One Health Tweak a Week

One Health Tweak a Week

Can Eating Fruit Every Day Help Keep Your Weight in Check?

We’ll look at what long-term studies really show about eating fruit daily for your weight and waistline.

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Ben Jones MD PhD
Mar 14, 2026
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Last time, I told you that I used to be an optimistic fruit buyer. Best intentions, well-stocked bowl, and yet somehow the biscuit tin kept winning. It had gravitational pull, that tin.

These days, I’m a fruit zealot: fruit at breakfast, fruit as dessert, fruit tucked into lunch. The shift wasn’t dramatic. It was just gradual crowding out, which, as it t…

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