>Hey Everybody...
>
>I'm not quite up to date with the postings on this list so forgive me if
>this has been brought up recently, but can anyone post information on
>Prunes, or other dry fruit? Prunes are just so freaking sweet, they're
>like candy -- I know all that sugar can't be too good for you. How much
>is too much, and what are the effects on the body?
>
there is prune and prune >
all dried fruits commercially available are made the quickest way possible
(it is what make sense economically to be able to sell cheap) it means high
temperature to get the job done in 1 day. If you want to benefit  from the
enzymatic activity in the prune, you have to dry them below 105 f ( in that
case the enzymes get "dormant" to wait for the water to come back, like in
seeds)
the texture ,the flavor, the color , are so much diferent  that ,once you
tried  them , you can't make the mistake of eating those caramelised dead
prunes available in the stores who act like a laxative . On top of that they
can't tell you how much is enough because the denaturation of food render
ineffective  the instinctive response in your mouth telling you that it is
enough.
Because we are producing quantities of Raw dry plums to exchange with other
raw foodist products, they are freely eaten here and we don't have problems
by doing so . anyway when we don't need them they are not appealing, same
with any other dried fruits that we are producing.
If you can't manage to produce your own, come back to us and we will be
happy to make them for you. Let us know in advance because we are producing
accordingly to the demand.
thank you
Jean-claude