Just wanted to share how I use fresh dates. They are a wonderful discovery for me. I cute them up and cook them in my oats, organic of course, every morning. They really add a nice sweetness to the porridge. I think add fresh grated nutmeg and ground linseed. Hubby eats this now and doesn't add his usual brown sugar. That's about the only success I've had at getting him to not eat or add sugar. I also will whiz up the dates together with plain or greek yoghurt. They add that sweetness to the tart yoghurt. No other "sugar" is needed. Yummy!

dates are also quite high sugar content wise and will contain a lot of fructose, the sweeter the fruit the more fructose it contains.  Go for berries they are quite low in fructose.

Hi Christian and Janelle, *grin*