Fruits?
Ok gang. I'm not a fruit-eater, never ever have been. I hate most fruits in their natural state due to the texture... BUT.... I adore most pureed... Catch my drift? I'd like to add pureed fruits to my shakes or even just eat "baby" fruits, I do *not drink fruit juice in any form, it just seemed a waste for me, and the sugars are soooo high...
Anyways- I am a dumper- what, if any, fruits cause dumping with any of you? How much do you eat before it's in the "danger" zone? I obviously know to avoid anything packed in syrups/sugars/etc... out of a can... but I did buy canned peaches/pears with splenda... and frozen strawberries, raspberries.... unsweetened applesauce... How many natural sugars can you tolerate from fruit? It's confusing...
I added pureed berries to my yogurt drink last night, and was in heaven... I felt a wee bit dumpy after finishing the entire concoction, so I wanted to see what might happen.... I used 1/2C total of berries...
-beth
Hmmm...well I'm not much of dumper...so I don't know if this will help
Bananas, I can eat 1/4 of a small one before I get a stomach ache
Cherries....haven't found a limit thus far
Apples...half to all of a small one is ok
grapes - haven't found a limit
Oranges - a couple of wedges
Applesauce - I can eat the little cup size the come in
Thats about all I tried.
Good Luck,
Rachel
I'm not really much of a dumper either but the one TRUE dumping episode I had was from watermelon! Oooowweeeeeee! One thing to know abou****ermelon is, the longer it sits in the refrigerator, the more concentrated the sugars become - evidentally. I don't know if that is true with other fruits though.
I can tolerate most fruits with no problem but I don't dare try frozen fruits that are sweetened (like strawberries).
I've had bananas, apples, pears, oranges. all with no problems.
Ronda
Egads, no the frozen fruit I have is the bagged quick-frozen loose berries. For the price of one pint of strawberries here, I figured that frozen would be the way to go, especially since I tend to add them to shakes, or the girls eat them plain thawed, and DH likes them with a taste of splenda...
-beth
I love fruit and too was concerned about the natural sugars...but, no worries yet....
banana: can eat an entire small one
apple: can eat a small one...can NOT finish a large(r) one
oranges: can eat half before I am full
grapes...no problem
berries: no problem at all
and I just finished a small SF applesauce...
I do enjoy fruit juices but typically do not bother because of the calories....but always SF/no sugar added....I did have some no sugar added orange juice the other day....no problems.
RAE
I love fruit and too was concerned about the natural sugars...but, no worries yet....
banana: can eat an entire small one
apple: can eat a small one...can NOT finish a large(r) one
oranges: can eat half before I am full
grapes...no problem
berries: no problem at all
and I just finished a small SF applesauce...
I do enjoy fruit juices but typically do not bother because of the calories....but always SF/no sugar added....I did have some no sugar added orange juice the other day....no problems.
RAE
I just recently started testing the waters with fruit, but I am not normally a dumper either...so far in 1/2c increments I can handle:
(fresh)
Cantalope
Cherries
Watermelon
Pineapple (1/4c)
Blackberries (1/4c)
Mixed Dried fruit (1/4 c) cherries, strawberries, banana chips, mango, pineapple, rasins, cranberries
My pouchie did not like bananas...
No - I don't think that you're in trouble at all. The thing about fruit is that there is a high concentration of water so that goes through the pouch pretty quickly. I've dumped on watermelon badly - thought I could eat more because it squished down. But the sugar content was high so ......
I have fruit as desert - and am trying to listen to the rules that include "no snacking." The leader of my support group really is firm about this rule - no strong flavors between meals. No snacking. So I'm incorporating fruit into my regular food plan. It's going well.
Ruth