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To: gnarledmaw; buwaya; ConservativeMind; Harmless Teddy Bear; miniTAX; SunkenCiv

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.


35 posted on 03/17/2025 12:07:20 PM PDT by gleeaikin (Question Authority: report facts, and post their links)
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To: gleeaikin

” I don’t think Mexicans are fat from eating too much fresh fruit”


My point was that for fat people, eating fresh fruits (and vegs) do NOT help, contrary to what this stupid study would make them believe. And Mexico is a case in point. Think about it, Mexicans (and Americans) eat twice as much fruits per capita as the Japanese. And who are the most obese, according to the ‘healthy food’ theory, and according to the real world?


36 posted on 03/18/2025 12:39:57 PM PDT by miniTAX
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