FRUIT
"Food is the fastest-acting and most powerful medicine you can take to
change your life."
Doctor Mark Hyman MD
"Research shows that ellagic
acid a compound found in berries, nuts and other fruits might help prevent
wrinkles and repair skin damage caused by the sun."
Ellagic acid shown sun damage protective
"Even though the juicy flesh of fruit contains
some fiber, most of the fiber is sound in the peel. So whenever possible eat
fruits and vegetables with the skin intact."
Prevention
"Unripe fruit is higher in antioxidants than ripe
fruit. It also contains less fructose."
Doctor Richard Johnson MD, Note eat your fruit as
unripe as you are able
"I strongly suggest a diet rich in any and all edible
berries for cancer. A German colleague of mine revealed the likely secret
behind berries' cancer fighting ability. For the normal cells, these
chemicals are powerful antioxidants, protecting them from everyday damage.
But cancer cells are highly reduced. To them, these chemicals are actually
oxidants. Moving the oxidation/reduction potential of a cancer cell toward
normal is a great way to induce it to commit apoptosis (cell suicide). If
you have cancer, or are at risk, this is important information. I don't
think that you can overdose on berries. Eat as many as you can.”
Doctor Robert Rowen MD
Most Fruits are rich sources
of (vitamin C), the flavonoids (See Flavonoid Protocol) that aid its absorption
and antioxidants See Antioxidant Protocol in addition to
other vitamins, minerals and MANY other healthful
substances. Please remember most
of the healthy constituents of the fruit are stored in the seeds and the skin. The seeds must usually be crushed somehow or chewed
to release their nutrients. Berries especially dark blue, purple and black are
concentrated nutrition. Berries with large amounts of relatively soft easily
chewed seeds deliver a nutritional punch, IF you chew or crush and eat
the seeds.
Commercial fruit juices
See
Fruit Juice Protocol are loaded with harmful substances and you should IMO eat
the fresh fruit instead. Even home made juice which avoids most of the
commercial problems should be limited as it delivers a large amount of sugar in
a short time. This is not good unless you are in glucose deficit. The fiber in
whole fruit slows the release of glucose. As good as whole nutritious
fruits are, vegetables can be much better and should be eaten in vastly greater
amounts than fruit. Fruits are often said to be best eaten by themselves and not
together with non-fruit proteins, fats and carbs. A large fresh fruit salad is
ambrosia.
People with diabetes,
pre-diabetes, candida and some
other conditions sensitive to blood sugar may have to restrict high sugar
fruits. I usually eat my bananas green for this reason.
Those who may need to Restrict high sugar Fruits:
Vitamin C Content of Various Fruits
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