Another fact I find interesting: Apples and wild raspberries have the  
same amount of carbohydrate per ounce.  But the percent fiber to  
sugars for the raspberries is 57% to 43% where apples are 19% fiber  
and 81% sugars.

True these always-available modern fruits resemble very little what  
our ancestors would have consumed only seasonally.

Jim Swayze
www.fireholecanyon.com
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On Jul 1, 2009, at 12:41 PM, Bill Wilcox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> The worse part of high fructose corn syrup is the fructose, not the  
> glucose.  It is, by the way, not much different than table sugar.   
> HFCS is 55% fructose and 45% glucose.  Table sugar is 50% fructose  
> and 50% glucose.  Your apple is 55-60% fructose and 40-45% glucose.   
> The sugar in your apple and HFCS are about exactly the same.  If the  
> apple was not just picked and eaten but bought from a grocery store,  
> the time that has past has reduced any nutritive content of that  
> apple significantly.  Todays fruits are just about the same as a  
> sweet beverage.  But, more on fructose.
>
> - Fructose has no enzymes, vitamins, and minerals… so it takes micro 
> nutrients from your body to assimilate itself.
> - Fructose is not converted to useable glucose, but instead is  
> removed by the liver.
> - Fructose converts to fat more than other sugars leading to greater  
> weight gain.
> - Fructose raises serum triglycerides.
> - Fructose increases total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol.
> - Fructose reduces insulin sensitivity.
> - Fructose interferes with the metabolism of minerals and chelates
> minerals out of the body including iron, calcium, magnesium, zinc and
> copper.
> - Fructose increase lactic acid in the blood.
> - Fructose can cause bloating, gas and diarrhea.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Robert Kesterson <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 9:08:57 AM
> Subject: Re: Zero Carb
>
> On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:59:48 -0500, Bill Wilcox  
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> And just like animals, plants don't want to be eaten.
>
> Not necessarily.  Many plants seeds use animals as a distribution  
> system.
>
>> The fruits we eat today have been bred to have way too much sugar,  
>> fructose, which has been show to be much worse than table sugar.
>
> If you're getting your fructose from high fructose corn syrup, I  
> agree.  But you're not going to convince me that it's worse to eat a  
> super-sweet apple than it is to eat a handful of sugar candy.
>
> --  Robert Kesterson
>  [log in to unmask]
>