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I too was puzzled about two cups and 100 calories. Will have to check my USDA Handbook 8, on food values including calories and nutrients. I was concerned to see that those with poison ivy sensitivity can be affected by the skin. I have eaten a few, but cutting and peeling them never caused me a problem.

Regarding overweight, I studied in Mexico in mid 1900s. I loaned a fellow student some money and they never paid me back, then mom’s monthly check was late, and I had $5 dollars left. So for over a week I survived by seducing guys to treat me to a meal or a trip to the beer place across the highway from college. In Mexico then, don’t know about now, certain foods like tortillas and rolls were subsidized. A small restaurant near where I lived earning my room by teaching English to children sold a meal with some meat and lots of beans and rice for around a peso (8 cents). I could get a kilo of tortillas for ridiculously low price. I gained ten pounds from my normal 123 lbs, this in 10 days. Fortunately it came back down easily when mom’s check came and I restored my normal diet. I don’t think Mexicans are fat from eating too much fresh fruit.