Comments on: If you are overweight, don’t eat fruit http://elekhni.com/2008/07/if-you-are-overweight-dont-eat-fruit/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:48:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: BlueMist http://elekhni.com/2008/07/if-you-are-overweight-dont-eat-fruit/#comment-1086 BlueMist Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:28:58 +0000 http://elekhni.com/?p=158#comment-1086 Humpf :-| You know what I feel ? With so much of dieting rules of "dont eat this " and "dont drink that" with this one added ; they are thinking people might shed down those few extra kgs. :D All for a good cause you know !! ;-) Under beneath hidden promotions of "Aquafine, Pepsi zero, and other blah blah" are suppose to be ignored. :) Humpf :-|
You know what I feel ? With so much of dieting rules of “dont eat this ” and “dont drink that” with this one added ; they are thinking people might shed down those few extra kgs. :D
All for a good cause you know !! ;-)
Under beneath hidden promotions of “Aquafine, Pepsi zero, and other blah blah” are suppose to be ignored. :)

]]> By: La Vida Loca http://elekhni.com/2008/07/if-you-are-overweight-dont-eat-fruit/#comment-1085 La Vida Loca Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:03:43 +0000 http://elekhni.com/?p=158#comment-1085 pepsi! pepsi!! pepsi!!! pepsi! pepsi!! pepsi!!!

]]> By: lekhni http://elekhni.com/2008/07/if-you-are-overweight-dont-eat-fruit/#comment-1076 lekhni Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:21:10 +0000 http://elekhni.com/?p=158#comment-1076 <strong>BPSK:</strong> Apparently, that doesn't apply to obese kids, who should eat more cookies ;) <strong>Lively:</strong> Good problem to have - having to gain weight, I mean :) <strong>Sujatha:</strong> I doubt if anyone can ever get obese by eating fresh fruits :) I prefer plain tap water too. For that matter, Aquafina is <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/27/news/companies/pepsi_coke/ rel="nofollow">"made from tap water too, as Pepsi admitted last year.</a> BPSK: Apparently, that doesn’t apply to obese kids, who should eat more cookies ;)

Lively: Good problem to have - having to gain weight, I mean :)

Sujatha: I doubt if anyone can ever get obese by eating fresh fruits :) I prefer plain tap water too. For that matter, Aquafina is “made from tap water too, as Pepsi admitted last year.

]]> By: Sujatha http://elekhni.com/2008/07/if-you-are-overweight-dont-eat-fruit/#comment-1075 Sujatha Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:57:44 +0000 http://elekhni.com/?p=158#comment-1075 So, in a nutshell: If you are obese :Reduce fruit and soda intake. If you are not: it's OK to eat whatever you like till you become obese. I fall in the latter category ;) (full disclosure: I am a fruit and chocolate fan, but hate soda with a passion. Also, I prefer plain old tap water to Aquafina or Dasani.) So, in a nutshell:

If you are obese :Reduce fruit and soda intake.
If you are not: it’s OK to eat whatever you like till you become obese.

I fall in the latter category ;)

(full disclosure: I am a fruit and chocolate fan, but hate soda with a passion. Also, I prefer plain old tap water to Aquafina or Dasani.)

]]> By: Lively http://elekhni.com/2008/07/if-you-are-overweight-dont-eat-fruit/#comment-1073 Lively Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:29:16 +0000 http://elekhni.com/?p=158#comment-1073 Wow. What an eye opener. They don't outwardly suggest anything but ultimately what are the people to believe? They usually deduce the converse that 'don't eat fruits with high fructose if you don't wanna get obese' or 'if you eat fruits with high fructose then you get obese'. Misleading. Yeah different reactions from different people. But thanks to the research, I have deduced one of the above and am gonna consume fruits everyday to gain some. :) Wow. What an eye opener. They don’t outwardly suggest anything but ultimately what are the people to believe? They usually deduce the converse that ‘don’t eat fruits with high fructose if you don’t wanna get obese’ or ‘if you eat fruits with high fructose then you get obese’. Misleading. Yeah different reactions from different people. But thanks to the research, I have deduced one of the above and am gonna consume fruits everyday to gain some. :)

]]> By: BPSK http://elekhni.com/2008/07/if-you-are-overweight-dont-eat-fruit/#comment-1072 BPSK Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:28:28 +0000 http://elekhni.com/?p=158#comment-1072 Lol, and here I was last night watching Stephen Colbert berate the Cookie Monster for flip-flopping and saying that kids should eat more fruit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyFQlWgZ5Cg Lol, and here I was last night watching Stephen Colbert berate the Cookie Monster for flip-flopping and saying that kids should eat more fruit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyFQlWgZ5Cg

]]> By: lekhni http://elekhni.com/2008/07/if-you-are-overweight-dont-eat-fruit/#comment-1071 lekhni Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:21:22 +0000 http://elekhni.com/?p=158#comment-1071 <strong>Manasa</strong>: It is very convenient, isn't it, that they chose not to study the effects of high fructose corn syrup at all? Or sucrose, for that matter, which is the sweetening agent generally used outside the US? <strong>Shefaly</strong>: Indra Nooyi probably drinks lots of Aquafina :D You are welcome to email me with your hosting questions. I only hope I know enough to answer them. Manasa: It is very convenient, isn’t it, that they chose not to study the effects of high fructose corn syrup at all? Or sucrose, for that matter, which is the sweetening agent generally used outside the US?

Shefaly: Indra Nooyi probably drinks lots of Aquafina :D
You are welcome to email me with your hosting questions. I only hope I know enough to answer them.

]]> By: Shefaly http://elekhni.com/2008/07/if-you-are-overweight-dont-eat-fruit/#comment-1070 Shefaly Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:00:53 +0000 http://elekhni.com/?p=158#comment-1070 @ Lekhni: I notice the wink :-) Although Indira Nooyi is recently on record saying 'healthy eating' is her passion; either safe to say she does not eat her own company's product or if I were to be uncharitable, I think she really believes they are healthy and oh, how it shows! ;-) Unrelated: I have some questions re hosting one's own blog. They are pretty silly ones. Can I mail you? Thanks. @ A Cynic in Wonderland: On your views in marketing, an endorsement from none other than Seth Godin, a product of marketing who says all marketing is advocacy. http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/07/the-statesman-t.html @ Lekhni: I notice the wink :-)

Although Indira Nooyi is recently on record saying ‘healthy eating’ is her passion; either safe to say she does not eat her own company’s product or if I were to be uncharitable, I think she really believes they are healthy and oh, how it shows! ;-)

Unrelated: I have some questions re hosting one’s own blog. They are pretty silly ones. Can I mail you? Thanks.

@ A Cynic in Wonderland: On your views in marketing, an endorsement from none other than Seth Godin, a product of marketing who says all marketing is advocacy.

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/07/the-statesman-t.html

]]> By: Manasa http://elekhni.com/2008/07/if-you-are-overweight-dont-eat-fruit/#comment-1069 Manasa Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:44:38 +0000 http://elekhni.com/?p=158#comment-1069 Pepsico wants to make the obese person more obese by this research :D The link mentions-Pure fructose is found in fresh fruit, fruit juice and preserves. But much of it sneaks into our diets though high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in soft drinks - which gets broken down into 55 per cent fructose and 45 per cent glucose in the body - or via sucrose (ordinary sugar), which is broken down into the same two sugars. I don't understand this. How can they say both are same? Pepsico wants to make the obese person more obese by this research :D

The link mentions-Pure fructose is found in fresh fruit, fruit juice and preserves. But much of it sneaks into our diets though high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in soft drinks - which gets broken down into 55 per cent fructose and 45 per cent glucose in the body - or via sucrose (ordinary sugar), which is broken down into the same two sugars. I don’t understand this. How can they say both are same?

]]> By: lekhni http://elekhni.com/2008/07/if-you-are-overweight-dont-eat-fruit/#comment-1067 lekhni Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:48:37 +0000 http://elekhni.com/?p=158#comment-1067 <strong>Shefaly:</strong> I agree the reporting is atrocious - we don't know what "large amounts" the test volunteers consumed, which fruits specifically and so on. I don't even know why they tried to research the effects of pure fructose in the first place - I mean, which overweight person eats large amounts of fruits in the first place? High fructose corn syrup would be a much likelier culprit. But this is what I take away from the study - if you are overweight and are really hungry, DON'T eat too many fruits. It's much better to eat two large packets of Frito-Lay's Potato Chips. The large amounts of carbohydrates will give you glucose, which is a good sugar. Fruits contain fructose, which is a bad sugar. Repeat after me - Lay's chips - good sugar; Fruits - bad sugar ;) <strong>Candadai Tirumalai:</strong> Yes, I believe bananas, grapes and mangoes are out, right? One can console oneself that the varieties of banana and mango you get in the US are nowhere near as tasty as those in India. <strong>A Cynic in Wonderland:</strong> I agree. There are so many ways that MR can go wrong (and the US elections are showing that to me every day). I am not sure if it is the quality of research that has suffered with increasing commercialization, or has the quality of reporting declined, or is it a combination of both? How come newspapers are so credulous in their reporting? <strong>km:</strong> That's true, and it was not even eaten in large quantities. A single apple was enough..maybe it contained extra strength fructose. Shefaly: I agree the reporting is atrocious - we don’t know what “large amounts” the test volunteers consumed, which fruits specifically and so on. I don’t even know why they tried to research the effects of pure fructose in the first place - I mean, which overweight person eats large amounts of fruits in the first place? High fructose corn syrup would be a much likelier culprit.

But this is what I take away from the study - if you are overweight and are really hungry, DON’T eat too many fruits. It’s much better to eat two large packets of Frito-Lay’s Potato Chips. The large amounts of carbohydrates will give you glucose, which is a good sugar. Fruits contain fructose, which is a bad sugar. Repeat after me - Lay’s chips - good sugar; Fruits - bad sugar ;)

Candadai Tirumalai: Yes, I believe bananas, grapes and mangoes are out, right? One can console oneself that the varieties of banana and mango you get in the US are nowhere near as tasty as those in India.

A Cynic in Wonderland: I agree. There are so many ways that MR can go wrong (and the US elections are showing that to me every day). I am not sure if it is the quality of research that has suffered with increasing commercialization, or has the quality of reporting declined, or is it a combination of both? How come newspapers are so credulous in their reporting?

km: That’s true, and it was not even eaten in large quantities. A single apple was enough..maybe it contained extra strength fructose.

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