Hi Liza,

Actually, you took my question in the opposite direction from my intent!
Wouldn't a fruitarian or raw diet protect against the effect of sugar on
HDL? Because the raw diet would possibly be more natural, perhaps the
body would be able to handle the natural foods without the complication
of having to digest all of that refined white flour and white sugar. I
personally think that those are culprits in the LDL/HDL problem. I have
been using very little refined flour and sugar for about 8 years (less
than 3-4 items a week, no bread for 6 months now), and my LDL
cholesterol has tested around 150, I think that is low.

Peace and love,

Kate

Hi Kate,

>> Would the fact that the people in the study most probably eat a wider
>> range of food, and may not be fruitarians, have anything to do with the study
>> results? Does the body behave differently when eating only raw or mostly
>> raw?


I would assume that the people in the study were most likely
not fruitarians. Your question, in other words, is whether
either a fruitarian or a raw diet, might not be protective
against the effect of sugar on HDL levels. Good question - I
don't know the answer to it.