fruit while cutting

[niagratolls]

Is fruit something you can have while following a cutting diet, the reason because my question is been asked it's because they contain fructose and I have seen some articles online saying fructose makes it harder to lose weight and sometimes it converts to fat.

 

[Saiyan7]

You definitely want to limit fruit intake. Post workout is a great time for fruit. But the sugar content in most fruits make them a bit counter productive.


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[muskate]

Fruit is fine in moderation but the problem with fruit is that it is roughly 50% glucose and 50% fructose.

Fructose can ONLY replenish liver glycogen. Once your liver glycogen is full, any additional fructose will be stored as fat.

The liver has a glycogen storing capacity of about 50g. 1-2 servings of fruit per day won't be an issue because each piece of fruit will only contain about 10-15g of fructose but you don't want to have more then 2 servings of fruit per day.

When cutting, the majority of your carbs should be low GI complex carbs like sweet potato, oatmeal, brown rice etc.

 

[Lev Butlerov]

Some fruit is good, because it has fiber and vitamins, but taking too much of it would definitely be counterproductive is you are in a cutting phase, since there is also quite a lot of sugar. Therefore, you can eat it, but just a little bit everyday.

 

[stevesmi]

honestly when i was at my leanest i was not allowed to eat fruit by my coach. this was when i was like 5-6% body fat.

however if you want to be at a healthy body fat then fruit is healthy because they contain a lot of vitamins and antioxidants. we know from strong evidence that the vitamin C from fruit will cut the duration of a cold by 50%. so yes you should eat fruit to be healthy.

 

[Jay Scott]

A little bit of fruit will not do much damage. But if you want to limit your carbs thats one of the first things to go

 

[MasonicBodybuilder]

Fruit will be fine as long as you are not eating it with each of your meals. If you have a couple servings per day there is no issue. Just make sure it fits into your macros. There are some really good health effects from eating fruits like berries and citrus.