How much fruit is too much?

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rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

Elaine Bruce

Tuesday, August 08, 2006 2:19 AM

rawfood

Re: [Raw Food] How much fruit is too much???

 

I agree with that it's dangerous to accept anyone's recommendations

blindly, and much

better to do what feels best for you. And if fruit and greens only suits Shari

best, that's

wonderful! And it doesn't necessarily follow that solely eating fruit and greens

will be good

for everyone else.

_____

 

Hi Elaine,

I appreciate what you are saying here. Certainly from a perspective of

respecting each other's

choices and right to choose, I agree with you completely.

 

At the same time, I wonder whether you would be open to a little scientific

perspective?

Throughout biology, the science of life, there are a handful of principles that

have stood the

test of time from even the harshest critics. One such principle is that, for any

given species,

there is a natural " range " (habitat area) and certain natural foods that come

with that range.

In other words, every species is specifically matched to certain foods, based

upon the design of

the species and the foods in the question. So it stands to reason that there is,

indeed, a

general approach to eating/diet that is optimal for our species, as for any

other.

 

IF you (and others) are willing to consider this possibility, then ...

terrestrial animals

(those that live on the land) that are designed to eat vegetation ALL share

certain common

characteristics. Among these, their digestive systems are all quite long in

comparison with

their torso length. In the case of humans, the digestive tract is typically

about 12 times the

torso length, compared with 2-3 times for most carnivores. In such a long

digestive system, any

food that cannot travel quickly the entire length of the tract will rot (high in

protein) and/or

ferment (high in sugar and/or starch). This is just basic chemistry.

 

And the only whole foods of which I am aware that CAN make the journey in a

reasonable period of

time ( " reasonable " meaning they do NOT rot/ferment) are fruits, greens, and a

handful of very

wet vegetables.

 

Further conclusions are yours to draw ....

 

Best to all,

Elchanan

 

PS Hope to " see " people at the free teleconference tomorrow night!