can you eat to many oranges?

[crisgal]

II am on weight watchers and have found myself eating more and more oranges! I'm honestly enjoying them as much as chocolate. I've had 5 large navelinas already today and could easily eat more.
Will they do me any harm?

[jno]

I eat lots. The only thing the really juicy ones can sometimes do is prompt mild diarrhoea

[crisgal]

"TOO" many! I am so sorry. Unforgivable. ;)

[vodkancoke]

I wish I could eat loads, sadly they give me migraines. I love them :(

I don't think it will do you any harm at all, they may just make you go to the loo more as jno said.

[gingejbee]

Your teeth will suffer from all that contact with the citric acid , and you''ll turn an orange colour - otherwise no. (Joking about the colour!)

[jno]

oh yes, and they can affect your spelling :-)

[crisgal]

Do you know I've got a headache now. Could that be the oranges then? You lot do make me laugh. Oompa loompa is very big this season! X

[Mobius1]

Looking on the net and depending on the type of orange, there are roughly 100 calories in a normal orange. They are a great source of vit C though as mentioned consider the citric acid in regards to your teeth. Aren't oranges also full of fructose? As in, natural sugar? Not bad for you in moderation but not something that you should you overload on I wouldn't think.

[pastafreak]

Please remember that fruit is sugar.....so can be a bit counter productive to weight loss.

[crisgal]

Yeah but it's still better than 5 mars bars! X

[Mobius1]

Lol well, yes, you're not wrong there. Though to be fair, a pork and stuffing sandwich is better than 5 mars bars but hardly a weightwatcher favourite!

[Ann]

I would love to eat large juicy oranges regularly but they give me awful acid reflux, so I have to restrict them to a rare nice treat.

[jno]

yes, acid reflux has eaten up my teeth, and unfortunately I didn't know about it until too late. (I take pills for it now.) It wasn't eating the oranges(or other acid stuff) in the first palce that did it, the acid action was on the back of the teeth, not the front. But it was years before the dentist spotted it. So that is something to watch out for.

[Old_Geezer]

Switch to Terry's.
Antioxidant flavonoids are good for you.

[IggyB]

you could have just had a big mac more or less the same calorie count...

[ChuckFickens]

Big Mac = 490 calories..

Orange = 60 calories.

Interesting idea of "more or less the same"

[crisgal]

i think they meant, a big mac compared to 7 oranges!
BUT, the oranges were eaten throughout the day, from morning till late at night. I wouldn't want a burger to take all day to eat!
Anyway, the oranges helped me when the others ta work were having cakes, when the kids were having some chocolate and when hubbby had some beer and nuts.

[cazzz1975]

beware of too much citric acid, you can easily develop gastric condition such as reflux and gastritus. instead of just oranges, why not try a mix of different fruits strawberries, grapes, a banana or a punnet of cherries instead of soley oranges you would also get a better mix of nutrients.

[Cragger]

I am no doctor but I think too much of anything could hurt you.