The controversial TRUTH about fruit

If you’ve read any of my books, you know I am no stranger to controversy. 

In fact, people have been dismissing my work for years now — even as new research has validated many of my observations. 

And just the other week, I stirred up a hornet’s nest of controversy when I told friend of the podcast Lewis Howes that fruit wasn’t always the healthiest choice. 

Well, today I want to address my critics head-on. 

On this episode of The Dr. Gundry Podcast, you’ll learn why an apple a day ISN’T actually healthy, the BEST fruits you can — and should — eat, and why a high-fruit diet ISN’T the best way to help your body heal.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why some sugary snacks might actually be BETTER sources of energy than fruit (8:15)
• Why you don’t feel full after eating a bowl of grapes — and why that’s bad news for your waistline (15:45)
• How fruit actually can make you FAT — and why that used to be a GOOD thing (17:45)
• The WORST food you can feed your kids (20:00)
• What the food pyramid gets ALL WRONG (21:30)
• What fruit can do to your cholesterol levels (even as a heart surgeon, I was shocked by what happened) (27:45)
• How fruit can actually STEAL your energy (29:15)
• Why you should buy a juicer — and then THROW OUT the juice (33:30)
• What happened to my health when I ate a raw food diet (40:30)
• My favorite type of apple (and yes, I DO eat apples) (44:30)
• The healthiest fruits to eat — and the 2 fruits you can actually eat all the time (45:50)

Mentioned on this episode:

The Plant Paradox

My paper on retrograde cardioplegia — published with my former colleagues at Loma Linda University

Great apes increase energy intake during fruit season

Changes in Orangutan Caloric Intake, Energy Balance, and Ketones in Response to Fluctuating Fruit Availability

Excess fruit juice consumption by preschool-aged children is associated with short stature and obesity

Fructose consumption and cancer: is there a connection?

Fructose: a highly lipogenic nutrient implicated in insulin resistance, hepatic steatosis, and the metabolic syndrome

Fructose-Rich Diet Affects Mitochondrial DNA Damage and Repair in Rats

High Dietary Fructose: Direct or Indirect Dangerous Factors Disturbing Tissue and Organ Functions

Higher Dietary Fructose Is Associated with Impaired Hepatic ATP Homeostasis in Obese Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes

Vegetable but not fruit consumption reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes in Chinese women

Increased fructose intake as a risk factor for dementia

Isocaloric Fructose Restriction Reduces Serum d-Lactate Concentration in Children With Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome

Serial Plasma Phospholipid Fatty Acids in the De Novo Lipogenesis Pathway and Total Mortality, Cause‐Specific Mortality, and Cardiovascular Diseases in the Cardiovascular Health Study

Dirt Poor: Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutritious?

The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

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What are superfoods, really?

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My Yes/No list of foods — your questions, answered

Brainwashed By Fruit? 

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