On Fri, 17 Nov 2000 13:15:39 +0000, Andy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Amadeus Schmidt wrote:
>
>>
>> Most carbohydrate source have exactely the coenzyme amount which is
>> necessary to metabolize them and not much more.
>>
>
>I wonder if modern fruit hybrids which are bred to maximize sugar content
>also
>have a distorted vitamin profile. Any information on this ?
>

Of the used up coenzymes I've only numbers of thiamine as it keeps only
16 days in the body and defficiencies show up quickly.
There are recommendations how much to add per 1000kcal carbs.
The number is about  2.5 mg thiamine per kg carbohydrate.

If you look at any food item (e.g.at USDA) and multiply the
carb content to get 1 kg carbohydrate, multiply the thiamine by the same
factor you can see if you get 2.5mg.

Plain bananas don't (but nearly).
I'm shure if they tested small bananas (closer to the wild fruit)
the relation will be better.

As you suppose, i think too that sweet fruit are likely to have a distorted
vitamin profile.

At last the fruit is ment for the (symbiont) fruit eater.
The plant will not suffer itself if not enough of the vitamin is inside.
The plant would suffer if a seed had not enough to use its reservoires.
Therefore all seeds (nuts too) should be safe.

Amadeus S.