Flashback Friday: How Much Fruit Is Too Much?

Does the threshold for toxicity of fructose apply to fruit or just to added industrial sugars such as sucrose and high fructose corn syrup?
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[@ec3539]

Dr. Gregor, as an intensive care nurse, I see a lot of people suffer and die due to lifestyle choices. Whenever given the chance, I tell my coworkers, patients, family, friends, and acquaintances about plant-based phytonutrient-rich foods based on your work. I greatly appreciate your works and always point them in your direction. Thank you for helping me to help others and for being this huge beacon of light.

[@jetsofaqua2206]

We need more people like you!

[@Dee-ye2dk]

I always laugh when some idiot mentions avoiding fruit, even without this study why would you avoid Mother Nature. Even if you refuse to believe this study plants are far more beneficial in vitamins, minerals, anti oxidants, cancer fighting properties.

[@tibhamel]

Why would you refuse this dubious looking mushroom I just found in the forest? It is also Mother Nature. And I'm pretty sure it contains a lot of good stuff as well. I just realized some fruits can also be toxic, so yeah replace "mushroom" with "fruit". Point is, just because it is natural doesn't mean it is healthy, so your argument is invalid.

[@Dee-ye2dk]

MoiBis you can also cook a mushroom.

[@tibhamel]

A toxic mushroom would remain toxic even when cooked.

[@complyvoluntarily]

i call bs on fighting cancer. fruit sugars feed cancer. plant based drs. like Garth and Clement admit this.

[@DanielNowell]

Love your videos

[@VeganChiefWarrior]

it depends on the fruit.. blended maybe.. im more worried about my junk food obsession and trying to force in as much fruit so i eat less refined crap so not in my reality, opposite

[@reinux]

It scares me to think about how I might be eating today if it weren't for Dr. Greger.

[@MikeyGrande]

reinux our lord and saviour

[@turbonbc]

No offense but all you need is nature. If you always train yourself to rely on someone else you will always be lost. Nature has all the intelligence you need, your body is natural intelligence manifest. If you become too scientific, you will end up frying yourself out. Listen to your body, one step at a time. Its intelligence is ancient and far more evolved then that of current man. Don't get me wrong there's nothing wrong with paying attention to someone but blindly following is a road to disaster as everyone has their own unique path. Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, Create what is uniquely works best for your own personalized reality. You are far too intelligent to live like a sheep, its time to wake up and be a human.

[@reinux]

@@turbonbc @N9NE Mhmm that's why modern hygiene is such a bad idea right? Pfft, all those sheep, washing their hands after going to the washroom...

[@leleiskindofcool]

I'd probably be a raw foodist...oh god.

[@turbonbc]

When you understand the intelligence of nature, all of this stuff is pointless. Takes a high level of Surrendering to reach the deepest parts of being/understanding. The most sophisticated forms of creation are actually pure simplicity. We humans complicate everything because we Over-Think and Over-Do everything. Be One and blend with nature and you will never have another question about life. This is the Infinite Intelligence AKA Enlightened State. Nature is perfect, We are perfect but we are blinded by a society and system that conditions us since birth to believe that we are not and what we buy into becomes our reality. Creation does not make mistakes.

[@veg]

The more fruit, the better!

[@ourmodernworldofficial]

aslong as u don't cut out vegetables to only eat fruit. But fruit is generally the best thing after veggies.

[@francescomauro8404]

Kodosuro no, ripe fruit is superior to vegetables in almost every way

[@YT4Me57]

As long as you don't eat much of anything else!

[@complyvoluntarily]

Well..no dr. would recommend big fruit diets for those with cancer. That should have been mentioned but was not.

[@living4adrenaline]

No half-assed, quarter cup servings of fruit!

[@loejewis]

Good call on showcasing older videos! I came to this party late and don't know where to start!

[@ourmodernworldofficial]

G-BOMBS. Search for that and you'll get a lot of good info.

[@gbubemia]

It will be easy if you can get your hands on his book "How not to die ". I got the book in February. It changed my life.

[@y3ldarb2]

THAT INTRO THO 🔥🔥🔥 Dr. Greger and the gang steppin' up their game!

[@Sickvibe1]

What a new video design ! Sick !

[@TreborSelt]

Right?!

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

I have heard other personal trainers tell their clients NOT to eat fruit, because of the sugar content. They're too daft to understand that NATURAL sugars are different from manufactured/industrial sugars. The sugar in a Twizzlers CANNOT be compared to the sugar in an apple or orange. IT'S NOT THE SAME. So moral of the story is be careful which Health and Wellness professional one chooses and fact check EVERYTHING.

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

@@LaurenBurger AGREED. Plus, i grew up eating sugar cane in Grenada and Venezuela. I ate a METRIC TON and I'm healthy as a horse and don't have tooth rot or diabetes. But had I grown up eating processed milk chocolate, Twizzlers, and other unhealthy candies and soft drinks, who knows? Plus, clicked on your links, and as a Health & Wellness professional I can unequivocally state that many vegans that I have met in the U.S. are NAZI'S. Some of the most deluded, most self-righteous people I have ever met.

[@complyvoluntarily]

@@MADGUNSMONSTER yeah, literal nazis. tell me this, should a cancer patient gorge on fruit? the answer is no.

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

@@complyvoluntarily Why not? What is your source material to back up your belief?

[@complyvoluntarily]

@@MADGUNSMONSTER Warburg effect. Cancer feeds on sugar. In a vid about 'fruit:how much' I am surprised there was not even a mention in this vid of the topic. Scientific research is expensive. It would be nice to have a study for all our questions. Greger finds and interprets the research. He does not have all the answers. This vid is interesting: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y33ElIB9fNt2fMU

[@christopherstein2024]

The sugar is the same but what comes with it isn't. We should look more at the effects of whole foods vs the effects of single substances. Eating a fruit is a whole package of chemicals and it's equiped with those that help our body deal with the sugar. That's not the case with the Snickers.

[@ExpressionsofAwakening]

My Experience of Fruit for Weight loss: After 18 months on a whole foods plant based diet I am finally shedding that stubborn weight and what I can say is I am eating a ton of fruit. I used to have low blood sugar as a teen so I thought I needed to be conservative with it...but the fact is I have a sweet tooth and I don't believe that can change..............So my treats over the last 18 months consisted of a lot of dried fruit and nuts (I kept hoping McGregor's video about nuts not causing weight would be true for me but seems it was not).....When I finally, stopped eating all the nuts and let myself have a ton of fruit....I finally satisfied my sweet tooth and the weight is dropping like crazy with out any deprivation.

[@jonahbert111]

I remember reviewing a diet quite a few years ago. For a treat one could have one or 2 berries, like a grape or similar. I knew right then that was not for me. LOL

[@SickQuarEU]

That sounds ridiculous! Like when you stand in front of a large berry bush and only eat a few? No way😂

[@DianaSFNg]

This is berry interesting. 🤗😋😅. Thank you. 👍😊🇨🇦

[@zakariafadli4996]

This should have been titled « Old but gold »

[@tamcon72]

With a disco music theme!

[@fruitopia5461]

Jaja!! Love the ending! 😂 Fruit all day! Yeah buddy 😊💕🍓🍇🍍🍉☀️

[@jimivey6462]

Thank you for doing this video. The advice varies so much among videos. As usual, you present relevant studies. I was concerned that I had been consuming too much fruit. I will stop worrying about that. Thanks!

[@TreborSelt]

The end is the best part. 😂👏🔥🌶🍆🍅🌽🍠

[@umpvp2435]

That study sucks. For all we know the 44 servings of veggies could’ve counteracted possible negative side effects of the fruit.

[@OfftoShambala]

that could be... it is said that it is the fiber in the fruits that "counteracts" what would be problematic from the sugars in the fruit ... but, you could try it on yourself and see what happens if you just ate like 10 servings of fruit and only 2-4 servings of veges a day and see what happens to yourself

[@superwaveline]

Dr. Greger, have someone ever told you that you sound a bit like Jerry Seinfeld? ;)

[@shreddersconnect]

I ate a mainly fruit diet the last 10 months which was a great detox and I felt really good at first. But in time I stopped focusing on other nutrients as I was eating so much fruit and other things like essential fatty acids, protein and calcium dropped too low. So now I have replaced some of the fruit with other healthy ingredients and feel better than ever. As a small female, calories are low to maintain or lose weight so you have to be careful about getting the balance of foods right so you don't become deficient. As much as I love fruit, I can't live on fruit alone for good health.

[@allencrider]

I think humans evolved eating fruit and leaves. When I put in fruits in cronometer.com, there's always a few missing micronutrients which are easily addressed by eating some leafy greens. But I also love my beans and grains. My fruit intake currently varies by the seasons, since I'm in North America.

[@allencrider]

@Learning History Nonsense. We didn't even eat meat until we discovered fire. And then after we discovered fire we became mainly starch eaters, which our bodies remain to this day. See _Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human,_ by Dr. Richard Wrangham, Professor at Harvard University. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGrGnIqCp9uJnsk And then see Dr. Milton Mills show people like you that human beings are herbivores kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYnNaGl3bs18Y9E. And then be thankful I'm being polite about your nonsense.

[@maheshsundaram8012]

@@emilybh6255 glad to see someone who actually understand human history and physiology. Fruit is King!

[@maheshsundaram8012]

@@allencrider nice sources! I'm thankful that there are others who understand this and don't buy into the carnist myths

[@VeganWalk]

You are supposed to eat beans greens grains fruits veggies seeds nuts herbs and spices. Going all fruit is not a good idea. You're going to miss out on all kinds of nutrients. You might even slip into all kinds of different diseases like anemia. Be careful because it's hard to pull out of diseases like that. Furthermore I imagine it's hard to be satiated. And it really doesn't seem necessary. A whole food plant-based diet by dr. Greger prescribes is straight up easy for achieving and maintaining a perfect way and overall healthy existence. He's the daily dozen at and don't look back!

[@Nmethyltransferase]

There's nothing wrong with fruit, nutritionally speaking. But it _is_ expensive, both in terms of personal finances, and environmentally. Overall, it's best to get most of your carbs (and calories) from cellular starch, i.e. intact whole grains and/or minimally processed tubers. Keeping all that in mind... no, there's no nutritional benefit to restricting fruit for anyone, other than someone with fructose malabsorption.

[@maheshsundaram8012]

I don't see how fruit is more intensive to farm than grains or tubers. Most fruit are trees and while an individual fruit provides less calories than e.g. a potato, a fruit tree will yield hundreds of pounds of fruit, so the net result is no difference. I only see saying that it's best to get your carbs/calories from grains and tubers based on personal finances, and even then it's not exactly true for people living in the tropics. I live in the Pacific islands and buying papayas, bananas, coconuts, etc. etc. is very cheap.

[@wishingb5859]

Organic fresh fruit may be expensive, but even regular grocery stores in America now have frozen fruit sections with so many choices and the fruit comes already washed and chopped up and won't go bad.

[@Jahmastasunherbalist]

Breadfruit, Jackfruit, starfruit, hope trees are most output and least input.

[@OfftoShambala]

I would argue that growing fruit is not environmentally expensive... and it is definitely not all that expensive in terms of personal finances... but, there is also the benefit of better hydration from fruit and probably a whole host of other benefits from fruit (as well as veges) that "science" has not even determined yet, in terms of nutrition and health sustenance for the human body and other animals on the earth that eat them.

[@ankitdiwan]

How about banana?

[@profribasmat217]

What should I eat to blunt the effect of eating an entire box of Belgian chocolates my wife didn’t hide very well in the pantry?

[@taragibbons6616]

That last part was pretty funny.

[@tyras_heartlocker]

SIDE EFFECT: More bowel movements ;)

[@lindamcneil711]

Put it to the test challenge listed below. I appreciate and enjoy your work, Dr., but sometimes I really feel that the data sets presented are cheery picked to reinforce your hypothesis instead of letting the truth fetter through with the scientific method. You have great content.. keep up the good work and please watch out for the pitfalls of needing a compelling story when it isn’t wholly true. Some of these studies used are very, very flawed and a conclusion can’t be fully drawn here. Not all fruits are equal... and yes, fruit causes insulin spikes and too much fruit can cause liver, pancreas and brain problems *******challenge******* Please, put it to the test and present your personal findings. Breaking a 24 hour fast with two cups of one type of fruit only. Record the fasting glucose and the hour after eating glucose. Do this exact same process... fast then eat a different type of fruit... this way, you keep your variables at a min. Please, no exercise between the 1st glucose reading and the second. No other food Intake. My bets are, you will see a glucose spike....

[@knotweedkninja8539]

I recently started thawing out my daily serving of frozen, store-bought blueberries by running under water. I am disgusted by the numerous green, aged and moldy some of the berries are. I had blindly just added them to smoothies in the past. Dr. Gregor, could store-bought frozen berries be harmful to our health from the mold content? Does cooking kill the mold?

[@Roberta-m3j]

Is there similar Information about fruit and gout? I eat a while Food vegan diet since 2018 and still work on my joint problems. It seems to be when drinking a lot and to get worse with the apples in my fruit orchard ripening 👀

[@evanelson4764]

Thank for sharing the amazing benefits of fruit!!!!

[@turbonbc]

Does he have any videos on what foods to avoid for Dandruff and Dermatitis? I know a water fast will cure everything but sometimes you don't have the lifestyle option or free time to do so :/ I got itchy scalp and beard last few months which keeps release white flakes everywhere and not sure what's causing it.

[@OfftoShambala]

have ou recently had a flu shot, amalgam fillings? are you using non stick cookware or any kiond of metal based cookware? you may be overloaded with metals (regardless of whether you had a shot), so try metal detoxing with silica rich foods like bamboo and cucumber skins, drink mineral water from volcanic sources... eat fruit and cilantro and other green herbs like parsley and mint to "dislodge" metals from organs/tissues... the silica binds to the metals, helping to carry them out of the body, limiting re-uptake of the metals... you can use silica supplements in addition to silica rich foods... bentonite clay is a good option as well... helps remove all toxins that might be causing this problem... I don't know if this will work, but it can't hurt ... my son has this problem and I am working on getting the metals out of him to see if it makes a difference if you do try this ... you will likely benefit most from silica supplementation or bentonite clay consumption about 4 times a day for a while... like more than 6 months... possibly a couple years even after symptoms go away.... this is just hypothesis at this point... just something for you to consider, or look into... or try and see what happens

[@bobschmob8233]

Hellooo.. this is significant. Notice this dietary intervention was high fruit vegetables and nuts. Meaning no grains??!?! AND beneficial??!? Proving that a diet of nuts seeds fruits and vegetables is superior to a died containing grains and beans?!?! This is a vegan ketogenic diet is it not?

[@greensandbeansgaming1358]

I guess I have 3 questions. Does the fruit sugar feed cancer? What about the acid from unripe fruit which is most fruit? Does the sugar age you, why do fruitarians look a lot older then they are? kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y33ElIB9fNt2fMU

[@bashisobsolete.pythonismyn6321]

my diabetic friend is different and special. he can't eat bananas because bananas are "one of the worst things for diabetes".

[@sonja4164]

Yup, my diabetic friends & relatives say the same thing

[@bashisobsolete.pythonismyn6321]

@@sonja4164 hi sonja! =D

[@sonja4164]

@@bashisobsolete.pythonismyn6321 hey there! 😊

[@Academic_G]

That kind of thinking sounds problematic and is exactly why this video is made, I believe. Let him eat bananas daily and see whether that affects his weight and ldl in comparison to fatty foods or foods based on wheat flour. I bet bananas are better

[@iCristalrose]

Gerard Hoornweg Forget about ldl. If it spikes up your blood sugar and your body can’t deal with it is not good for the body.

[@nasranaizi2714]

This fructose story is too good to be entirely accurate. First, the relatively low glycemic index of fructose (and its apparent benefit for diabetic patients) is deceiving. In the liver, which is its primary site of metabolism, fructose is handled similar to glucose. When taken in large doses (often as sucrose or a mixture of monomeric fructose and glucose as in HFCS ) it ends up as glyceraldehyde-3-P, which is converted to pyruvate. The latter enter the mitochondrial matrix to be turned into Ac-CoA then into citrate, which exits the matrix to give rise to cytosolic Ac-CoA, the building block of fatty acids. Excess fructose => excess fat in the liver (NAFLD) => fat export => further ectopic fat deposition in other tissues including skeletal muscles (fatty muscle) => Insulin Resistance => pre-diabetes (w/ hyperinsulinemia)=> => diabetes (T2DM) => fatty pancreas => beta cell failure => low insulin secretion.

[@mikedonnarumma5337]

nasr thanks for your intelligent informative level headed scientific post, not eating fruit has made a difference to my pain level

[@VeganWalk]

Are you implying all saccharides are equal in how they are metabolized by the liver? And independent of the source, whether it be processed or whole food?

[@gallectee6032]

@Vegan Walk Yes he is.

[@VeganWalk]

@@gallectee6032 then this implication seems inaccurate and everything he said built on that therefore does as well. It's kind of like getting isolated forms of vitamins is generally bad as opposed to Whole Foods. Or getting amino acids from plants as opposed to animals because of the excess amount of certain sulfur containing amino acids from animal flesh. Or getting heme iron versus non-heme iron. Our body recognizes and metabolizes these things totally different from different sources. I feel as though saccharides (whether they be monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides) and their means of delivery would also be metabolized uniquely between each other. I've only recently started studying nutrition though so I may know more than most but not as much as others and I've been slightly derailed lately so it's been hard to get back on the ball. So please bear with me as I try to figure all this out :)

[@gallectee6032]

You're right on the money shot.

[@eelkeaptroot1393]

Saving lives one video at a time! -Yes, even the older ones are good and still very relevant I'm trying to see if I can watch them all.

[@sugarbabylove1000]

Just love the last sentence of this vid too hahahahahahahahah

[@peacefulruler1]

Not all fruit are the same. Mangoes are super sweet whereas berries have almost no sugars.

[@Se0ulMan63]

Any research on healthiness of freeze dried berries, versus fresh?

[@ShayC143]

Fruit all day everyday! Love it so much! Persimmons is my drug right now.

[@Danuxsy]

you are my drug

[@johnharvey5412]

I have a wild persimmon tree in the back yard. The dogs love them even more than I do. Lol

[@ShayC143]

John Harvey haha love it!

[@ankitdiwan]

Banana apple pomengranate and watermelon are mine

[@arkansasgrizzly]

A friend recently shared with me the information she read in The Plant Paradox by Dr. Steven Gundry. He claims that fruit “might as well be candy.” I wonder if he’s seen this research. 😉

[@Gigi-z3z]

Alan Simmons For some reason, my gut "also known as the second brain" always tells me that there is something not very trustworthy about that man. 💁🏻

[@sharit7970]

+Alan Simmons Steven Gundry is a formerly respectable doc turned salesman. Look up Dr. Greger's video on the Plant Paradox; the very first citation in the book was in error. He sells 'lectin blockers' so you can 'safely' eat beans, despite the fact that [1] all beans are completely safe when cooked [who eats raw beans?] and that [2] people have been eating beans without his 'lectin blockers' for 1000's of years. He also advocates eating huge quantities of olive oil. I don't trust Gundry for that and several other reasons. Be well : )

[@mangoauthority2897]

FFS WHERE IS MY "hhhhHH..BUM!!! ding ding ding...." ?? This the morning oatmeal of the video! Bring it back!!! Please..??

[@instantcoffee30]

"If we don't want more than 50, and there's like 10 in a piece of fruit, should we not eat more than 10 fruit a day? 🤔

[@RadiantHealthForAll]

Having looked at the daily dozen list, and going through his book, I'd like to know which group should we consume the most calories from. If I eat the minimum servings from each group, I'm nowhere near the calories I need per day. Seems to me from this video maybe it should be fruit.

[@CampMelp]

Kyle Newman 3 servings of beans, 3 servings of whole grains, and a serving of nuts will provide most of the calories, while the rest of the list fill in the holes for adequate nutrition. Fruit is always a good choice. :)

[@RadiantHealthForAll]

@@CampMelp so my question must be, for beans as example, is each serving 1/2 cup or do all servings equal 1/2 cup?

[@sonja4164]

@@RadiantHealthForAll according to the app, a serving a beans is 1/2 cup

[@JessBisme123]

There's a fasting craze on the up and up where the guy who is "educating" people about how to fast is telling them to break their fasts with zero carbs. He says they have to eat fat and protein only. Advocates steak and eggs to break your fast. I just finished a 3 day water fast, and I broke my fast with beet juice (a beet and beet greens, 3 apples, ginger, mint, and basil), 5 cuties, a papaya, and 4 potatoes with an avocado, nutritional yeast, and hot sauce. I lost another 1.5lbs, and honestly I felt great, full, and satisfied. There's a lot of misinformation out there. Fruit, healthy carbs, all this stuff is good for you.

[@2Hesiod]

Modern table fruit has far more sugar than wild fruit had. Wild fruit is as sweet as modern carrots.

[@2Hesiod]

@@duncanbananatyne3890 I don't remember my source right now but it's filed under highly reliable in my mind. Modern table fruit has increased greatly in sweetness just over the past 100 years, while it was often made seedless among other huge changes. I'm sure your wrong. Instead of flavor, modern fruit has sugar and artificial flavoring, that covers the sewage taste from the human sewage fertilizer. Enjoy!

[@martinwright9639]

That's bullshit. Go to the tropics, eat from the wild trees, and test it yourself.

[@jamesjpak]

the "advice" was probably given by scientists paid by a major food processing company. The moral from their point of view would be "don't eat REAL fruit, eat the processed crap we package and sell." Because real fruit doesn't make those vultures any money at all

[@Anarcath]

My vegan diet includes at least 30 types of food: fruits, veggies, seeds, nuts, and berries. I get on avarage 200%-400% of everything. My question is: I also take ground broccoli seeds which I read somewhere maybe dangerous due to high content of uric acid. Does anyone know if this is the case?

[@p597jimvel]

I eat nothing but fruit for 20 days and lost 15 pounds ...and dump God knows out lots of garbage...nice

[@JoshuaMO33]

Yesterday I ate 2 bananas, 6 oranges and half a bag of green grapes. Wonder how many servings that is when that’s what I normally eat serving wise

[@magnum-kj5ip]

@@emilybh6255 how was it

[@magnum-kj5ip]

@@emilybh6255 thanks for the response

[@juliabremen624]

What is your opinion on fructose intolerance / mal-absorption ? Are there people who can’t absorb to much fructose, who get pain gut and diarrhea? Or is it all from added fructose?

[@rmz4504]

That's alota poo doc.

[@danbijaoui8606]

They ate more fruit instead of what ? Cookies or oatmeal ? It's not quite the same. And more importantly the fact that dr. Greger fails to see/mention it makes me doubt his absence of bias

[@karroten]

Good thing I just picked 12 pounds of blueberries.

[@DDHJunkHaulers]

This video has saved lives.

[@AndrewPawley11]

I love this channel!

[@mikhail5457]

So basically the only downside are passive poops? I will take it!

[@Skweepa]

I love how this ends with the BIGGEST POOPS EVER.

[@mrs.sarahwilson667]

Is there an increase in people with kidney stones, when on a high leafy green & fruit diet?

[@Yo64130]

I would love the links to those studies to show to some folks, that claim fruit is no different from candy

[@mikedonnarumma5337]

i stopped eating fruit ,it had a marked difference on my pain level,

[@Gngrcpl]

What about dried fruit? How much is too much?

[@leonardovictoryii]

Dried fruits are okay best to consume fresh fresh. 2 cups.

[@debnn4854]

Keto Doc says can only eat 6 raspberries a day also larger fruits have too much sugar I will stick to bacon (JK)

[@shozzy_id]

sounds totally reasonable :) ;)

[@MrSuperbluesky]

Pig for the win

[@saschahennig4941]

We are frugivores

[@LimitlessVibrations]

Humans are frugivores, fruit is our primary source of fuel to feed our trillions of cells. Never fear the fruit !🍇💖🙏🐵

[@OfftoShambala]

and what many people think of as vegetables are actually fruits

[@ShadowsandCityLights]

I heard diabetics have to eat a lot of protein so eat a lot of meat?

[@cathylynnpietranton]

Yay!!!! Berries Rock. We eat them everyday.

[@wread1982]

that last part about the largest poop ever... hahahahahaha

[@Joseph1NJ]

I was expecting part two to yesterday's video.

[@carmaela2689]

If I drink orange juice, not from concentrate, but from a carton and pasteurized, i get so dizzy. If I make the same amount of juice bu juicing my own oranges, no dizziness at all. I have tested it. I think the enzymes play a big role too.

[@pauldavid167]

It’s the fibre from the fruit. Juice alone is like a massive insulin release. We are meant to eat the whole fruit 🍎

[@whatsup-zh6qv]

I literally just ate a kilo of clementines

[@veganbanana4687]

but triglecerrides though*..

[@Master.blaster1212]

EAT PLANTS.. TAKE EPIC DUMPS!!!

[@epicwarframepvp6389]

Nice info, and the intro is intriguing.

[@panchitube9764]

Hi. I started the organic vegan diet 7 months ago and I started to feel amezing. Than a few months after I started to be bloated after meals , muscle and neck pains, migraines, fatigue. So I went to the doc and since they found my blood so perfect. So i was told that since I'm healthy, tha I might have chronic fatigue. Recently, one day I was curious what would happen if I ate beef, so that day I started to eat just beef and days has passed so now I feel better. Problem is that I'm tired of meats. I tried to go back to vegan but as soonest I start eating just one fruit, I get bloated, muscle pain, migraines and fatigue. Please help.

[@Elena-er7zp]

jfgt27sculpt so you went from vegan diet to eating ONLY beef?! No wonder you feel sick. Stick to a largely vegan diet and try adding a small serving of fish or chicken once or twice a week. Even in the Adventist Study, the people who ate mostly plants with occasional meat outlived the 100% vegans. 👌🏼

[@Puglife12344]

You might be intolerant to something? Try dr McDougalls elimination diet

[@srgustavito8759]

El final es lo mejor jajaja

[@francescomauro8404]

Homo sapiens are frugivores.

[@ricardourroz9322]

So hard to believe.

[@unknown1988s]

I love this channel

[@LuneLuan]

Greger is so gang

[@VEGAN-X]

WHAT FRUIT

[@doubleclicko0o]

wow i needed this because i love fruits.

[@BIGBilly]

👍👍

[@gallectee6032]

Love this series.

[@helinkorkmaz3793]

YES

[@luckyrock00]

Firstr?!

[@sebablast]

U DID THAT

[@skiaddict08]

Why the all seeing eye at the beginning??

[@galaxygirl9630]

Marshall Walker That’s no eye, but part of a vault

[@skiaddict08]

The eye symbol is there. A vault dial can be illustrated in a different way.

[@alex-fy3uu]

Third

[@janbusche6450]

tyvm!

[@elmagnificodep]

I’m finding my wife and I eat a whole food plant based diet during the week, but break the cycle on the weekends. How do people break that junk food craving entirely?

[@sonja4164]

Check out some interviews with Dr Doug Lisle on cravings.

[@SaleXchannel]

cravings depend on many things. most likely yours is a psychological reason. living in a regulated society with rules and norms, humans HAVE TO "let loose" at times; its just natural. some just spend money on crap, others drink alcohol, others stuff their faces with unhealthy things. So, as it is something that can't be fully kept in check find the least destructive activity. If its food cravings: try nuts - they are higly addictive; or - like dr greger - dates

[@sharit7970]

+elmagnificodep If you keep eating it, it will be harder to lose the taste for it. Maybe start making healthier versions of what you enjoy; there's lots of recipies out there. Also, start switching out healthier options for what you like. Find things that you like as treats, though, because depriving yourselves usually backfires and keeps you in a vicious cycle. Keep reading about the ill effects of high fats, for example, [or whatever it is that you're craving] and that will also help you get motivated. Myself, I finally 'quit' ice cream about a year ago after finally realizing how much estrogen was in dairy. I actually do feel better since. Now, I actually don't miss it like I thought I would. You'll get there! Be well : )

[@sonja4164]

@@sharit7970 awesome reply

[@myggggeneration]

Junk food is not Food, does not promote health and energy. Do not buy it, and instead keep your home environment (and your car!) safe from temptation. That goes a long way towards losing the taste for greasy, salty or sweet "edibles".

[@eppyz]

This makes me feel better seeing this video again,. But concerns me to why my fasting glucose is 100 while on a plant based diet. I thought it was because of the fruit, guess not.

[@sonja4164]

Do you eat any oils?

[@sonja4164]

@@raizohan2986 although it is a tool that's now being studied, people can lower bs without fasting. There are studies on this. I did.

[@eppyz]

@@sonja4164 no I have no oils in my diet I don't add any oil I don't add any salt I don't add any sugar

[@eppyz]

I mean there's the occasional Indulgence that I met eat something at a restaurant or something that is vegan based that might have an oil in it but that is occasionally like once twice a month if that but in my normal day-to-day diet there are no oils added and the foods that I buy I make sure there's no oil in the ingredient list

[@sonja4164]

@@eppyz what is your A1c though? The team at Mastering Diabetes has great information on this type of thing. They have a KZbin channel as well.

[@lian1238]

Am I the only one who doesn't like the idea of Flashback Friday? It's a good concept but a duplicate video with just the intro added at the beginning..? Isn't it redundant? I hope there's no new information because I have watched the original. I believe KZbin has the "community" tab for channels where you can post things? Maybe using posts to showcase Flashback videos would be better? Just my thought.

[@eddy94f]

From my personal experience most of the facts those studies say are different from reality and personal experience that i have experienced. I eat keto now since 7 months with no fruit no refined staff with low protein, low meat and no dairy but high fat alot of eggs and fish but more importantly i eat 500gr at least of cooked weight vegetables every day and NEVER FELT SO GOOD IN MY LIFE. I dont know why. That is why i decided tu study biology using my mind not others minds. Skin improved, stress hunger improved, muscles improved and digestion. Im happy with it. Fruit is the only type of sugar that does not give me palpitation or increased heart rate if eaten in small amounts sometimes 🤗 im 24. Buying your book dr. on blackfriday’s week. It very nice to hear a different side of the story. Saluti from Italy

[@antonshramenko4293]

How is it going with your keto experience 5 years later?

[@NinoNlkkl]

I'm on keto. 0 fruits for me. Some berries exception

[@maheshsundaram8012]

Totally ridiculous

[@NinoNlkkl]

@@maheshsundaram8012 you won't say that when you start to look like a crackhead

[@tazztone]

why would you upload duplicates of older videos? out of scheduled videos because of dr Greger’s book writing?

[@SaleXchannel]

i think he just found those studies and decided that this is important news to share right away could be wrong

[@tazztone]

@@SaleXchannel no no it says "This video was first published in 2015" in the description. he is now writing his new book he has made a lot of videos in advance which are released sequentially to give him time. now they might have run out. this might be why they are releasing older videos a second time.

[@SaleXchannel]

@@tazztone i see, i thought he redid it... my bad.

[@myggggeneration]

...because it is relevant! Most people do not scan the archives. I like the video and I eat a lot of fruit as a type 1 diabetic -- and I thrive on fruit :-) (because I eliminate most added fat that would block glucose absorption in the cells!)

[@OfftoShambala]

because new subscribers or others might not see the old report

[@isaiahesparza4173]

Hopefully the cost of fruit doesn't get any higher after all this research has been going into it