{"id":17767,"date":"2025-07-23T11:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T11:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/17767\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T11:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T11:30:10","slug":"top-nutrition-expert-reveals-the-fruit-you-should-never-eat-for-breakfast-it-is-delicious-but-the-least-nutritious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/17767\/","title":{"rendered":"Top nutrition expert reveals the fruit you should NEVER eat for breakfast: ‘It is delicious but the least nutritious’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A food expert has ranked Britons’ favourite fruits based upon their nutritional value\u2014and the ones you’d typically have for breakfast haven’t fared too strongly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nichola Ludlam-Raine, a registered dietitian and the author of How Not to Eat Ultra-Processed, was asked to assess eighteen of Britain’s best-loved fruits\u2014from grapes to oranges, strawberries to pineapple\u2014and give them a nutritional value out of five.<\/p>\n

Ms Ludlam-Raine made her ratings based on what vitamins and minerals each fruit naturally contains, how much fibre it has, and its natural sugar levels.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speaking to The Telegraph<\/a>, she said:\u00a0‘Fruit does contain carbohydrates, mainly in the form of natural sugars like fructose, along with fibre.<\/p>\n

‘The fibre slows down digestion and helps prevent spikes in blood sugar,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n

‘However, people with diabetes<\/a> or insulin resistance may need to be mindful of portion sizes [eating a handful or 80g as a serving].<\/p>\n

‘Whole fruit is not the same as added sugar and is a healthy part of a balanced diet.’<\/p>\n

Ms Ludlam-Raine then shared the best fruits to enjoy regularly, and named the ones which should be seen more as a treat due to their high sugar content, rather than a daily staple.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Melons <\/p>\n

Melons are not the best fruit when it comes to nutritional value<\/p>\n

\u00a0And it’s bad news for people who like to start their day with a platter of tropical fruit, or enjoy a pot of supermarket fruit salad stirred in to their yogurt, or mix chopped banana in to their porridge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Coming in last with a score of just 1 out of 5 was melon, with all varieties\u2014 watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew and galia\u2014languishing at the bottom of the list.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Melons are mostly made up of water, are packed with vitamin C, and in some varieties, vitamin A.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, they are as low in calories as they are in overall nutritional value.<\/p>\n

Ms\u00a0Ludlam-Raine said: ‘Melon is low in fibre and overall nutrients compared with other fruits’, adding that they contain a ‘moderate amount of natural sugar’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Second from bottom on the list was pineapple, which scored 2 out of 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This was because it is high in natural sugars, and it’s acidic juices can cause irritation to gums.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Pineapple is rich in vitamin C and contains bromelain, an enzyme that may aid digestion and reduce inflammation,’ Ms Ludlam-Raine explained, adding that the spiky yellow fruit is also rich in manganese, ‘which supports metabolism and antioxidant function.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"It <\/p>\n

It was bad news for bananas, too\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scoring 3 out of 5, and tying with grapes, were bananas, a go-to breakfast choice of millions of people across the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ms Ludlam-Raine said the fruits, which are so rich in natural sugar they were once described as ‘Mars bars in yellow skin’ do still have lots of health benefits, however.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She said: ‘They are a good source of potassium, vitamin B6 and fibre…quick energy and support heart health.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

So what fruits should you be piling high on your plate?\u00a0<\/p>\n

The dietician placed oranges, kiwis and berries at the top of her list, giving the colourful, anti-oxidant rich choices 5 out of 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the middle, with 4 out of 5 stars, were pears, apples, grapefruits and mangoes.<\/p>\n

Berries have long been heralded as a super food.<\/p>\n

All berries are regarded as nutritional powerhouses, packed with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and fibre.<\/p>\n

\"Eating <\/p>\n

Eating a ‘rainbow’ has long been heralded as a path to good health<\/p>\n

They have been linked to lower levels of inflammation, which can lead to expansive cell and tissue damage.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year,\u00a0\u00a0Dr Nadeem\u2014a healthcare professional at Wellness Drip\u2014told You Magazine<\/a> that by upping our intake of three vitamin C rich foods, we could cut the amount of sick days we take per year in half.<\/p>\n

These are oranges, kiwis and strawberries, which were all hovering around the top of\u00a0Ms Ludlam-Raine’s chart.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Your body can\u2019t store vitamin C, which is vital for fighting illness,\u2019 Dr Nadeem explained. \u2018So it needs a steady supply through your diet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘If you\u2019re regularly run down, frequently catching colds, or taking longer to recover, a deficiency is often part of the picture.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A food expert has ranked Britons’ favourite fruits based upon their nutritional value\u2014and the ones you’d typically have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,97,59,102,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-17767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-gb","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}