On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:22:18 -0400, Padraig Hogan 
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>I'm not a regular of this list but I'm absolutely SICKENED by some of the stuff 
>that's been said here. 

Eat a big ole slab of raw meat...you will start to feel better.  ;)


>
>1. The idea that fruit are somehow artificially selected to have more sugars 
is 
>an extremely poor argument and it just doesn't bear out in reality. M

Yes, it does (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_breeding for starters). 

>2. You're fat because you eat processed food, not because of fruit. 

One is fat because of a defect of fat metabolism related to insulin resistance 
and hyperinsulenemia.  Insulin is secreted principally due to rising blood sugar 
levels which is usually caused by carbohydrate consumption.  The body does 
not care whether the carbohydrate is from a snickers bar or an apple.

Many of the tiny amounts of calories in 
>fruit pass straight through as Richard Wrangham has shown recently.  

This statement makes absolutely no sense.

>3. I accept that maybe some people really, really can't eat 100% fruit and 
>become as light as they want on it. 

No one can eat 100% fruit and expect to be healthy or live for very long.