Is my brother right regarding fruits make him gaining weight?

[kitty71]

From centuries it has been said that veggies and fruits are good for you and your overall health as it contains nutrients, antioxidants and supplements important for your body cause it can prevent many diseases. But it has also been know that fruits or veggies contain sugar and calories and it does teh opposite effect of being beneficial to a person.

Also as we age our metabolism is slower and it is harder to loose weight and it can take more time to do so like younger people

My brother has a belly pouch on her stomach, flabby and he is not slim but he is not morbidly obese either, but if you see him you can say yes he has his pounds (a bit chubby)

He does not work out cause for his work he has no time for that and he has other things to do in his personal schedule he has little free time for him to work out not even 1 hour. Anyway but he says he is trying to cut carbs, (well at this moment the only carbs he is cutting is not eating rice) but he consumes other type of carbs and he says he is not eating at night that means dinner and he drinks a lot of water. He does eat fruits and salad at lunch.

Regarding the fruits we eat fruits every day at home cause my mom likes to consume fruits for its benefits in the morning so I also eat fruits a mixed of different type of fruits each morning.

My brother has the notion that he is not loosing weight because he is eating fruits everyday each morning and he will try to not consume fruits for a while to see if what he says is correct.

[Bricealan]

I don't want to write a dissertation on the subject, but a diet of fruits and vegetables, for the most part, is ideal. The largest animals ever to inhabit this planet were herbivores. With that said, vegetables and fruitsare complex carbohydrates, and as such are the best carbohydrates to consume for their food value.
As far as 'working out", as someone who knows and has done it since 13 years old, it is not something you 'don't have time for", you MAKE TIME FOR IT, if your health and wellbeing are important to you.

[slatyb]

I'm skeptical that he can gain weight from eating raw fruit. Maybe fatty fruits like bananas and avocados. It's hard to pack in a lot of calories from apples or berries. I suppose it could be done, but it would take a lot of fruit.

Is he eating or drinking anything with added sugar?

[kitty71]

I mean at home we always had eaten fruits every single day for breakfast and that has been our norm for more than lets say 5 years eating fruits everyday.

[slatyb]

How much fruit is he eating? What does he eat the rest of the day?

[kitty71]

We only eat fruits in the morning not the rest of the day

[slatyb]

Yes. What does he eat the rest of the day?

[Smashingdoozy]

Unlikely. He's probably just consuming more calories than he is burning in a day. The fruit itself isn't the problem

[ArrowheadSW]

Well, he needs to exercise regardless of what he says about his schedule. And if someone were to really take a close look at everything he ate, there is probably some calorie-packed type of food that he is eating. I doubt if he is gaining weight from fruit.

[exitseven]

He is consuming more calories than he is burning. This is what cases weight gain. He needs to eat less of everything. The problem with dieting without exercise is that the body senses a caloric loss and will compensate by slowing down the metabolism. Exercise boosts metabolism and causes weight loss.

[kitty71]

Yes that is what I thought he is consuming more. I mean Iknow that men tend to eat more than women in general dieting or not dieting but maybe he is consuming more that he needs to. The thing is that if he eat less of things he always say" im still hungry"

[Anonymous]

How long has he been doing that for? Maybe it hasn't been long enough to see noticeable results? While they do have sugar, it's natural sugars (good) which is very different from normal sugary things. He should also include some exercise though, even if just a 1/2 hour walk each day.

[Opinion Owner]

Personally I don't worry about carbs so much, as the calories, sugar, and fat intake of the foods I eat/drink. It's really surprising when you get watching the labels on things, how much are in our foods.

[Jabberjaw]

Over consuming is the cause of weight gain. You could eat nothing but donuts and lose weight.

Is his consumption of fruits the cause? Probably not. But CAN you overeat fruit and gain weight because of it? Yes.

[Astarlessnightsky]

Some fruits/veggiea contain more fat/sugar than others, but in general the amount of calories is least dense compared to other food items, so i would take a look at everything else someone eats in order to find the reason of weight gain.

[loveslongnails]

Too much of the story is missing. What does he eat the rest of the day, and when does he eat it? Even eating fruits that are high in sugars and carbs, it's not likely that this is the cause of any weight gain, or lack of weight loss.

[MTC29]

Fruits have a lot of sugars and a lot of carbs. Avoid both.

[peedy]

No he's wrong there is no food thst makes anyone gain weight, being lazy and sitting on your ass makes you gain weight

[jahaims]

If you take in more calories than you burn you gain weight no matter what food it is.

[Iron_Man]

I’ve never seen somebody get fat off of vegetables and fruits

[Amur8711]

Fruit is high in sugar so yes fruit can cause weight gain.

[kitty71]

But fruits have nutrients also the fruit itself I doubt it makes a people gain weight, all nutritionists and dieticians and studies back that up. I mean fruits have sugar sure but not like a lot

[Anonymous]

he is making excuses

the only way to clean the body is to fast

[JesseJayNeak]

Fruits have a lot of carbs and sugars so yeah

[clemdenim]

Fruit does have lots of carbs

[Anonymous]

What kind of fruits tho?

[Wise4myage]

That's incorrect.

[EaterPeter]

He might be