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kingkongreveng_ on Dec 21, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Sugar: The Bitter Truth (UCSF lecture)

The fiber does not compensate for the high levels of fructose in modern fruits. Modern varieties are much sweeter than they were even thirty years ago. Modern seedless grapes are basically candy.

blueben on Dec 22, 2009 [–]

"The fiber does not compensate for the high levels of fructose in modern fruits."

Why not?

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