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Strawberries
Any reason why we should not eat strawberries?
I'm eating one right now! It's a good one too!
Phytosterols
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895398809600015
https://thescipub.com/abstract/ojbsci.2014.167.169
also bad for immunity:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6915509/
... they are basically plant based steroids:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/phytosterols
Phytosterols are naturally occurring steroid alcohols having the steroid structure with a hydroxyl group at position 3 and a side chain at position 17, usually containing one or more double bonds in the steroid skeleton.
Strawberries seem to commonly have pesticide residue at or below Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) for the EU. See page 50 in the 2010 EFSA (European Food Safety Agency) report.
"Peaches had the highest percentage of samples with measurable pesticide residues below or at the MRL (71.2%), followed by 67.0% of the apple samples and 65.2% of the strawberry samples."
In the attached picture you can see that just 2007-2010 there was a decrease in the tested foods which were free from testable amounts of pesticide residue.
Link to the +800 page EFSA report:
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/3130
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Also fructose is associated with raised cortisol(slowed metabolism).
Fructose-induced inflammation and increased cortisol: A new mechanism for how sugar induces visceral adiposity:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29225114/
https://www.ergo-log.com/fructose-is-a-cortisol-booster.html
I like that homer simpson pic hahaha
To me, fruit is a condiment. But then again, we have our resident frutarian, and she is happy.
In your home garden, maybe have lots of rows of potatoes, and just a few strawberry plants 🙂