From the start i have to tell you that ironically, in most cases only fat people that try fruit diets get fat and athletic persons remain the same because they need the caloric intake for the muscles but i will explain more, later in this post.

Fruits are beneficial for health but excess consumption will only bring extra pounds !

It`s true that fruits contain vitamins, fibers and antioxidants wich protect us from various diseases, but a large quantity of eaten fruits isn`t recommended even if you want to build muscles.

Specialists explain the phenomenon like so: People forget the fact that fruits have a high caloric value and they get to eat 300 calories in just minutes thus adding fat to their body (so fruits are good as a after workout high calorie food for your muscles). Those calories come in large proportion from fructose and its consumption doesn`t produce a feeling of fullness.

Now back to fat people and their fruit diets, fructose is converted into fat when in excess ( more than 3 glasses of fruit juice or 3 pieces of fruit daily) and that`s why fat people and even people with high cholesterol or diabetes don`t react correctly to a fruit diet.

You have to eat a variety of food to get all of the nutrients on the food pyramid and exercise in order to maintain a healthy weight, healthy muscles and remove excess fat.