On Wed, 23 Jul 1997, Jean-Louis Tu wrote:

> Dariusz:

> > "Your" digestion, right?  You don't mean to imply that fruits actually
> > aren't good for anybody's digestion - do you?

> Sure. Our list clearly shows the extreme variety of body's reactions
> regarding food. In my case, the first months with a high-fruit diet
> were OK, but I found that my digestion got worse and worse over time.
> I think it is a result of
>  1) Too much fruit
>  2) Overeating

> the two factors being linked (is it very easy to overeat fruits).

You might be right.  I also know from experience that eating fruit can be
an endless task, even if I haven't experienced any serious digestion
problems with larger quantities.  Mind you, I can take in ten large
bananas just like that, even when I'm not hungry (this is nothing to brag
about though; I'm sure it'll come back to haunt me a little later in some -
even if minor - way).

Do you mind elaborating on how your digestion got worse with time from
eating fruit?

> It is well known among (would be?) instinctive eaters that the quality of
> food is extremely important. Instinctive nutrition would work better if
> our diet was 100% wild fruits, vegetables and game, but it is not the
> case, and the result is that selected fruits and vegetables mislead
> our instinct. One way to correct that is to "push" further when you
> eat vegetables, and eat fruits only when you are at the "luminous" stage.
> It can work, but can also be frustrating.

> The general guideline of instincto is to eat mainly fruits at lunch,
> and no fruits at dinner, so that you don't eat more than 50% fruit
> (approx.) But for me, I still think that it would be too much. I don't
> think I would eat 50% fruit if the only fruits available were blueberries
> and passion fruits. And even if it was the case (who knows?), modern
> fruit contains too much sugar, which can easily lead to sugar cravings,
> addictions, overeating, diabetes II-like reactions. Of course, I am
> not saying that everyone experience those problems, it largely depends
> on your hormonal reactions, your psychology, etc...

Why do "modern" fruits contain more sugar?
Can overeating fruit really be bad for you?  We're still talking live,
raw foods not Mars bars or white sugar.

> So, what I am doing now: I go shopping every day, when possible I
> smell all the fruits and buy a very small quantity of the fruit that
> smells best: IMO, that's instinctive.
> Sure, limiting the quantity is not instinctive, but it is to counterbalance
> the inevitable error that my instinct makes with selected food. And
> moreover, in nature, you don't have an unlimited supply of all the
> fruits you want.

What does your typical menu look like?  I'd love to hear it.

> Anyway, FOR ME, limiting the amount of fruits has positive results:
> 1) No sugar cravings at all
> 2) I appreciate fruits more

Ever think you're getting too little sugar, if you do stop craving it?