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Roy 03-17-2003 01:10 AM	I keep hearing to add oil and SUGAR to FRUIT juice. What kind of suagar are we talking about? And why are you adding sugar to fruit juice anyways, isnt there already enough natural sugar in the fruit? Also, Wei says to peel all fruit. Is this necessary if i wash them with a envirmentally safe spray to kill fungus, pesticides, bacteria, wax, ect. I feel like im missing some vitamins when i cut of the skin, it just seems unatural. About the "needing to add fat to balence out sugars" This seems unatural, do animals do this? It seems to me that if fruit is naturally low in fat, that it is only natural to eat a low fat diet. No animal(including monkeys) adds pure fat(olive oil). And it also seems unatural to make juice in the first place, opposed to just eat the fruit how it is.
risrosen 03-18-2003 08:53 AM	Roy, we live highly unnatural lives in this highly unnatural society we've created. Living in cities, surrounded by strangers, living cut off from nature in our technological world can fill our lives with stresses we weren't designed to live with. We're not the same animal we once may have been. We're fundamentally different inside; we've become unnatural in ways that diet alone can't fix. So I don't think that we should be concerned with replicating in every possible way the way our prehistoric ancestors ate. If we have to make certain adaptions, like adding pure fat to the fruit we eat to control blood sugar, or adding sugar to juice or fruit to give us enough energy to make it through a hectic work day, so be it. Juicing may not be completely natural but it sure does help for some of us. I suggest focusing on what your body tells you it needs. Do you feel better eating the fat with your fruit? I sure do.
Lewis 03-18-2003 09:51 AM	Rickrack, you say we are not the same animal we once were; that we are fundamentally different inside. This is one heck of an assumption. What do you base it on?????
risrosen 03-18-2003 01:39 PM	When I say "inside", I'm referring to our minds, our thoughts and emotions, and to our shared subjective experience, culture. I'm not saying we've been genetically changed. But it doesn't really matter, since our cultural environment is as much a part of us as our genes. All that matters is that our experience is radically different than it was prehistorically. I think we should live as "naturally" as we can, given what our experience has become.
Wai 03-19-2003 03:15 PM	quote: Roy wrote I keep hearing to add oil and SUGAR to FRUIT juice. What kind of suagar are we talking about? plain white sugar quote: And why are you adding sugar to fruit juice anyways, isnt there already enough natural sugar in the fruit? it is advised if one has problems ingesting enough calories from the whole fruits / juices, for whatever reason (ingesting enough calories is essential) quote: Wei says to peel all fruit. Is this necessary if i wash them with a envirmentally safe spray yes, even then. check out this thread. quote: About the "needing to add fat to balence out sugars" This seems unatural, do animals do this? it seems unnatural if we assume that we didn't consume this fat originally, but that may very well not be the case Lots of carnivores eat quite some fat. the fishing Grizzly is of course a good example But even herbivores ingest fat. yes, it is little, but the percentage of sugars is generally low as well furthermore, animals have evolved / adjusted according their diet quote: It seems to me that if fruit is naturally low in fat, that it is only natural to eat a low fat diet. i don't think we naturally consume little fat (how about nuts?) quote: No animal(including monkeys) adds pure fat(olive oil). but also no animal consumes so high levels of sugars the fat balances the sugar quote: And it also seems unatural to make juice in the first place, opposed to just eat the fruit how it is. absolutely, but then we should be looking for fruits all day, literally eating bits of fruits all day, as we used to do millions of years But, that society is no more. currently, we have more things to do... we cannot go back in time
Roy 04-08-2003 09:15 PM	Isnt refined white sugar harmful? I think it is.
Wai 04-11-2003 10:29 AM	why? because of the crystalline?
ongwb78 05-23-2003 08:55 AM	Hi all, I come across u guys discussing about the balance of oil and fats. What about sugar? Any guidelines? Currently, I'm adding 2 tablespoon of sugar to 500ml of oj, izit enough? Thanks! Any advice would be appreciated!
jay_1 05-23-2003 08:56 AM	Rookie, quote: Hi all, I come across u guys discussing about the balance of oil and fats. Did you mean oil and sugars? Olive oil is I think %100 fat. I add half a cup to every litre of O.J. Or in your case a quarter of a cup of sugar in 500 ml of O.J. Depending on how much energy I need for the day, I might add a little more. Are you only drinking 500 ml of juice a day? Depending on your size and energy needs this may be way too litle.