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Picking our
apples from "The Tree of
Life"
Think of this diet of mine (and
yours?) as being related to what early mankind once
was, dating back to the very dawn of history. And by
"history" I am talking here about the history of
human kind--- a history which began with the very first word ever
spoken, to be later followed by the written word.
And so what did early mankind
eat?
In the beginning they were not hunters,
but "gatherers." Even Adam and Eve were
"gatherers". And just what did they
gather? They gathered the fruit that was so
plentiful about them from the place where they lived--- The
"Garden" of Eden. And in like manner, so too do
I gather fruit so plentiful from the surroundings we find about
us.
But being as overweight as I am, there are
limits as to how much fruit I should
gather. Why? Because all fruit,
since the dawn of history, contains
fructose. But unlike
HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) found in all
"processed" or
"prepared" food that so many of us prefer
to "gather"--- the fructose we find
in the tiny bit of whole fruit that we otherwise gather only
occasionally, is recognized by our bodies as being "natural"
fructose--- and in dosages which the human body can just as
naturally process directly by our cells--- whereas
HFCS, being so heavily concentrated as it is
that our bodies cannot even
recognize what it is that we have
just eaten or drank---- hence by-passing our cells altogether, and
instead, processes all
ingested HFCS through only our
livers--- which not knowing what to do with this stuff, stores it all as
omental fat around our bellies...to be soon enough followed by
that next Oreo cookie or that next ice-cold soda, etc., etc., etc.
And in this process that is repeated over and over even
within the same day, we effectively become addicted to our
HFCS, yet never being quite satisfied,
we have another--- and another after that.
Still, for those of us trying to lose weight,
we have to watch even how much of this alternative
or natural fructose--- found in the
whole fruit we gather--- that we should eat?
Dr. Mercola of  once again tells us how much of
this natural fructose from whole fruit that
we may safely eat every day. His answer is "around
15-grams, but no more."
And sooner or later, the question for us
all then becomes:--- "What whole fruits should we select in
our gathering of them?" And once again, Dr. Mercola
tells us the answer we need to know in the form of a Table of
Values as to the gram-count
contained in a normal serving from among the more common fruits so
plentifully available. As for me and mine, Nancy and I select
our own 15-gram daily limit mostly from the
whole fruits listed in the left-hand column of Dr. Mercola's
Table--- limiting ourselves to only say two fruits from the
right-hand column--- apples and oranges.
It's all part of the equation that sooner or later we must all address:---
"Eat this, not that." So you too
should consider choosing what's right for you in the gathering of your own
fresh fruit by referring from time-to-time to this
Table of Values that is so conveniently
provided for you 'ratch hyar 'n
nah":---
| Fruit |
Serving Size |
Grams of Fructose |
| Limes |
1
medium |
0 |
| Lemons |
1
medium |
0.6 |
| Cranberries |
1
cup |
0.7 |
| Passion
fruit |
1
medium |
0.9 |
| Prune |
1
medium |
1.2 |
| Apricot |
1
medium |
1.3 |
| Guava |
2
medium |
2.2 |
| Date
(Deglet Noor style) |
1
medium |
2.6 |
| Cantaloupe |
1/8
of med. melon |
2.8 |
| Raspberries |
1
cup |
3.0 |
| Clementine |
1
medium |
3.4 |
| Kiwifruit |
1
medium |
3.4 |
| Blackberries |
1
cup |
3.5 |
| Star
fruit |
1
medium |
3.6 |
| Cherries,
sweet |
10 |
3.8 |
| Strawberries |
1
cup |
3.8 |
| Cherries,
sour |
1
cup |
4.0 |
| Pineapple
|
1
slice
(3.5" x .75") |
4.0 |
| Grapefruit,
pink or red |
1/2
medium |
4.3 | |
| Fruit |
Serving Size |
Grams of Fructose |
| Boysenberries |
1
cup |
4.6 |
| Tangerine/mandarin
orange |
1
medium |
4.8 |
| Nectarine |
1
medium |
5.4 |
| Peach |
1
medium |
5.9 |
| Orange
(navel) |
1
medium |
6.1 |
| Papaya |
1/2
medium |
6.3 |
| Honeydew |
1/8
of med. melon |
6.7 |
| Banana |
1
medium |
7.1 |
| Blueberries |
1
cup |
7.4 |
| Date
(Medjool) |
1
medium |
7.7 |
| Apple
(composite) |
1
medium |
9.5 |
| Persimmon |
1
medium |
10.6 |
| Watermelon |
1/16
med. melon |
11.3 |
| Pear |
1
medium |
11.8 |
| Raisins |
1/4
cup |
12.3 |
| Grapes,
seedless (green or red) |
1
cup |
12.4 |
| Mango |
1/2
medium |
16.2 |
| Apricots,
dried |
1
cup |
16.4 |
| Figs,
dried |
1
cup |
23.0 | | |
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