Fruit

The portion sizes listed below constitute one carb block. You can double or triple them as long as you balance the amount of fruit you are eating with the same number of blocks of fat or protein, at the same time.

1/2 apple

1/4 cup applesauce (apple and water only, homemade)

3 apricots

1/2 cup blackberries

1/2 cup blueberries

1/4 honeydew/cantaloupe melon (1 cup, cubed)

7 cherries

1/2 grapefruit

1/2 cup grapes

1 kiwi

1 lemon (if you eat the flesh)

1 lime (if you eat the flesh)

1/2 nectarine

1/2 orange (also juice)

1 peach

1/3 pear

1/2 cup pineapple

1 plum

2/3 cup raspberries

1 cup strawberries

1 tangerine/mandarin

1/2 cup watermelon

The following fruits are high glycemic, which means they turn to sugar quickly in the body and should be used in moderation, and not daily. But they have many essential nutrients which benefit us. These are the portion sizes.

1/3 banana

1/4 cup cranberries

2 dates

1 fig

1/2 cup guava

1/3 cup mango

1/2 cup papaya

1 tablespoon raisins

2 prunes