No, there's been a gradual drift away from them ever since the start. Everyone is just kind of embarrassed that Dr Loren Cordain, who really got the whole ball rolling, allowed unlimited fruit in his first version of the diet. So it has taken a while for people to really come out and say what they want to, which is that you really should keep fruit consumption as low as possible. An apple isn't going to make you obese. But fruit juice for kids all day instead of water is a big f'in problem that needs to be fixed.
As with anything else that you are unsure about: just cut it out for a month and see how you feel, look and perform. Then try adding it back in and see how you feel, look and perform. I did that quite a while ago and haven't looked back. I'll nibble on some now and then (just had some grapes actually) but no more than a handful, once or twice a week. That doesn't seem to move the needle at all. And no juice. Funny thing - once I stopped buying juice for myself, my wife stopped wanting it to. We only ever buy it in kid-sized packs for my daughter (which i hate doing but what can you do). At least that way she can only have so much of it at a time, rather than endless glasses of it.
