Of all fruits you can eat, what are the top three and why?

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Jonny Bowden, PhD, CNS · Answer

Aboard, the fruits that I eat, what are the top three and why very easy answer berries, grapefruits and apples. And I would include avocados in that which are fruit, which we don't often think of as a fruit. But they'd probably be at the top of the list. The wise berries are the lowest in carbohydrates, the highest and fiber the lowest and sugar they just are apples. Everything, your grandmother told you was true and Apple. A warm, if not keep the doctor away, certainly Force phone, their visits and grapefruits, are just a terrific underappreciated food that can cut your appetite help with weight loss, provide some fiber, fill you up, a lot of good things about great food. So those are my answers and don't forget the avocados.

Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RD, LD · Answer

Okay, this question is from Ryan and it is asking some of our experts here on the Forum. What are our three top fruits that we love the most. So Ryan, let me just say number one, what I love is great but what you love is even more important. Because studies do show, that if we tend to eat something that someone else recommends that we do not like, guess what? We don't, we don't stick with that habit. So if I tell you, blueberries are like my favorite fruit and that is Accurate blueberries are my favorite fruit because of their benefit on the brain because of their overall benefit in terms of how much fiber they have. I love blueberries and they're just so versatile and easy. But let's say you hate blueberries, but you're like well a dietitian likes blueberries. I should eat more of them, you probably won't stick with that habit. So studies do show, we need to stick with our preferences. So, I've checked that box off, blueberries. I would probably say blueberries and blackberries are tied for me. I interchange them with steel. Uh, totes with putting them simply as a snack, just a handful, the just so great. And so the more color you get, the more benefit you get. Second is going to be apples. I know that we are in apple season now but both the peel and the meat of the Apple has been shown to help with things. Like reducing the risk of dis lipid emia reducing the risk for certain cancers helping to promote gut health. So apples are great to make sure you get the whole Apple. You get the whole Apple. Meaning, he'll meet the whole kit and caboodle. Oh, and then lastly avocado would be my last one and again, probably a little bit cliche but it's a great fruit to get us in that healthy fat fats, help to fill us up. They also help to keep us more satisfied and they'd also, you know, is a great option. If you want to look at what am I going to do for better, brain, health, heart, health, all of those things we see with the benefits of avocado. So those are my top three. I'm more interested in your top three though. Ryan and how you actually get them into your diet on a day-to-day basis.

Abby Langer, RD · Answer

So what are the top three fruits, the ones you'll eat, those are the three top fruits, only ten percent of Americans, get enough, fruits and vegetables. And so I'm not going to recommend top three or bottom three. Anything. I just want you to eat your fruit and eat your vegetables. There are a lot of diets out there that say, you should only be eating berries and green apples, and lemons like who eats a lemon. And that the reason is that That they're so low sugar but honestly fruit is high in sugar like we need to get over that and you know and just accept it that sugar is packaged with antioxidants vitamins and fiber. So it's not just like eating a candy bar. Choose whichever fruits you want and have a serving or two a day and you're good.

JJ Virgin, CNS · Answer

All right, super important for solve. Fruit is not free food, I recommend one to two servings a day. If you're super athletic, we can throw in a third of those fruits. One of my faves here. They are number one berries and I bet everybody's saying berries, but berries have such great fiber, their little fiber punches. Make sure that they are organic pisar. Also pesticide sponges and those deep colors mean, all the great polyphenols. It's the first one second one. I love our apples there prebiotics, and they've got great pectins that are so good for your Now not apple juice you just turned it into a soda, it's got more fructose and high fructose corn syrup sodas, right? So make sure that you're doing the real thing fresh or frozen. And then the third one are slightly green bananas not super ripe bananas entirely different food but slightly green bananas and here's why when bananas are still slightly green they're high in something called resistant starch resistant, starch resist digestion and feeds your : and it helps you build and make butyrate butyric acid, which helps you burn fat. So super good. They're all right. Berries, apples and bananas. Oh my, there you go.

Vandana Sheth, RDN, CDCES, FAND · Answer

Of all the fruits you can eat. What are the top three and why? Tough one because I love fruits and they are all so delicious and they're also nutritious. But my top three would be blueberries because they're rich in antioxidants, specifically anthocyanins and they're so tasty. This berry has been linked to helping with heart health, brain health with decreasing risk for certain types of cancer. You can enjoy them fresh or frozen as is or throw it in a smoothie. It's delicious. Second would be apples. They are portable, they're easy. They come in a variety of flavors and textures and colors. They are rich in fiber specific, specifically pin, that's good for heart health and also help with digestion. And my third pick would be bananas. They're a rich source of potassium, help with blood pressure and they're portable. Easy, delicious, have vitamins, minerals and good for you. So those would be my top three. But there are so many others I would include in this list. So try to add a variety of colors in terms of fruits and flavors to your diet.

Kellsey Frank, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN · Answer

Of all the fruits you can eat, what are your top three and why? Personally, my top three would be raspberries, number one for sure, watermelon, and probably bananas, because they're so versatile. I use them in shakes all the time, bananas with peanut butter, banana peanut butter sandwich, lots of different options there. Why are they my top three? Because I like the flavor of them. But, you know, many nutrition benefits to those as well, very high in vitamin C, great carbohydrate source, so lots of great benefits associated with fruit, but eat whatever you like.

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Of all fruits you can eat, what are the top three and why?

Jonny Bowden, PhD, CNS

Jonny Bowden, PhD, CNS

Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RD, LD

Abby Langer, RD

JJ Virgin, CNS

Vandana Sheth, RDN, CDCES, FAND

Kellsey Frank, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN