Do you really like fruit?

December 26, 2006 7:55am CST
It's a strange question, I know, but I have come to realize I hate it! It hurts my stomach and tastes terrible. Is it something with the way we are growing it now a days? I am just wondering if there are others like me.
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@freesoul (3021)
• Egypt
27 Dec 06
Do you mean that you actually hate all kinds of fruits??! very strange it's the first time I hear someone say that.. most people will at least love a few kinds of fruits as the taste varies a lot, they are not one thing to hate them all, maybe you have some psychological issue with fruits :)) did kids throw them at you in school or something .. lol Me I like most kinds of fruits but there's a few i just hate.
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27 Dec 06
It's very strange to my family and friends. I was so hoping I was not the only one that feels this way, but yes I hate all fruits. It would make more sense if I spent my child hood ducking them as they flew by, but not the case. Now tomato soup, I hate it and it's because I as forced fed it when sick. Just the site makes me ill. THAT is psychological or psycho for short, LOL.
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@freesoul (3021)
• Egypt
28 Dec 06
If you are really serious, maybe you should try shock treatment and see how far you can take it :)) Also you should make sure to eat fresh vegetables or take vitamins supplements because fruits are the best source of vitamins for most people.
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
28 Dec 06
Well, OK. I didn't quite take you seriously the first time. Sorry! There's a few things that most fruit have in common. One is fructose, so I looked up 'fructose allergy' (probably more 'fructose intolerance' rather than an allergy). There are quite a lot of references and it seems that it manifests with IBS-like symptoms (bloating, cramps, wind and so on). Here is just one site that seemed to be informative about this kind of thing: http://www.hsibaltimore.com/ealerts/ea200110/ea20011029.html but I'd recommend that you do some further research so that you know more about what you might discuss with your doctor. It may not be the fructose, of course, that is causing the problem but some other ingredient in fruit.
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28 Dec 06
Oh I like it when people don't take me seriously, it makes it easier to cover up my mistakes that way! :-) You don't know how interesting that is to me. I tried searching it on the net, but I didn't find anything. I so appreciate the info. you have here and you can bet I am off to read up on it. A thousand thank yous to you!!
• United States
26 Dec 06
Some fruits that I could eat as a child I cannot eat now. But even though I have discovered that glitch, to be perfectly honest, I just love fruit! And as long as I can find a fruit I can eat without any side effects, I will continue to eat them.
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26 Dec 06
Yeah, I know I ate fruit as a child, but it seems the older I got the less I could eat them. I can't find any now that won't upset my stomach or just make me sick.
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@utsadetti (4589)
• United States
31 Dec 06
i likfe grape papaya, orange, and mangoes. they are so delicious.
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@babyguda (104)
• France
26 Dec 06
yes i like fruits they are very healthy.we have a proverb "an apple a day keep the doctor away"". and which fruit u have tasted and y dont u likea fruit
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26 Dec 06
When I think of that saying I picture people throwing the apples at them, LOL. I have yet to find a fruit I like. I do how ever like and can eat coconut creme pie and not have any problems with that. Otherwise if it contains a fruit, it kills my stomach. Strange isn't it?
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@ilvrshn (463)
• United States
27 Dec 06
Yes, I love fruit. I think it helps me with my energy and my skin. I do understand what you are talking baout as I seen an article on the TV talking how they use a chemical to grow fruits amd vegetables these days.
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27 Dec 06
It's those checimcal I think that is bothering me. I wonder what percentage of people have this problem. By what I have seen so far on this discussion, not many. Strange isn't it?
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@padhukr (2267)
• India
28 Dec 06
i really like fruits.
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@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
12 Feb 07
I do like fruit - but not all of them. i have discovered that the fruits I mainly like are berries and that might not classifie as a fruit =) But i also like melon and peaches =)
@kaniam (582)
• India
27 Dec 06
yes
27 Dec 06
one word answer is against the rules, I left you room for discussion.... SO....someone is getting reported.
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@sreesri (73)
• India
26 Dec 06
i like fruits very much, i will eat fruits than ordinary food.
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@irisheyes (4370)
• United States
12 Feb 07
Actually, I prefer vegetables but there are some fruits I like. I LOVE tangerines which have a very short season so I really eat them like crazy in Dec. I also like melons but the rest of it, I don't bother with. I think I like stuff that is in season and hasn't travelled too far to get to me. (NJ or FLA) Otherwise, it really doesn't taste so hot which may be what you're experiencing also.
• Canada
11 Jan 07
I love fruit... all of it really. I don't love how expensive it is though :( So I buy what's in season and freeze things I like (especially berries which are so easy to freeze). But, oddly enough, I just recently stopped being able to eat bananas. I used to love them (even from the time I was a kid when my mom made the greatest peanut butter and banana sandwiches lol). Now, they give me awful stomach pains. I have no idea why... but it's disappointing because they're a great source of potassium, which one of the medications I was taking was very good at sapping out of the body.
• United States
11 Jan 07
i like some fruit. like bananas, cantaloupe, melon. i dont like to eat oranges because they are too messy and i add sugar to my cantaloupe and melon. i've never felt sick from fruit before. at least not yet
@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
19 Feb 07
Oh, I love fruit. Anything but kewis, coconuts (I think that's a fruit, and mangos..those sorta taste like perfume to me. Certain brands spray crap on the them to keep spiders and stuff away from the fruits, so that somewhat contributes to some fruits tastes..like 'red delicious' apples for example. I usually have to wash and scrub those to get the wax and stuff of before even attempting to take a bite.
• United States
3 Jan 07
I'm sorry it hurts your stomach. Maybe it is the acid you cannot tolerate. I love fruit. Especially strawberries and ripe peaches. I have an ulcer, but the fruit doesn't bother me.
@pritesh73 (606)
• India
27 Dec 06
yes I like oranges,pinapples,lichies,grapes, I love fruits
@Idefix72 (502)
• Italy
10 Jan 07
i love fruit ! i like a lot kiwi, oranges, lemons and bananas