Do you allow unlimited fruit?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry. No one who is a healthy weight with non-disordered eating is eating an entire bag of clementines in a day. Or an entire pint of strawberries. That is compulsive behavior. I would absolutely see that as a symptom of a larger issue.

I guess you don't have a teen boy. My kid easily eats 1 pint of strawberries or 6 clementines (or 2 apples and a banana, or a pound of grapes, etc) as a single serving of fruit. Of course, he is rather an anomaly at 6'4" and 190 lbs... but he is not disordered or compulsive.

FWIW, we have always eaten fruit at every meal. I was actually surprised when I figured out that was not usual amongst other families.

Just because he could eat a pint of strawberries doesn’t mean he should. That’s compulsive. He needs to eat other stuff too, with fiber and protein. My DH is 6’4” and was 19 when I met him. Did he eat a lot? Yes. Did he ever eat a pinto of strawberries or a bag of clementines in a sitting? Nowhere close.

You showed your hand as totally lacking in credibility when you said he needs to eat fiber in addition to the bag of clementines.

I mean seriously, are you an idiot? The primary ingredients of clementines are fiber and water.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry. No one who is a healthy weight with non-disordered eating is eating an entire bag of clementines in a day. Or an entire pint of strawberries. That is compulsive behavior. I would absolutely see that as a symptom of a larger issue.

I guess you don't have a teen boy. My kid easily eats 1 pint of strawberries or 6 clementines (or 2 apples and a banana, or a pound of grapes, etc) as a single serving of fruit. Of course, he is rather an anomaly at 6'4" and 190 lbs... but he is not disordered or compulsive.

FWIW, we have always eaten fruit at every meal. I was actually surprised when I figured out that was not usual amongst other families.

Just because he could eat a pint of strawberries doesn’t mean he should. That’s compulsive. He needs to eat other stuff too, with fiber and protein. My DH is 6’4” and was 19 when I met him. Did he eat a lot? Yes. Did he ever eat a pinto of strawberries or a bag of clementines in a sitting? Nowhere close.

You showed your hand as totally lacking in credibility when you said he needs to eat fiber in addition to the bag of clementines.

I mean seriously, are you an idiot? The primary ingredients of clementines are fiber and water.

Ditto strawberries.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I buy plenty of fruit for the week. If you are gluttonous and eat a 3 lb bag if clementines on day one, tough, it’s gone.

I went shopping on Sunday. I got a bag of clementines, a dozen apples, 3 containers of strawberries, 2 pints of blueberries, 8 bananas, and 2lbs of grapes. That’s for two adults, a teen, and an elementary aged child. That seems more than sufficient to me given the adults generally eat one piece of fruit per day each.

Dang that's so much fruit for 2 kids and 2 adults. I mean it's probably what I would buy if I were rich though.

Yes, my family might eat that over a week, but I can’t picture buying it all on one day or it might go bad by the end of the week.

[Anonymous]

I can't believe the people defending this behavior. Bizarre. I don't control how much fruit my kids eat, but I would if they engaged in this. Absolutely nuts. No wonder our country is so fat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe the people defending this behavior. Bizarre. I don't control how much fruit my kids eat, but I would if they engaged in this. Absolutely nuts. No wonder our country is so fat.

No one is fat from eating too many clementines. God, we are stupid people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry. No one who is a healthy weight with non-disordered eating is eating an entire bag of clementines in a day. Or an entire pint of strawberries. That is compulsive behavior. I would absolutely see that as a symptom of a larger issue.

I guess you don't have a teen boy. My kid easily eats 1 pint of strawberries or 6 clementines (or 2 apples and a banana, or a pound of grapes, etc) as a single serving of fruit. Of course, he is rather an anomaly at 6'4" and 190 lbs... but he is not disordered or compulsive.

FWIW, we have always eaten fruit at every meal. I was actually surprised when I figured out that was not usual amongst other families.

Just because he could eat a pint of strawberries doesn’t mean he should. That’s compulsive. He needs to eat other stuff too, with fiber and protein. My DH is 6’4” and was 19 when I met him. Did he eat a lot? Yes. Did he ever eat a pinto of strawberries or a bag of clementines in a sitting? Nowhere close.

You showed your hand as totally lacking in credibility when you said he needs to eat fiber in addition to the bag of clementines.

I mean seriously, are you an idiot? The primary ingredients of clementines are fiber and water.

Posts like the one you are responding to remind me that many of the posters here just aren’t that’s smart.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry. No one who is a healthy weight with non-disordered eating is eating an entire bag of clementines in a day. Or an entire pint of strawberries. That is compulsive behavior. I would absolutely see that as a symptom of a larger issue.

Teens do.

Anything that doesn't require extra work and is right in front of them will get fully eaten probably while they are distracted by something else.

I think you must have some compulsion about eating healthy amounts at all times.

Yeah. Are these like cuties or halos? They are tiny and easy to eat. They come in bags of like 8. Eating 8 tiny oranges over 13 hours is not compulsive eating. Especially for a growing teen.

It seems weird to care about a teenager eating fruit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This seems like a troll post.

Growing kids need protein and vegetables, not just fruit. Are they very active? Is the diet otherwise balanced? Are they a de facto fruitarian? If the later, likely not optimal for health.

Are they overweight or obese? Do they have NAFLD or prediabetes? If any of the following, likely not optimal for health.

Are they getting plenty of water? Or are they using fruit partially for hydration? If the later, not optimal for health.

Is the volume of fruit eaten a financial or logistical burden? Not optimal, diversify.

My kids are encouraged to eat full meals, which may include fruit but that also include protein and other elements. We don't do a huge amount of snacking between meals, so this whole scenario is a bit foreign to me. We don't restrict protein or green veg so it's hard to imagine that a child could eat that in combination with an entire bag of fruit? My ped recommends chewing food, not reliance on drinking calories so we don't use bags of fruit per person in smoothies either.

Do what works for your family and in doubt, rely on common sense and your pediatrician.

You can’t picture a teenager eating three meals plus 8 small oranges in a 24 hour period? Do you actually have teens?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I generally don't mind the kids eating fruit, but a bag of clementines a day per teen/tween is hard to keep up with.

What are your rules?

Rules? Allow? You sound crazy controlling. Your job is to buy food and have it available. Their job is to eat it. Please, for your kids’ sake, relax.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This seems like a troll post.

Growing kids need protein and vegetables, not just fruit. Are they very active? Is the diet otherwise balanced? Are they a de facto fruitarian? If the later, likely not optimal for health.

Are they overweight or obese? Do they have NAFLD or prediabetes? If any of the following, likely not optimal for health.

Are they getting plenty of water? Or are they using fruit partially for hydration? If the later, not optimal for health.

Is the volume of fruit eaten a financial or logistical burden? Not optimal, diversify.

My kids are encouraged to eat full meals, which may include fruit but that also include protein and other elements. We don't do a huge amount of snacking between meals, so this whole scenario is a bit foreign to me. We don't restrict protein or green veg so it's hard to imagine that a child could eat that in combination with an entire bag of fruit? My ped recommends chewing food, not reliance on drinking calories so we don't use bags of fruit per person in smoothies either.

Do what works for your family and in doubt, rely on common sense and your pediatrician.

You can’t picture a teenager eating three meals plus 8 small oranges in a 24 hour period? Do you actually have teens?

DP here. I do. Two of them. They don't eat like this at all. But we aren't large people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I generally don't mind the kids eating fruit, but a bag of clementines a day per teen/tween is hard to keep up with.

What are your rules?

Rules? Allow? You sound crazy controlling. Your job is to buy food and have it available. Their job is to eat it. Please, for your kids’ sake, relax.

Wow, read into a question much!

[Anonymous]

My husband is an expert at cutting up and cubing a watermelon. My kids love it and it’s not very expensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This seems like a troll post.

Growing kids need protein and vegetables, not just fruit. Are they very active? Is the diet otherwise balanced? Are they a de facto fruitarian? If the later, likely not optimal for health.

Are they overweight or obese? Do they have NAFLD or prediabetes? If any of the following, likely not optimal for health.

Are they getting plenty of water? Or are they using fruit partially for hydration? If the later, not optimal for health.

Is the volume of fruit eaten a financial or logistical burden? Not optimal, diversify.

My kids are encouraged to eat full meals, which may include fruit but that also include protein and other elements. We don't do a huge amount of snacking between meals, so this whole scenario is a bit foreign to me. We don't restrict protein or green veg so it's hard to imagine that a child could eat that in combination with an entire bag of fruit? My ped recommends chewing food, not reliance on drinking calories so we don't use bags of fruit per person in smoothies either.

Do what works for your family and in doubt, rely on common sense and your pediatrician.

You can’t picture a teenager eating three meals plus 8 small oranges in a 24 hour period? Do you actually have teens?

DP here. I do. Two of them. They don't eat like this at all. But we aren't large people.

And you can't even imagine that some people's children who are taller or more active than yours could eat some small oranges between healthy meals?

I get that not everyone's kids eat this way. But there's a huge difference between saying "my kids don't do X" and saying "I can't picture someone doing this" or making ridiculous speculation about Type 2 diabetes or NAFLD or people not drinking water.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry. No one who is a healthy weight with non-disordered eating is eating an entire bag of clementines in a day. Or an entire pint of strawberries. That is compulsive behavior. I would absolutely see that as a symptom of a larger issue.

I guess you don't have a teen boy. My kid easily eats 1 pint of strawberries or 6 clementines (or 2 apples and a banana, or a pound of grapes, etc) as a single serving of fruit. Of course, he is rather an anomaly at 6'4" and 190 lbs... but he is not disordered or compulsive.

FWIW, we have always eaten fruit at every meal. I was actually surprised when I figured out that was not usual amongst other families.

lol, you all are acting like a pint of strawberries is some huge amount of food. It’s not a crate of strawberries. Depending on size of strawberries that’s 15-20 strawberries. No rules for fruits here other. They’re welcome to eat as much fruit as they like. Sometimes even a pint of strawberries at one sitting, and I don’t have teen boys yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This seems like a troll post.

Growing kids need protein and vegetables, not just fruit. Are they very active? Is the diet otherwise balanced? Are they a de facto fruitarian? If the later, likely not optimal for health.

Are they overweight or obese? Do they have NAFLD or prediabetes? If any of the following, likely not optimal for health.

Are they getting plenty of water? Or are they using fruit partially for hydration? If the later, not optimal for health.

Is the volume of fruit eaten a financial or logistical burden? Not optimal, diversify.

My kids are encouraged to eat full meals, which may include fruit but that also include protein and other elements. We don't do a huge amount of snacking between meals, so this whole scenario is a bit foreign to me. We don't restrict protein or green veg so it's hard to imagine that a child could eat that in combination with an entire bag of fruit? My ped recommends chewing food, not reliance on drinking calories so we don't use bags of fruit per person in smoothies either.

Do what works for your family and in doubt, rely on common sense and your pediatrician.

You can’t picture a teenager eating three meals plus 8 small oranges in a 24 hour period? Do you actually have teens?

DP here. I do. Two of them. They don't eat like this at all. But we aren't large people.

You think people get large from eating fruit? Hmkay.

Fruit is one of the best sources of antioxidants. I hope you are feeding your kids enough of it.