Do we Seniors Eat Too Much Fruit?

911 said:
I watched the video. I had been told by my doctor not to eat grapefruit while I was taking my statin drug. My nutritionist told me to eat only 4 inches of a banana because of the sugar content. I think we all knew commercially canned fruit wasn’t healthy if it was packed in syrup.
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I raced through the first part of the video, just to get the feel of it. While it seems true that nothing he said was false, it's not like there was much in the way of big news. Anyone who takes certain drugs, in my case a blood thinner, is told not to eat grapefruit. It's even written on the packaging. I don't know why I should avoid grapefruit, but the warning is enough.

Anyone who is moderately conscious about diet knows the difference between refined sugar added back into processed foods and naturally occurring. My first question while watching was, "Is this guy really a doctor?" It doesn't make any difference of course, if he knows what he's talking about. But if I'm supposed to take from this video to stay away from fruit, well that sounds more like shock therapy than dietary knowledge.
 

Just for the heck of it I'm posting this video to show that you can find anything you want on the internet. I didn't watch the video. It's just from the internet and not the American Medical Association.

 
JustDave said:
Just for the heck of it I'm posting this video to show that you can find anything you want on the internet. I didn't watch the video. It's just from the internet and not the American Medical Association.

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I would probably watch this video. I would then look for some sort of validation. Maybe some tests, some other sources, or maybe just trying out the suggestions myself if they seemed reasonable.

The whole problem with the video of the OP is that they use deceptive means to get me to watch them. Kind of like a telemarketer that shows a local phone number and a false name on my caller ID. They use deception and then they expect me to trust them? Why would you want to take advice from someone that lies to you? And why waste my time?
 
JustDave said:
But if I'm supposed to take from this video to stay away from fruit, well that sounds more like shock therapy than dietary knowledge.
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No one said "stay away from fruit" altogether, just that some fruit can mess with certain conditions or meds. If people know why, they can adapt instead of assuming all fruit is always safe. That's pretty reasonable if you ask me.
 
oslooskar said:
I came across this video on YouTube, and after watching it, I’m wondering if I’m eating too much fruit.
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Don't eat enough, eat too much, chemicals this, chemicals that.

You know - I think the biggest problem is that we try to intellectualize our feelings. Meaning, my body lets me know if I've done something it doesn't like. It's instinctual. It knows that eating meat, and only meat, makes me feel like a pudding. It knows that eating fresh broccoli and cabbage makes it feel good. It likes apples and banana's - it doesn't like prunes. I just listen.
 
Michael Z said:
The whole problem with the video of the OP is that they use deceptive means to get me to watch them.
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There's an element of click bait in the introduction. "Destroy your heart" would be more meaningful to someone who has a serious addiction to grapefruit. I've never met anyone who is seriously addicted to grapefruit. I believe that this guy is trying to collect hits for his own glorification.
 
Begging people to not eat certain fruits seems a little over the top for a doctor. It almost sounds like he withdrew all his money from his grapefruit investments, and wants to buy it back in after the industry crashes. OK, I've had enough fun with this for now. I'll stop before I make enemies.
 
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oslooskar said:
No one said "stay away from fruit" altogether, just that some fruit can mess with certain conditions or meds. If people know why, they can adapt instead of assuming all fruit is always safe. That's pretty reasonable if you ask me.
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the bare bones content/info may be reasonable - but the presentation style and verbosity and melodrama wasn't.

Most click-baity videos are like that - they start with over hyped melodramatic claims and then take forever to tell you something obvious like diabetics shouldn't eat too much sugar.
 
January said:
the bare bones content/info may be reasonable - but the presentation style and verbosity and melodrama wasn't. Most click-baity videos are like that - they start with over hyped melodramatic claims and then take forever to tell you something obvious like diabetics shouldn't eat too much sugar.
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Oh gee whiz, I’m so sorry, January, maybe next time I’ll deliver important health info in monotone and whisper so your feelings don’t get hurt by melodrama. Meanwhile, people can keep pretending all fruit is harmless and be shocked when their meds stop working.
 
JustDave said:
Begging people to not eat certain fruits seems a little over the top for a doctor. It almost sounds like he withdrew all his money from his grapefruit investments, and wants to buy it back in after the industry crashes. OK, I've had enough fun with this for now. I'll stop before I make enemies.
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Don’t worry, Dave, your grapefruit stocks are safe. The drama’s not for you, it’s for the folks who think fruit can’t mess with meds or spike their sugar until it lands them in the ER. But hey, let’s not make enemies.
 

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