Re: fruit and hunger (also: introducing Micky)

[Guest guest]

> So I made the leap of faith, and instead of eating

> mostly non-starch vegetables I switched to mostly

> fruit (strawberries, cranberries, blueberries,

> raspberries, blackberries, cherries, apples and pears

> and a bit of the others).

A man after my own heart ;-) My diet has been dominated by fruit

for many years - and the berries are the ones that have come with

me most powerfully into CR. ISTM that they are king foodstuffs.

There seems to be a general impression among CR enthusiasts that

fruit tend to be sugar and calorie-laden questionable foodstuffs -

but so far I'm not convinced.

[Guest guest]

>

> > So I made the leap of faith, and instead of eating

> > mostly non-starch vegetables I switched to mostly

> > fruit (strawberries, cranberries, blueberries,

> > raspberries, blackberries, cherries, apples and pears

> > and a bit of the others).

> There seems to be a general impression among CR enthusiasts that

> fruit tend to be sugar and calorie-laden questionable foodstuffs -

> but so far I'm not convinced.

Well I suppose some worry about the fructose in them but I'm not sure

that's an issue worth worrying about. However from having done one

too many DWIDP analyses it seems fruits are not particularly nutrient

rich. How much this matters of course depends on how few calories

you are consuming.

Berries though certainly well worth consuming for their antioxidents

and phytochemicals are rather nutrient poor in terms of vitamins and

minerals. The only non-nutrient poor berry seems to be

strawberries. Apples are fairly nutrient poor but again probably

have beneficial phytochemicals as well as fiber as do all fruits to

some degree. Some say bananas are nutrient poor but they do contain

B6 and some other nutrients. They seem fairly decent to me.

Pineapple, though I love it, is quite nutrient poor - maganese is the

only thing it contains in large quantities. What else do I eat -

cantelope - that's probably not too bad ...

Still I might try the eating more fruit suggestion for the simple

reason that fruit is tasty, incredibly convenient, and healthy (even

though not the absolute nutrient richest choice). And having food

that fails in one of those categories (yes even and maybe especially

the convenience one) has been my downfall before.