DavidGardner
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There seems to be little discussion of this topic on a forum where fruit is maybe the most unequivocally recommended dietary item. But I have encountered several problems with trying to make fruit a staple in any form.
First is the cost. Fruit juices and dried fruit are not bad, but fresh fruit adds up too quickly to ever consider making it a regular part of my diet. Maybe if I had lower caloric requirements, but at 3500 - 4000 calories a day, fresh is neither affordable nor practical.
Orange juice is too acidic, apple juice doesn’t appeal to me, and grape juice gives me diarrhea in larger amounts.
Dried fruits give me adrenaline surges from the concentration of sugar I guess, and again, diarrhea.
In general, fruit fiber does not agree with me. I actually notice fewer gut issues from carob bean gum-loaded low-fat ice cream than from fresh or dried fruit. Also better mood and more stable energy levels.
I just can’t get around rice, grits, and thoroughly cooked vegetables as my dietary staples both for the cost and the way I feel over fruit or any sugar source for that matter. Add in cheese, egg whites, whey, some chocolate, and I can meet all of my nutritional requirements aside from fat solubles.
Anyone else, or is everybody just flying high on enough OJ to make me bleed internally? Not an exaggeration.
First is the cost. Fruit juices and dried fruit are not bad, but fresh fruit adds up too quickly to ever consider making it a regular part of my diet. Maybe if I had lower caloric requirements, but at 3500 - 4000 calories a day, fresh is neither affordable nor practical.
Orange juice is too acidic, apple juice doesn’t appeal to me, and grape juice gives me diarrhea in larger amounts.
Dried fruits give me adrenaline surges from the concentration of sugar I guess, and again, diarrhea.
In general, fruit fiber does not agree with me. I actually notice fewer gut issues from carob bean gum-loaded low-fat ice cream than from fresh or dried fruit. Also better mood and more stable energy levels.
I just can’t get around rice, grits, and thoroughly cooked vegetables as my dietary staples both for the cost and the way I feel over fruit or any sugar source for that matter. Add in cheese, egg whites, whey, some chocolate, and I can meet all of my nutritional requirements aside from fat solubles.
Anyone else, or is everybody just flying high on enough OJ to make me bleed internally? Not an exaggeration.