With all the recent health focus on sugar, poor old fruit has gotten undeserved attention for the simple reason that it is high in sugar. And from that, some very average advice has surfaced that people need to limit how much whole fruit they eat. Now a systematic review puts to bed any health concerns anyone should have about fruit, finding that whole fresh fruit does not contribute to weight gain. Eat up.Links referred to in the podcast<ul><li>Systematic review of the Impact of whole fresh fruit on energy intake and body weight <a href='https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2019.00066/full'>https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2019.00066/full</a></li><li>Frozen fruit and veg increases consumption <a href='https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29290348'>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29290348</a></li></ul>Episode transcript To access the full episode transcript, go to the following link and select the individual podcast episode and then click on the ‘Transcript’ tab <a href='https://thinkingnutrition.buzzsprout.com'>https://thinkingnutrition.buzzsprout.com</a>Connect with me Instagram: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/doctimcrowe/'>doctimcrowe</a> Facebook: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/thinkingnutrition'>Thinking Nutrition</a> Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/CroweTim'>CroweTim</a>

Why bitter foods are better for you

Thinking Nutrition is all about presenting the latest nutrition research in plain language and then translating this into what it means for your health. Dr Tim Crowe is a career nutrition research scientist and an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian. Tim has over 30 years of research and teaching experience in the university and public health sectors, covering areas of basic laboratory research, clinical nutrition trials and public health nutrition. He now works chiefly as a freelance health and medical writer and science communicator.