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Fruits
I am missing eating fruit 🙁 I find the information google gives me regarding the vitamin A content of fruit really confusing.
Could anyone advise on what fruits are okay to eat?
Quote from Guest on January 16, 2019, 4:45 amI am missing eating fruit
I find the information google gives me regarding the vitamin A content of fruit really confusing.
Could anyone advise on what fruits are okay to eat?
If you avoided it religiously for a very long time maybe you will crave more of it than we usually crave and need. If I eat refined sugar and starch according to my cravings I usually don't eat more than one( maybe two) pealed fruits in a day. Sometimes I really do crave acids from fruits but other times it's just craving for something sweet.
Go by flesh color. A little A won't do much.
Apples, bananas, pears, some melon with whitish flesh (can't remember the name).
Most of A is in the peel, so peeling will greatly reduce A intake from fruits.
I've been eating less fresh fruits, but I have golden raisins and applesauce frequently.
Been using peeled apples/pears, pineapple, banana, green grapes as small snacks, definitely not as staple meals. Sometimes small amounts of strawberry or grape jam.
I eat many of the samethings as those above: bananas, peeled apples, grapes, raisins. I also eat medjool dates. I mostly try to buy organic except for bananas since the peel is so thick. Various berries are supposed to be low also in A, but I don't eat those because they are very expensive when you buy them organically. Dr. Garrett Smith says that glyphosate has a lot to do with making vitamin A more active and toxic so you need to minimize glyphosate in your diet by buying organic when you can. Grains should also be organic.
Sun-dried raisins don't have VA. Peeled nashi pears don't have much either. I don't do great with those but they don't give me VA symptoms unlike pretty much every other fruit.
Quote from Guest on January 16, 2019, 4:45 amI am missing eating fruit
Could anyone advise on what fruits are okay to eat?
All the fruits everyone has mentioned are good. Kiwi fruits are low in carotenoids, and have the kind of exotic texture and flavour that one might miss from doing this diet! They're also a good source of vitamin C, which is helpful in this context (well - it's always helpful).
Pomegranates are very low in carotenoids, and they have some research showing that they protect against retinopathy; they reduce arterial plaque, which suggests they affect calcium balance positively, they also prevent endotoxin (LPS) from exerting it's negative effects.
Endotoxin suppresses the CYP liver enzyme which degrades retinoic acid, so anything that suppresses endotoxin is going to help the body clear excess vitamin A. The fact that they protect against retinopathy and reduce plaque also suggests that they may have some positive, protective effect against vitamin A toxicity.
They contain carbonic anhydrase inhibitors: acetazolamide is a drug used for treating hypervitaminosis A, and it is a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor.
Pomegranate is also known to be a natural beta blocker... calming, stabilizing heart rhythm, etc. Just chiming in about raisins- most regular brown raisins actually start out as green Thompson seedless grapes. Gotta read labels. Golden raisins are treated with sulphur dioxide to prevent them turning brown. That additive might not agree with many people. I know I can't tolerate it.
~Patti
Quote from harrymacdonald on January 18, 2019, 4:49 amQuote from Guest on January 16, 2019, 4:45 amI am missing eating fruit
Could anyone advise on what fruits are okay to eat?
All the fruits everyone has mentioned are good. Kiwi fruits are low in carotenoids, and have the kind of exotic texture and flavour that one might miss from doing this diet! They're also a good source of vitamin C, which is helpful in this context (well - it's always helpful).
Pomegranates are very low in carotenoids, and they have some research showing that they protect against retinopathy; they reduce arterial plaque, which suggests they affect calcium balance positively, they also prevent endotoxin (LPS) from exerting it's negative effects.
Endotoxin suppresses the CYP liver enzyme which degrades retinoic acid, so anything that suppresses endotoxin is going to help the body clear excess vitamin A. The fact that they protect against retinopathy and reduce plaque also suggests that they may have some positive, protective effect against vitamin A toxicity.
They contain carbonic anhydrase inhibitors: acetazolamide is a drug used for treating hypervitaminosis A, and it is a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor.
Pomegranates are far from being very low in carotenoids.
Quote from Guest on January 23, 2019, 10:47 pmQuote from harrymacdonald on January 18, 2019, 4:49 amQuote from Guest on January 16, 2019, 4:45 amI am missing eating fruit
Could anyone advise on what fruits are okay to eat?
All the fruits everyone has mentioned are good. Kiwi fruits are low in carotenoids, and have the kind of exotic texture and flavour that one might miss from doing this diet! They're also a good source of vitamin C, which is helpful in this context (well - it's always helpful).
Pomegranates are very low in carotenoids, and they have some research showing that they protect against retinopathy; they reduce arterial plaque, which suggests they affect calcium balance positively, they also prevent endotoxin (LPS) from exerting it's negative effects.
Endotoxin suppresses the CYP liver enzyme which degrades retinoic acid, so anything that suppresses endotoxin is going to help the body clear excess vitamin A. The fact that they protect against retinopathy and reduce plaque also suggests that they may have some positive, protective effect against vitamin A toxicity.
They contain carbonic anhydrase inhibitors: acetazolamide is a drug used for treating hypervitaminosis A, and it is a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor.
Pomegranates are far from being very low in carotenoids.
Could you share your source?