Prioritizing fruits and vegetables is the key to a successful diet! However, many questions arise about the role of fruits in weight loss: are they too sweet? Can we eat them several times a day? What are the real benefits compared to a classic dessert? Not all fruits are equal either... So, here in this article, we offer all our nutrition and weight loss tips to optimize your fruit consumption during your weight loss!
Why eat fruit to lose weight?
Just as some vegetables help you lose weight , fruits (despite their fructose content) should be favored as part of a normal diet or a diet. The benefits are multiple and much more interesting than a diet based on prepared meals or processed foods. They provide essential macro and micronutrients for your health such as:
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The fibers
These nutrients are particularly present in minimally processed and whole-grain ingredients. Yet, they are essential for good gut health. They are prebiotics that are consumed by the beneficial bacteria in your gut: fiber thus facilitates your digestion and improves intestinal comfort.
But this nutrient is even more interesting, as part of a diet, for its satiety properties: the fibers in fruits and vegetables allow for a greater volume of the food bolus consumed. They thus allow a lasting feeling of satiety over time and thus limit snacking between meals! Perfect for a successful diet!
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Antioxidants
They help fight oxidation and limit cellular aging. They are found in large quantities in fruits (micronutrients, pigments, polyphenols, etc.). The benefits are numerous: they are essential for staying healthy, ensuring an effective immune system, limiting skin aging, etc.
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Vitamins and minerals
These micronutrients aren't all antioxidants, but they're essential for our metabolism and the proper functioning of our bodies. Indeed, deficiencies can lead to some pretty serious illnesses. It's therefore important to consume natural ingredients like fruits, which are particularly rich in micronutrients (the content of each vitamin and mineral varies depending on the fruit). This is why a balanced and varied diet is the best choice!
Which fruits help you lose weight?
As mentioned earlier, not all fruits are created equal in terms of taste, but also from a nutritional point of view. Some can be perfect allies for a successful diet, such as:
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Strawberry and raspberry
These are the French's favorites, but they're also the lowest in calories! Their sweet and tangy flavor will delight you.
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Lemon, grapefruit and other citrus fruits
They can be incorporated both to season your main dishes and in your desserts. Their benefits are very interesting for weight loss: citrus fruits have a detoxifying effect on the body. They have diuretic properties that make it easier to eliminate toxins from your body.
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Kiwi, mango and other exotic fruits
They are among the fruits richest in micronutrients (vitamins C and potassium for example): what better way to bring you vitality from breakfast in your porridge! They are very rich in fiber and are beneficial for your intestinal health.
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Watermelon and melon
They are part of the squash family. They are very low in calories and also contain a lot of fiber and water: the perfect natural appetite suppressant!
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Pineapple
This fruit is rich in water and contains bromelain, an enzyme that has a fat-burning effect on the body. It helps to eliminate fat and lose weight more effectively.
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Apple and pear
They're also very high in fiber, helping to curb hunger for a long time. With a small handful of almonds, they promote good intestinal transit and contribute to a balanced and satisfying snack. Apples are also very rich in pectin and potassium. Pectin is a natural appetite suppressant that also helps reduce the absorption of certain fats and lower blood cholesterol levels.
How and when to consume them?
Fruits can be eaten throughout the day, from morning to night. It's important to note that they contain significant amounts of sugar, despite their other beneficial nutritional benefits. Therefore, it's important to control your daily sugar intake. It's important to eat a varied and balanced diet, while maintaining good eating habits for a healthy lifestyle.
It is therefore interesting to include a fruit in each meal in your menu, it is the ideal dessert to replace crème brûlées and biscuits, and thus lose weight quickly. Certain times of the day may be more suitable, find here what to eat in the evening to lose weight .
Choose unprocessed fruits so your body can reap all the benefits. They retain their vitamins and minerals, as does the appetite-suppressing effect of the fiber. Be careful: although rich in fiber, some fruits (like bananas and avocados) can be quite high in calories, which isn't ideal for weight loss, so eat them sparingly.
Reminder.
There are also false friends. For example, you shouldn't overdo it with juices (and other processed fruit products), which can often be consumed excessively. Without pulp, the drink thus provides a significant amount of sugar, while having a non-existent appetite-suppressing effect.
Dried fruits should also be eaten sparingly, because one dried fruit has more or less the same benefits as a regular fruit: it is better to eat them in moderation.
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