Tinned fruit

Sala

I rarely eat fruit, but am making an effort as I am giving up bread, pasta etc. but I don't like apples, oranges, bananas and need stuff that's easy to prepare because I'm lazy in the am! Would a tin of pineapple for breakfast and a tin of peaches later be too much fruit? (in juice obviously) I'm reading a lot and there seems to be a disagreement between people who think fruit is grand, and others that think it should be limited.

I am not trying to lose weight, I am trying to manage PCOS naturally and it appears cutting out breads and pastas etc can help, but if the condition is linked to insulin resistance (there seems to be a connection, although I don't appear to have it) would I be undoing to good work by overdoing it on fruit?

Typer Monkey

Tinned fruit are generally in sugar syrup. Fruit is naturally high in sugar and combine that with sugar syrup and you'd be taking in a large amount of sugar unnecessarily. Berries are a better choice.

If you are trying to limit your carbs, you'd be still eating carbs for breakfast (sugar). You'd just be swapping one carb for another.

What about berries in natural yoghurt? You could have it in a container in the fridge ready to go in the morning...or scrambled eggs? Takes less than 2 mins in the microwave

Sala

Thanks, I buy the tins in juice only. I'm not trying to limit carbs as such, just eat more fruit and veg and avoid refined carbs such as bread and pasta. I love scrambled eggs so I'll try to have them a few days. I rarely eat breakfast so I'm trying to get the fruit out of the way in the morning. My plan is:

7.30: tin of pineapple
11.00: some other fruit
1pm; chicken and veg soup
3pm: nuts
7.pm: steak/chicken with veg or salad

Would it still be possible to over do the sugar? I figures more regular eating would balance my levels

Typer Monkey

It's a personal preference how much sugar you allow in your diet but I just can't see just fruit sustaining you until 1pm? Fruit juice is very high in sugar so having that with the fruit isn't great.

I don't know anything about insulin resistance really but again I can't imagine the sugar dump of pineapple in pineapple juice would be great for that?

What about scrambled egg for breakfast (or boiled eggs, you can prepare those the night before) and berries and yoghurt or a small handful or nuts at 11?

Sala

Typer Monkey wrote: »

It's a personal preference how much sugar you allow in your diet but I just can't see just fruit sustaining you until 1pm? Fruit juice is very high in sugar so having that with the fruit isn't great.

I don't know anything about insulin resistance really but again I can't imagine the sugar dump of pineapple in pineapple juice would be great for that?

What about scrambled egg for breakfast (or boiled eggs, you can prepare those the night before) and berries and yoghurt or a small handful or nuts at 11?

I rarely eat much until lunchtime so fruit will keep me going. Also have mild digestive problems so I can't eat heavy foods in morning, I'm not insulin resistant as far as I know, but have been reading PCOS can be linked it it, so not sure. I think you are probably right though, I will try to eat an egg in morning and then maybe just eat fruit at 11