Originally posted by trmcgeehan
Our local sports nutritionist warns about eating too much fruit. He calls fruit "nature's candy." Sugar is sugar.
Linus Pauling did legendary studies on the value of fruit, and came to the conclusion that the human body was essentially designed to eat fruit. That's not to say it would be a good idea to only eat fruit, although
THESE PEOPLE would like you to believe it is. Fruit contains many beneficial vitamins and micronutrients, which make it a far superior food than a candybar.
The subect of eating too much fruit comes up because we are conditioned to believe we need PROTEIN, PROTEIN, carbs, calories, etc. It is very healthy to eat multiple pieces of fruit a day.