Calories of fruit: as for vegetables, I will write an article on fruit in which for convenience I will divide the fruit according to categories. Fruit calories less than or equal to 35 per 100 grams; those less than or equal to 50 per 100 grams; those less than or equal to 70 calories and finally those from 70 to 100 to 160 calories.

That said, when we consider the calories of fruit, two fundamental principles are important:
– the ripeness and type of fruit:
the calories fluctuate even if slightly depending on the degree of ripeness of the fruit and its different varieties (we will see this with kiwifruit ), because some of the insoluble fiber converts to a higher sugar content, but be careful. Point two is crucial. Fruit varieties also affect their caloric content: apple persimmon is less caloric than vanilla persimmon, for example, or sweet persimmon. Golden kiwifruit is slightly more caloric than normal kiwifruit.

– the degree of digestibility and micronutrients:
if we only had to consider the calories of fruit to decide what to consume, or if we had to consume only unripe fruit for fear of sugar and calories, we would make a very big mistake. Most of the fruits must in fact be eaten ripe. When ripe, they are more digestible, and proper digestion is essential for a good metabolism. In general, moreover, antioxidants, vitamins and mineral salts, with some exceptions, are more bioavailable if the fruit is ripe. Therefore it is better to consume ripe fruit rather than unripe, and not to exclude the sweeter or more caloric fruit from our diet. Fructoseit is wrongly demonized so much that people end up excluding fruit as well, for fear of gaining weight.
This is a gross simplification that can only create imbalances and nutritional deficiencies. It is one thing to limit packaged sweets and sweet drinks, another is to limit the consumption of fruit that contains fructose in its natural form. Also because, it is impossible to find a fruit that contains only fructose, therefore it becomes difficult to exceed the daily requirement of fructose with only fresh fruit. Those who consume more fruit are in fact leaner: this evidence is also known as “ the fruit paradox“. According to experts, one of the reasons is that those who consume more fruit eat less sweets and take more antioxidants, mineral salts and vitamins that promote weight loss through general well-being, because they reduce oxidative stress, promote good thyroid function and help maintain more high levels of leptin, the satiety hormone. Now that we have learned these two things, let’s see the calories of fruit.