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Originally Posted by Exhale15
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Whoppers aren't an enemy either. Personally I don't eat such burgers often, maybe three or four times a year at most (well, now I throw away the bun, because I have some unpleasant reactions to wheat. Not sure if it's an actual allergy, and I tested negative for celiac disease, but when I eat it, the next day my face, hands, and feet are swollen and itchy and I feel kind of like I have a mild flu or something - so no wheat).
Even with my reaction to wheat, I wouldn't say wheat is my enemy either - it's just not that great for me.
And while fruit is not my enemy, it isn't my friend either. It's just a food I have to eat sensibly (that goes for the Whoppers too, though sensible fruit-eating looks a whole lot different than sensible Whopper eating. I choose to eat a Whopper or similar burger a few times a year, and I calculate it into my exchange plan. Fruit I eat daily, but I also fit it into my exchange plan.
However, there was absolutely nothing sensible about the way I used to eat fruit (and occasionally still do, though I'm a lot smarter now, so fruit-binges are rare). No one needs to eat 3/4 of a large watermelon in a single day. Or three pounds of Ranier cherries.
Because Ranier cherry season is short, I do allow myself a cherry-binge or two (and while I know the fruit isn't an enemy, it sure can SEEM like an enemy when the intese stomache cramps and explosive diarrhea hits).
The problem with even the most "healthy" foods is that "sensible" is entirely dependent upon the situation and the individual.
If you're literally starving to death, a whopper is healthier than an orange.
If you've only been eating low-protein fruit, the whopper still might be healthier than an orange.
It's all context. If you have diabetes or blood sugar issues, unlimited fruit is not your friend (not your enemy either - just a food you have to incorporate, if you can into the diet that's best for you).
Most modern fruit is unlike any that grows in the wild though. Over ten to fifteen thousand years of selective horticulture, we've grown fruit AND vegetables to have far more sugar and carbohydrates and far less (phenomenally less) fiber.
That doesn't make fruit (or any food) an "enemy" it just means that no food is "healthy" except in the context of the individual - dependent upon the rest of the diet, and the individual's current health status and health needs.
I don't anyone here has vilified fruit, just pointed out some contexts in which unlimited fruit is not healthy or conducive to weight loss.
