Dean Esmay wrote:
>
> Unfortunately it appears that I cannot directly measure fructose amounts.
> Nor can I differentiate between soluble and insoluble fibre.

I think the next boon for the nutrition industry will come ine the form
of carbohydrate counters which list the relative  and the absolute
amounts and more importantly the TYPES of carbohydrates in foods just as
it is done for fats.  Sounds like a good project for a marketable book.
There must be some government indices which have looked at this.
Anyone?

> Note: macronutrient content and fibre in grams.
>
> One ounce "all varieties" orange: 13.32 cals, .26 protein, .03 fat, 3.35
> carbs, .68 fibre.
>
> One ounce apricot nectar: 15.88 calories, .11 protein, .03 fat, 4.08 carb,
> .17 fibre.

Is the fiber part of the total carbohydrate content?  This is most often
the case so it should be subtracted from the total carbohydrate content
which leaves the sugars.  This raises an interesting issue regarding
bomb calorimetry.

> I'm still horsebacking this (I've only got so much time in one day) but it
> looks to me that if I were particularly fond of dried fruits and fruit
> juices (and I like both considerably more than I like fresh whole fruits),
> I could pack in an awful lot of sugar from fruit in without trying hard,
> and without getting in much fibre at all.

You're probably correct about dried/juice versus fresh.  Consider the
limitations that fresh fruit places on the diet.  Bulky, filling,
difficult to transport.  Fresh becomes ideal or better stated, fresh
fruit presents an adaptative pressure, perhaps one that we might do well
to not stray too far from for any length of time.

> Let's quantify that: I could easily drink two quarts of either apple or
> orange juice and five or six ounces of banana chips and dried apricots in a
> day and still have room for regular meals.  I've done it many a time.  (I
> drink more than two quarts of water a day.  I used to drink considerably
> more than two quarts worth of soda pop and fruit juice every day.)  I would
> be happy eating that way if I didn't know what it would do to my blood
> sugar (it wouldn't be pretty, which is why I only drink water now except on
> special occasion).

Would juicing be considered a technology?  I'm not derrigating, I'm
curious about how juicing would fit into the "Neanderthin Orthodoxy".

Andrew =8-)
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