There’s a lot of controversy surrounding the role of fruits with respect to weight loss – with a certain section of people claiming that most fruits have high sugar content that block fat burning, hence should be avoided completely. The opposite side says since it’s all natural sugar and a lot of nutrients, you can have as many and as much fruit as you can – after all “an apple a day, keeps the doctor away.” With dieters in a dilemma whether to include fruits in their diet, particularly banana, mangoes, and other seasonal fruits, it’s important to clear the air around the role of fruits in a weight loss diet.

Fruits are an indispensable part of a healthy diet and World Health Organization (WHO) recommends having 5 portions or 400 gm of fruit every day (for normal adults) and at least two servings of fruit per day for people who fall in the diabetic category. With the slandering of carbs, eliminating out fruits completely from the diet is being normalized. Fruits and vegetables are considered an essential part of a balanced diet, and just because you are trying to lose weight, shunning fruits completely does not make any sense and that?s because most fruits are packed with vitamins, essential minerals, and other nutrients that help with the fat-burning process, but the key lies in picking fruits with low glycemic index and practicing portion control with them as well. There is no dispute that you need to absolutely eat fruits on a d...