Too much fruit?

My brother has been told he has a cholestorol of 5.9 and his doctor has told him to eat more fruit and it will lower in time.



But he has asked me if you can ever eat tooo much fruit??



AND...he keeps getting told that cholesterol never lowers and his doc says thats bullsh*t.



Whats the deal ??



(NB - He doesn't smoke, drink and is a veggie etc)

Too much fruit?
That still isnt very much fruit! His diet doesnt seem very balenced or complete. Its important to get a variety of different colored fruits in your diet, 1 or 2 from each color group. Here is a list of different fruits..there are a lot to choose from, he should be eating more of them!



Reds: apples, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, watermellon, cranberries



Orange/Yellow: apricots, oranges, peaches, nectarines, lemons, bananas, pineapple, cantaloupe, grapefruit, mango



Green: apples, grapes, kiwi, limes, pears, honey dew



Blue/Purple: grapes, blueberries, plums, blackberries, prunes
Reply:3 servings of fruit a day should be good
Reply:I suppose like anything, you can eat too much of one type of food. There are a lot of natural sugars and acid in fruit, and too much could cause acid indigestion. But having said that, a lot of fruit and veg is better than lots of other processed foods. Lots of veg is great!

Try porridge oats..They are fantastic for lowering cholesterol and eaten once a day contribute to a very healthy diet.

I have also heard that grapefruit is also very good, but can't be sure
Reply:Maybe he needs the right type of fruit, I drink Acai juice, 4 oz. a day, which is the equivilant of the 3-5 servings of fruit recomended by the FDA.



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Reply:Of course you can lower your cholesterol. And you can eat too much of anything. But fruit is better than most stuff. You can't live on just fruit though.
Reply:well he also needs to exercise! and eat more fruit and more vegi's and look on type of foods for the nutrients and look at the cholestral part.hope he gets better