{"id":6947,"date":"2012-08-07T22:35:57","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T02:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/does-eating-fruit-make-you-fat\/"},"modified":"2012-08-07T22:47:21","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T02:47:21","slug":"does-eating-fruit-make-you-fat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/does-eating-fruit-make-you-fat\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Eating Fruit Make You Fat?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A common question that I hear from a lot of aspiring bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts is:<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Does Fruit Make You Fat?<br \/>\n&#8211; Is Fruit Fattening?<br \/>\n&#8211; Can I Eat Fruit And Still Lose Weight?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fruit is not as bad as some bodybuilders make them out to be. The only reason why anyone would limit their fruit intake is when following a low carb diet because the calories in fruit come from natural sugars. But they are still very healthy with lots of vitamins, minerals, fiber, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Generally competitive bodybuilders will cut out fruit during the final phases of their pre-contest diet because they want to get as ripped to the bone as possible. They&#8217;ll usually cut out everything except for lean protein, green veggies, and healthy fats. But this has caused some people who are not even competitive bodybuilders to think that fruit is <strong>&#8220;bad for you&#8221;<\/strong> or that <strong>&#8220;fruit is fattening&#8221;<\/strong>. Trust me, this is NOT the case. No one has ever became 300 pounds and obese because they ate too much fruit.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<strong>Click To Watch The Video &#8211; Does Fruit Make You Fat?<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/vMw7mK7WSWI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<I><U>Note:<\/u> if you can&#8217;t watch the embedded video clip above,<br \/>\nyou can watch it right on my YouTube Channel by <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/vMw7mK7WSWI\" title=\"Does Fruit Make You Fat?\" target=\"_blank\"><U>Clicking Here<\/u><\/a><\/i><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><HR><\/p>\n<p><strong>The same also applies to dairy products, a lot of my followers ask me:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>&#8211; Does Milk Make You Fat?<br \/>\n&#8211; Is Drinking Milk Fattening?<br \/>\n&#8211; Can I Still Drink Milk And Lose Weight?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now dairy is a great source of protein and calcium. However, a lot of the calories come from lactose, which is a simple sugar. So while a competitive bodybuilder who is in the final weeks before a competition will cut these foods out in order to get as ripped as possible, it&#8217;s not necessary to cut it out for the average person who is just looking to lose weight.<\/p>\n<p>For a general bodybuilding diet you can consume fruit and dairy products in moderation and still make progress towards your fitness and fat loss goals. It&#8217;s only at the highest level where competitors temporarily need to make some extreme dietary restrictions. But for 99% of the recreational lifters out there it&#8217;s unnecessary to take things to these extremes.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to hear your opinion on this topic, so please leave me a comment below&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A common question that I hear from a lot of aspiring bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts is:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Does Fruit Make You Fat?<br \/>\n&#8211; Is Fruit Fattening?<br \/>\n&#8211; Can I Eat Fruit And Still Lose Weight?<br \/>\nRead my blog post to find out the answer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,27,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bodybuilding-nutrition","category-q-a-column","category-videos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p36tGh-1O3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6947"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6954,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6947\/revisions\/6954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}