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Too much of a good thing?

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
in Health & Wellbeing
Is it possible to eat too much fruit and veg? If I ate 20 oranges a day would anything bad happen?

I've given up chocolate for Lent and have a very sweet tooth so am planning to eat a LOT of fruit. I've had 4 tangerines today so far :)

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I expect so, but you'd have to eat more than you'd want to I woulda thought :)

    plus, tangerines are pretty small, I think you need to eat 2 to get one portion of your "5 a day", so you can eat loads of them :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    You might get the squits.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Rachael wrote: »
    You might get the squits.
    :yes: that one's always nasty.

    I have heard that grapes are fattening if you eat too many, but I'm not sure how many grapes constitutes "too many".

    /unhelpful.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Rachael wrote: »
    You might get the squits.

    Yeah i think this is a likely outcome!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Too many oranges aren't great for you, but nothing godawful will happen if you eat too many... same with any fruit really.

    Too many pears is the worst culprit for dodgy toilet habits :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Too much fruit can be bad as you can consume too many vitamins which can cause liver problems, but you would have to consume a lot over a long period of time to cause it. The worst outcome for you is getting the squits due to all the extra fibre in your diet.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Yeah it's bad their is such a thing as having too many vitamins in your body.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Eating 30 Bananas in a day can kill you but oranges and Tangerines I'm not sure about.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    well they say you should only eat things in moderation..
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    If you eat more of anything than you burn off then you'll get fat. If you eat too much fruit you'll just get the squits.

    You can, in theory, have too many vitamins in your body, but you really need to be taking the vitamins in way beyond what you naturally find in food.

    Tangerines, like satsumas, are only quite small and usually 2-3 satsumas qualify as a portion.
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    JadedJaded Posts: 2,682 Boards Guru
    Ghost18 wrote: »
    Eating 30 Bananas in a day can kill you but oranges and Tangerines I'm not sure about.

    Where did you hear that?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    It was in one of my Biology books a couple of years back.

    Bananas are a great source of potassium but potassium in high doses can kill you. The minimum amount to kill a human would be 30 bananas in a day.

    Have everything in moderation, as they say. :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    the RDA of potassium is 3500mg apparently and there is 450mg in a banana. I'm not sure if 30 bananas would actually kill you though, this webpage suggests not but I won't be testing it out.

    http://www.fredericpatenaude.com/questions/potassium.html
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Too much vit C definitely can kill.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Wouldn't it be quite difficult to OD on vit C as the body doesn't store it?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The body may not store it but it's still there somewhere. The human body can't store smack but people OD from it. What it can't use would stay in your stomach or bloodstream and remain within the body.

    I'm going to have to cut down eating oranges now. :crying:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Vitamin C is water soluable, it gets flushed through when you have too much.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Plus there is still sugar and acid in fruit that can ruin your teeth
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