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Default A Wholesome, Plant-Based Diet May Cut Risks and Complications of Diabetes

On Nov 18, 9:33*am, Dennes De Mennes > wrote:
> In article >, jaym1212
> @hotmail.com says...
> |:|
> |:|> there's also the glycemic index you need to look at. fruits such as papaya, mango,
> |:|> pineapple, etc. are just as bad as straight sugar ...
> |:|
> |:|If a person ate nothing but papaya, mango and pineapple (and maybe
> |:|some B12), how long would it take an average non-diabetic to become
> |:|one? I am worried because I have been eating primarily cantaloupes and
> |:|bananas for the past two months and according to fitday, averaging 88%
> |:|carbs, 7% protein and 5% fat (1% PUFA).
>
> geoff bond from naturaleater.com has this 'savanna' model with 6 different levels, the
> top level is green-green which is perfect, then comes green, which is in close
> conformity, then green-amber, comfort zone or within the margin of tolerance of a healthy
> person for daily consupmtion, then amber, slight lapse but tolerable regularly if rest of
> diet is good, then amber-red, modest lapse and tolerable on occasion if rest of diet
> good, then finally red, bad lapse, completely avoid. this is all in the book 'deadly
> harvest'. that one you need to purchase.
>
> for bananas he says: ``The degree of maturity can make a difference. Fruits, notably
> bananas, have higher G.I.?s the riper they are.'' this is coming from:http://www.naturaleater.com/natural-...ating-appendix...
>
> table 2 you can see lists them as foods to be eaten in controlled quantities, the
> quantity being 1 banana, or 1 slice of melon. tables 3 4 and 5 are the G.I. tables, and
> banana is listed in the borderline table (table 4) with an index of 45 if green, and
> melon in the bad table (table 3), with an index of 70, but another difference is that the
> melon is low density and the banana medium, so they sort of cancel out, banana is less
> glycemic but more dense, the other high glycemic but low density.
>
> this is the link to the whole book that's available online for free:http://www.naturaleater.com/Natural-...-Web-Index.htm
>
> this is another guide that can be downloaded:http://www.naturaleater.com/guide/guide.htm
>
> not sure if it's the same as the natural eating book, or something else. i haven't looked
> at that one yet.


I have reservations on numerous things on the linked pages.
To start with a lot restrictions on fructose and fructose containing
fruits. Still interesting. Just remember this is a room full of folks
with either full DM or prediabetes depending on the
diagnositic thresholds chosen.