I cannot get my son to eat fresh fruit, however I can get him to eat dried fruit, isnt it the same?

Question

My son loves those Gerber fruit bites, they are dried apples, bananas, pineapple and strawberries, so I figure that these are as good for my son as fresh fruit right?

Answer 1

The biggest problem I can see is that when a fruit is dried all of the water evaporates and the sugars get concentrated, so if he's eating more dried pieces of fruit than he would eat fresh fruit (because it fills him up more slowly that fresh which still has water) then he will be getting more sugar in his diet than he should.

Answer 2

Dried fruits have more concentrated sugar because the water is gone. Sweeter fruit may be more tasty to him, thus he'll eat it more readily than fresh. You might want to make sure you give his teeth a good brushing after he eats the dried fruit so the sugar doesn't start eating away at them.

Answer 3

Dried fruits and vegetables are high in fiber and carbohydrates and low in fat. Therefore dried food contain more calories compared to fresh food of the same weight so the recommended serving size is smaller than for fresh foods.

However, vitamin C is is destroyed by heat. So, fresh fruit is better in this respects, but you can soak the dried fruit in citrus juice to help increase the vitamin C content.

Answer 4

I think if you get a child to eat anything nutritious it's a victory for you! I would go with the dried fruit from Gerber. Best of luck!

Answer 5

not really, dried food are freeze dried..you should start off slow by getting real fruit and making it into a smoothie. as the day goes by, give your son some fruit little by little..i think at room temperature would be good, fruit from the fridge tends to make the process slower.

Answer 6

It's better than nothing, but keep in mind that a serving of dried fruit has much more sugar than fresh, so watch how much you give him.

Answer 7

Just make sure there's no added sugar in it. Otherwise, I don't see an issue with it. Just keep offering different fresh fruits every now and then, since kids' tastes change often.

Answer 8

Dried fruit is concentrated sugar and is hard on the teeth.

Answer 9

once you're eating one hundred% juice, then that is comparable to a minimum of a million serving (frequently extra) of sparkling fruit, besides the indisputable fact that the sugar is centred interior the juice. in accordance with how plenty clean fruit you're putting on your smoothies, that would desire to count huge form too. frequently, you have gotten a banana in them (a million fruit) plus clean or frozen berries (yet another fruit)

Answer 10

it's better than, say, candy or chips, but not as healthy (and way more expensive) than fresh fruit. remember that YOU are the adult, YOU are in charge of his diet. if you want him to eat fresh fruit, offer him that, and nothing else, for snacks. if he doesn't eat it, he won't get a snack. he'll fuss over it, maybe throw a few fits, as he tries to get you to do what he wants you to, but as soon as he learns that you're not going to cave, he'll eat when he's given.