My understanding about being able to consume this small amount of sugar, David gives a maximum of about 9 gms and he relates it to a piece of fruit if I have that right. We need to consume a certain amount of fibre of which the consumption of enough has gone down in the general communities diet and that in a piece of whole fruit generally there should be enough. Some fruit has more fibrethan others. I eat a lot of pears, it is very high. The fibre in our diet helps to cancel out the effect of Fructose. But if we eat more fructose than the fibre can deal with then it has a battle to control the bad effects to us from fructose plus the situation as I said the general community is eating less from manufactures foods. I understand in manufactured foods fibre is almost eliminated as the food stores better with less fibre.
You all need to watch Professor Robert H. Lustig’s lecture as I have noted below. It is very worthwhile and he goes into all this. It is a lecture to medical students. I watched it more than once and helped me to get over some of the medical jargon that is in it.
I am going very well on this new way of eating being now 15 months down the track and will continue this way anon as I am much happier and satisfied with my eating and food. I have been slowly and steadily loosing weight. It took David 2 years I think to get to his ideal.
Sugar: The Bitter Truth
Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, explores the damage caused by sugary foods. He argues that fructose (too much) and fiber (not enough) appear to be cornerstones of the obesity epidemic through their effects on insulin. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [7/2009] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 16717]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
