• jet@hackertalks.com
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    9 days ago

    Whole fruits are a treat that can be tolerated by a healthy person in very moderate quantities. Think about the quantities you would get if you went out physically picking fruit off of a tree. So not a big bowl of easy to consume fruit from the grocery store, but when you put the physical effort in… It’s ok

    There is no essential nutrition in fruit, historically, the role of fruit was as a fattening device before winter. An opportunistic caloric boon.

    The biggest argument in favor of citrus fruits is there vitamin c. In the modern dietary context with really high blood glucose levels there is competition for the natural vitamin c pathway, the glut4 receptor. Citrus, by virtue of flooding the body of vitamin c, gets enough vitamin c into these cells and wins the competition with the blood glucose levels.

    Tldr: whole fruit is a sometimes treat, but it does not contribute to your health.

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        8 days ago

        I’ll grant you my position is unpopular, but I haven’t seen any data indicating it is wrong.

        People can, and have, lived long happy lives without any fruit.

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            8 days ago

            People can, and have, lived long happy lives without any fruit.

            nobody would argue that

            I couldn’t be more wrong if I tried

            Help me understand your position then. What was wrong about my original comment that fruit is a treat best enjoyed in moderation?