Do apples make you fat or unhealthy?

Question

My mate thinks that you could live on only apples and you wouldnt get fat or have any health problems. and if this isnt true, how many apples would make you fat

Answer 1

you cant just eat one food cause apples dont have all the vitamins or whatever that you need. i think a normal apple has 80 calories so if you eat more calories than you burn then you'll get fat.

Answer 2

While apples are among the healthiest fruits, like others have said, they lack important minerals and vitamins. Most importantly, however, is that they lack protein. Humans need a certain amount of protein in their diets because there are some amino acids that humans just can't produce on their own. If you look at regions where cannablism was practiced, they're typically regions that lack domesticated animals as a suitable food source, and the belief is that humans who were deprived of protein sought other means of getting it (i.e., devouring human flesh). So unless your friend wants to become a closet cannibal, I suggest he stick to a balanced diet.
And being fat has more to do with calorie input versus expenditure. If he's eating more apples than his body burns through, he's going to get fat.

Answer 3

Apple Nutrition Facts
(*One medium 2-1/2 inch apple, fresh, raw, with skin)

Calories 81
Carbohydrate 21 grams
Dietary Fiber 4 grams
Soluble Fiber
Insoluble fiber
Calcium 10 mg
Phosphorus 10 mg Iron .25 mg
Sodium 0.00 mg
Potassium 159 mg
Vitamin C 8 mg
Vitamin A 73 IU
Folate 4 mcg


You would have to eat alot of them to make you fat,but you can't live on them,for one thing they have no protein,that your body has to have in order to function.

Answer 4

You need to have a balanced diet to be happy, which means eating more than one kind of fruit. Apples are healthy, but you can't eat them exclusively. Any food in excess will make you fat, although you'd probably make yourself sick before you ate enough apples to get fat from them.

Answer 5

This site explains how you can eat tons of raw fruit and not get overweight. But no single food has everything you need in it. So your friend is half right and half wrong. He could benefit from just eating apples for a couple of weeks.

http://phifoundation.org

Answer 6

it would take a ton of apples to make you fat. apples are very healthy, but a person needs more than apples to live on.

Answer 7

These people aren't in this business for the money, they really base this stuff on science and research the is backed up by the majority of scientists and is the best resource for info on health.

Answer 8

Apples are high in fiber there for they would not make you fat

Answer 9

Apples are good for you, but you couldn't live on em. They don't have all of the essential vitamins and minerals. You'd get sick.

Answer 10

Too much of anything is bad. Apples are good for you, in moderation.