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Then yesterday I came across a scientific article from 2017, see Nutrients 9(8):872. doi: 10.3390/nu9080872, or https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/9/8/872, where a Bahadoran and their co-workers say they did not observe any significant association between NF and the development of CVD events, or changes of cardiometabolic risk factors.
Then I also came across ANOTHER scientific article from 2021, see Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, November, 2021, or view https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2021.2000361, where a Kazemi and their co-workers say the relationship between fruit intake and all-cause mortality was assessed by 28 cohort studies with 108,402ball-cause mortality events among 1,626,395 participants... and the pooled analysis indicated that the highest compared to the lowest category of fruit intake was associated with an 11% lower risk of all-cause mortality.
Now, based on these 3 scientific articles, I wonder who is right.
(A) Dr.Mercola who wants us to minimize our fruit intake; so that we eat very little or no high-fructose fruits.
Or
(B) Bahadoran and their co-workers who seem to imply that we can eat as much (or as little) fruit as we want, as fruits will not make any real difference in our health.
Or
(C) Kazemi and their co-workers who in effect tell us to eat as much fruit as we want, and the more fruit the better, because fruit intake is associated with an 11% lower risk of all-cause mortality.
But, I think, that with my research and actual physical testing on my wife and I, I think that excessive fruits is still excessive sugar. I know its not typical sugar, but it still is sugar. Yes the brain uses Glucose as its primary source of fuel, but excessive glucose is still excessive sugar in the body. The body will react and if needed, store it. Which aids in fat storage and overworks the pancreas and insulin response/sensitivity. I tend to err on the side of anything in excess is probably not good regardless of what it is. Fruit in moderation would be ok. We personally have cut it to a bare minimum. We get regular testing done of our blood that does intensive screening in terms of vitamins, minerals, enzymes...the whole works. We are doing well. Since you are in Europe like us, you know how good priced this kind of blood/urine/fecal testing is. It is well worth it.
Any questions, feel free to ask. I have mountains of research docs.
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