How much fruit do you eat?

If I have fruit I try to eat it in the morning.

I have a nectarine and handful of blueberries every morning except Saturday when I have half a red grapefruit and five blueberries on my porridge. I usually have at least one other fruit during the day. I have heard that of your five-a-day, only 3 should be fruit or fruit juice. But then I'm more of a 7-10-a-day person as am vegetarian.

I have at least 3 portions a day plus all sorts of veg.

Standard weekly purchases..Melon , blue berries, grapes, satsumas, apples, strawberries ,raspberries, kiwi and a couple of bananas. Not excluding the odd lemon or lime of course (wink wink) Lots of fresh veg. Like fruit with breakfasts, after lunch and often fruit as a dessert of fruit salad and yogurt.Shame we then make pies crumbles fruit cobblers and cakes with some unused fruits..Oh dear! . Otherwise we could pretend we are super good dietry wise

We've had a lot of apples and pears off the trees. Having trouble eating them all, giving away etc

Do check on the types of fruit as some are more upsetting than others. Stress (argumetns, frightening news, etc.) can also cause problems.

Bananas are usually safe but without vit C, and with lots of starch. Figs are generally a problem and I have trouble with tomatoes, apricots, & blueberries but not with apples, pears, avocados (excellent vit C), peaches, nectarines, oranges, kiwi, strawberries, raspberries, grapefruit, cherries, plums, grapes, blackberries and mango which all provide vit C. The peel of fruit is good for exercising the muscles in the gut (perhaps not oranges, etc) and keeps digestion progressing.

Vit C is destroyed by heat so cooked fruit & veg will contain very little, if any, especially if cooked with water as vit C is soluble and leaches out.

Good luck!

Mouth ulcers are often the result of low vit C - oranges, etc will settle them after a few days.

Too much triggers my IBS so one piece a day here

Fruit is natures candy…eat with respect…vegetables are usually less sweet..keep my intake of fruit to a minimum

I like most fruits and have a generous helping of blueberries, strawberries or raspberries (or a mix of all three) on my morning cereal, and perhaps a banana with my lunch. I only like bananas when they're firm and not too sweet. But I don't eat a lot of fruit as it plays havoc with my IBS, especially citrus fruits. We have fresh vegetables (some home grown) with every meal with the exception of frozen peas and sweetcorn.

Nutritionist here -fruit is just fructose (sugar) with a couple of vitamins floating around. Not essential but very nice so should be limited. Vegetables have more to offer but also more toxins too. It’s a minefield out there! Just remember that of all plants and animals on earth 90% animals are safe to eat and 90% plants are toxic.

It's not exactly relevant, but as grapes have been mentioned, I'll share what the nurse at my GP practice told me recently after I'd said that I eat a few grapes most days. According to her, grapes have more sugar than any other fruit so one should avoid eating too often. And I had thought I was being really healthy!

No, can’t do any fruit at all apart from a slice of lemon in a G and T. They affect my IBS and also make my mouth feel as though I’ve been eating pepper. The slice of lemon in the G and T also causes the mouth problems but I manage to put up with that. I’ve just made blueberry muffins with one of my granddaughters, I tasted a tiny bit of the cooked mixture that had fallen onto the baking tray and my mouth is really sore already so, unfortunately, I won’t be able to have one!

I enjoy fruit but I have to limit my intake. Ido eat lots of veg and salad.
Usually berries or half a banana with cereals, and maybe one more item at some point, especially nectarines and apricots in season, or pears from my tree. But mostly I use fruit eg an apple when I need a bit of help to get going. And chocolate when I need to slow the system down. That’s my excuse anyway.

Being diabetic I can't eat tropical fruits because of their sugar content. I eat blueberries, strawberries and raspberries every day and half a banana occasionally. But most of my fibre intake has to come from green leafy vegetables.

On a prediabetic course a few years ago, I was told of my 5 a day, really 3 should be veg and 2 just very small portions of fruit. Eating low fat at the moment after pancreatitis and gallbladder removal, my fruit intake for breakfast is mixed tinned and fresh and is much more than I was told then!

I eat fruit none stop, just love it. My twice day salad consists of mixed leaves, avocado and then any fruit I can think of but mostly grapes, orange, pear, mango and blueberries. I never eat salads out as I do enjoy all the ingredients they put on their salads. If I cook, it is mainly vegetables with pasta. I cannot get my head around how anyone thinks fruit is boring. When I am asked what I would like as a present I always answer fruit, cheese or nuts please as it is all becoming so very expensive

Do NOT enjoy

Most mornings I have a Nutribulit smoothie.
In goes half avocado.
Banana.
Handful of spinach.
Blueberries.
Raspberries and any other fruit lying around that needs to be used up
Always have grapes on hand and occasionally an apple or orange.
Prefer good quality orange juice though.
Just bought some pears and some kiwi fruits.

My fruit basket is never empty.

Bananas apples mandarins or small oranges grapes and pears. Soft fruit in season and plums , I eat at least four portions each day . I have chronic diverticular disease and find that amount of fruit as well as soup for lunch suits my digestive system.

I don't eat much fruit, especially in winter, but I do eat lots of vegetables. If I make a soup or a stew, it will usually have at least six different vegetables in it, not to mention pulses and grains.

Like a fair number of replies, I find too much fruit triggers my IBS and also contains a surprising number of calories, especially grapes.. I mainly apples ( fresh or stewed) pears and berry fruits ( one or two portions) a day) in moderation. I like all other fruit but rarely eat other kinds nowadays other than am occasional banana. I eat many vegetables probably at least 4 or 5 different vegetables a day and preferably ones in UK season. .

I eat at least three lots of fruit a day, usually blueberries, an apple or pear and a banana. Sometimes tinned prunes if I think I need them! I try to eat fruit after a meal. Also try for five veg or salad ingredients and usually eat a stick of organic celery before my main meal as I was told the fibre slows down your digestion and you are less likely to get a sugar high afterwards.

I love my fruit, but now am diabetic so have to be careful which fruit and how much I eat. I mourn my lack of lovely Galia melons. Too much sugar in them, but do eat a mix of veg also. Have never understood the idea that you just have potatoes and one other veg with a meal. Just as easy to prepare two or three veg and have the variety . At the moment cauliflowers are good here and so have had quite a bit of cauliflower instead of any potatoes and then green beans or peas . Put lots of veg in casseroles and love celery, whether cooked or raw, but think it adds good flavour to soups and casseroles. Onions are a very firm favourite for any soup or savoury. Occasionally allow myself roast potatoes onions and parsnips cooked round the meat. Oh yummy. Had better go and sort my fish out for tonight feeling too hungry now !

Half a grapefruit with breakfast (unsweetened).
Always two or three different veg with my dinner (mid-day) followed by an orange and a banana (no pudding).
Bowl of fresh fruit salad for tea, apple later.

I make a large tub of fresh fruit salad on Mondays - galia + canteloupe melon (or one sapo or one Matice), pineapple, grapes, kiwi, pomegranate and that gives DH and me a bowl each every evening.