7 A Day - Really ?

Energize said:
The main reason carbohydrates from fruit are absorbed more slowly is because they are contained in the cell organelles, this is not affected by blending. So although the plant structure needs to be physically broken down, it doesn't mean there will actually be a significant difference in the rate of sugar absorption.
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Organelles in fruit exist inside cells. Blending may (or may not... I only have your word for it and it doesn't matter anyway) destroy the organelle walls but it does destroy the cell walls which means less digestive work before access to the energy. We know the cell walls are destroyed because that's how the juice gets out.
 
Osprey said:
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So because it used a sample from the Japan it's not relevant? Are you really that stupid?
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He has a point.

I for one am not between 40-59. Nor am I Japanese. Nor am I a woman. The case study is irrelevant for me. And proves nothing... Apart from if you are a Japanese woman between 40-59 you might be worse off drinking soft drinks. (Oh but only if you are Premenopausal, have a blue collar job, highly educated and are OVER WEIGHT)
 
Someday days I have like 10 a day. The portion size for 1/5 a day is tiny anyway, it's not really news that fruit and veg is good for you and that you should eat more.
 
7 a day difficult? Give me a break. Sat at this computer for the last half hour I just munched 3 portions! My doctor told me a while ago that the government advice on 5portions is horse **** and that essentially you should be troughing as much veg as possible down you every day. It's not rocket science. Just stop eating so much crap through life!

ALSO, just LOL at the comments about fruit = sugar = bad. Do you people even understand nutrition? Evidentally not.
 
7 is really easy and pretty minimal really, and i love meat.
Nice fruit and vegetables are a perfect compliment to good meat!
 
I count 12 a day.

Very costly, but you can do fairly decent nutrition at a fraction. It's all worth it, but if money is tight to the extreme, then i understand why people can't allways see a way.
 
Captain Planet said:
7 a day difficult? Give me a break. Sat at this computer for the last half hour I just munched 3 portions! My doctor told me a while ago that the government advice on 5portions is horse **** and that essentially you should be troughing as much veg as possible down you every day. It's not rocket science. Just stop eating so much crap through life!

ALSO, just LOL at the comments about fruit = sugar = bad. Do you people even understand nutrition? Evidentally not.
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A tentative +1 to this.

7 a day is ridiculously easy. A couple of pieces of fruit at lunch and a heaping of veg at dinner, along with a fruit snack at some other point in the day can be well above what "they" would say is 7 "portions" -- and it's easy as hell to get down you. Just stop eating so much crap instead.

... I haven't read the entire thread, but are people in here actually going on about the whole fruit sugar thing again? I remember someone in another thread telling someone who wanted to lose weight that if they had some sliced banana on their Weetabix, they might as well just eat chocolate cake instead. The mind truly boggles.
 
Captain Planet said:
ALSO, just LOL at the comments about fruit = sugar = bad. Do you people even understand nutrition? Evidentally not.
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So are you saying sugar from fruit=good?

I think the 5 a day message is wrong. If misinterpreted, say you ate just fruit, then 5 a day would be sugar overload.

I like the Australian take on it...2+5... 2 fruit, 5 veg...Seems much like clearer/better advice than just grouping fruit and veg in the same category.

But yeah, either figure is arbitrary.... Just eat real food would be a better term to promote healthy eating.
 
bruce said:
So are you saying sugar from fruit=good?

I think the 5 a day message is wrong. If misinterpreted, say you ate just fruit, then 5 a day would be sugar overload.

I like the Australian take on it...2+5... 2 fruit, 5 veg...Seems much like clearer/better advice than just grouping fruit and veg in the same category.

But yeah, either figure is arbitrary.... Just eat real food would be a better term to promote healthy eating.
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This really, nobody is saying that fruit is bad for you because it has sugar in it. just don't go eating about 7 portions a day, then that probably is too much.
 
Even though the potato is a vegetable, it's a shame it's not counted as one of your 5/7 a day. :( I eat a lot of potato in various forms.
 
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