Fruits and Healthy Eating: How Many Per Day?

Question
Hi,
   is it bad to eat too much fruits, say 4 per day on a woman in her late 30's???? (sugars)
Thank you.


Answer
Dear Mace,

It depends on what else you eat on daily basis. If you watch fats, fruits are probably completely OK. If you are trying to cut down on carbohydrate, the fruit carbs will definitely add to your daily quota. However, even on a low carb moderate diet such as the Zone Diet, fruits are allowed and on South Beach diet, they are encouraged.

On Banta Diet (http://bantadiet.com) that is very low in carbs, allowed are : blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and in later phases, any fruit. Fruit fasting days are suggested.

_Reading_

Plums:
http://bestofweightloss.com/recipes/2006/06/plums-ideas-for-making-most-of-this....

Peaches:
http://dietandbody.com/recipes/2006/08/peaches-tips-on-how-to-find-and-to.html

Zone recipes (scroll down for berry smoothie)
http://www.bestofweightloss.com/Zone_recipes.html

= TZ