Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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For an endurance athlete who would like to eat one piece of fruit per day, what would you recommend? Can you go past a banana for its good glucose/fructose ratio and potassium, are berries better? Apples or oranges?

Thanks

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One piece of berry wont be very far. – peter Apr 2 2012 at 9:25

edle · Answer 1 · 2012-04-02 06:31:45Z UTC

Why only one? On an otherwise clean diet, I do not think more will harm you. I am an endurance athlete and I eat fruits five times per day along with orange juice (female, under 20% bodyfat). Easily digestible fruits are best. Tropical fruits like papaya and watermelon are excellent. Ripe bananas are okay. Apple and pear is best made into a sauce for easy digestion. I guess berries are good, but they do not give you that much in terms of calories. Pure orange juice is another good option.

Okay, I used to be a fruit skeptic myself. I think I watched the Lustig video on YouTube like 3 times back in the summer of 2009. I used to be grossed out by fruit juice. But I was wrong.

Take a look at Stephan Guyenet' blog post:

http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2012/02/is-sugar-fattening.html

Two of his take home points are:

Sugar, including fructose, is not inherently fattening relative to other calorie sources, and unrefined sugar is compatible with fat loss in the context of simple whole food diets.
Fruit is not fattening, and it may actually be slimming.

Eric · Answer 2 · 2012-04-02 05:38:54Z UTC

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I would eat berries and citrus and then also eat potatoes...

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Eric
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	An endurance athlete can have a banana plus the berries/citrus. At least on workout days. – Nance Apr 2 2012 at 5:44
	I'm not an endurance athlete at all and I can eat 2 pounds of grapes, 20 plums and 3 glasses of OJ while remaining lean. – Korion Apr 2 2012 at 11:36

Rick · Answer 3 · 2012-04-02 10:45:08Z UTC

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Grapefruit- Vitamin C and 20-25 grams of carbs. Mainly I say grapefruit because it is the most slowly absorbed fruit with a LOW Glycemic Index of 22.

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Rick
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And what difference will that make? – Warren D Apr 2 2012 at 18:15

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