Jean-Louis Tu wrote: > That's the main problem of instinctos. The only vegetables (non-fruit ones) > I really like are: celery sticks, lettuce, artichoke. A few others are OK, > and many (kale, mustard greens) almost inedible. The classical explanation > is that fruits were selected to be eaten raw, whereas vegetables were > selected to be eaten cooked. If we were to live in nature, fruits would > be much less pleasant. > One way to "solve" that problem is to eat fruits only when delighful, and > eat vegetables until the stop (that is, to push further when you eat > vegetables). And to avoid temptations, eat fruits at only one of the > meals, and force yourself to eat vegetables at least once a day. That > works, but can lead to frustrations. Is there any evidence from long term instinctos that deficiencies result because of too few vegetables? As long as I am eating RAF, perhaps my instincts are correct that I do not need many vegetables. I think the too much fruit problem is an addiction to mutant sugars in genetically altered fruits we get. I'm using honey as a substitute for natural sugar and eating less fruit. I still worry a bit about vegetables and take a Mighty Green supplement, but somehow I think I am worrying too much, as long as I get some veggies when I find them attractive. My best, Ellie