22/10/2026
I love fruit and you should too, especially if you’re trying to reduce energy intake to lose weight.
Why do I love it?
Because it’s naturally low in calorie, full of nutrients and anti-oxidants and keeps you full.
In a time when gut-healthy experts are telling us to eat a wide variety of different plants every day, it’s a godsend.
It also gives you energy, making it the perfect-calorie afternoon pick-me-up without the calorie load of a chocolate bar.
In fact, I actually had a client who started tracking her food on myfitnesspal recently and she literally couldn’t believe how many strawberries she could eat for so little calories.
There’s also so many different different types and ways to eat it. You can add it to smoothies; you can add it to your Greek yoghurt and don’t get me started on banana on toasted sourdough!
In addition, research has shown a link between people who consume more fruit and a smaller increase in waist circumference, less weight gain and lower risks of high body fat.
And a British Medical Journal study (Wang et al 2014) found that eating more fruit was associated with a 6% lower risk of death from all causes.
Unfortunately, there are people on the darned internet who would have you believe that you should avoid fruit because of glucose spikes.
I just want to remind you that, unless you have diabetes, blood sugar spikes are nothing to worry about and a completely normal response to eating.
Simple put, fruit is one of the best weapons in your fat loss, healthy eating tool kit.
