fruit juices might be missing some of the vitamins and minerals of whole fruit but it's a damn sight better than drinking cola. I've no problem at all that my kids won't touch fizzy drinks and prefer to guzzle fresh apple and orange juice.

Scam · 8 Mar 2018 at 16:45

I consider myself a pretty healthy-eater (cook from scratch most/all nights) but not sure I would want to eat two apples, or two bananas a day. Seems a bit much to me :confused:

dunno... A mix is great, but..

TallPaul1878 said:
I've no problem at all that my kids won't touch fizzy drinks and prefer to guzzle fresh apple and orange juice.

I'd keep a check on it. They'll probably get a taste for the sugars and move onto the harder stuff

(And "guzzling" fruit juice probably isn't a great idea). I have a tiny (3-4 mouthfuls!) of juice most mornings but beyond that all I drink is water, or tea or coffee. But I'm fortunate in that I don't have a sweet tooth at all. My sister on the other hand used to drink solely coke. No water, nothing. I don't know how people do that

TallPaul1878 · 8 Mar 2018 at 16:51

Scam said:
I consider myself a pretty healthy-eater (cook from scratch most/all nights) but not sure I would want to eat two apples, or two bananas a day. Seems a bit much to me dunno... A mix is great, but..

I'd keep a check on it. They'll probably get a taste for the sugars and move onto the harder stuff (And "guzzling" fruit juice probably isn't a great idea). I have a tiny (3-4 mouthfuls!) of juice most mornings but beyond that all I drink is water, or tea or coffee. But I'm fortunate in that I don't have a sweet tooth at all. My sister on the other hand used to drink solely coke. No water, nothing. I don't know how people do that

Both my kids don't touch fizzy drinks at all. My eldest rarely drinks anything but water. The younger one has a taste for fresh apple juice.

We give them fresh juice in the morning, throughout the day though we prefer to give them very diluted cordial. They're both like me in that we only just put enough cordial in to get a bit of flavour. None of us likes it "syrupy".

Guzzling is probably the wrong term

4K8KW10 · 8 Mar 2018 at 16:53

Kiwis, pineapples, mandarin oranges, water melons, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, grapes, peaches and apricots... are what I prefer and consider amazing in taste.

Don't like so much apples or melons, or oranges and other more exotic fruit.

Kiwis and mandarin oranges I can eat a kilogram a day.