Scott Maxwell wrote:

> Too heavy and sweet.  This one week acts as a cleansing period so you want
> to eat light, easily digested fruits.  I will admit, though, that I have no
> scientific evidence for my bias against these three.  Just what I have read
> and my own physical reactions to them.  I do eat them when I am not doing a
> "fruit fast".  Also, many people I know don't gain weight from fruit except
> bananas.  I don't really know anyone who eats enough dates or figs to know
> how it affects them.
I never really seen a raw date or fig.  They all seem to be
dried...which I
believe highly concentrates the sugar in the fruit.  I had a food
dehydrator
for about a week and the stuff was just way too sweet. I couldn't stand
it. :)