Can fruit make you gain weight? This may seem unlikely as we often link fruit with being healthy and a cornerstone of our diet. Research reveals that primates binge on fruits and have an amazing mechanism to store the energy as fat in their bodies and this may hold true for humans as well. However, primates do undergo a boom and a bust cycle, but we don’t. Modern societies do not have a bust!

 

Can you think of having six oranges at one go? Possibly not! But when you are having a cup of orange juice, you are actually juicing six oranges and in that process, you are taking in raw, concentrated sugar. That explains why you have a tendency to gain weight during summer and why parents should think twice before including fruits and fruit juices in their children's diet.

 

But how much is too much? Well, you need to use your brain and consume fruits in moderation. Stay tuned, as we reveal what you need to include as part of your daily diet and how much of it do you really need to keep sugar-consumption under your control.