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There is sugar, absolutely. And that’s probably where most of the calories come from. But there is also water, cellulose (fiber), and vitamins/minerals - doesn’t have much non-sugar caloric value to change that balance, but it’s still important. And nobody serious is suggesting you eat only fruit, so you can get non-sugar calories from other sources and it can be balanced in the big picture.

It’s kind of like an appropriate amount of dressing on a salad, the good outweighs the bad and makes you more likely to actually eat that nutrition-positive food.

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SatyrSack@quokk.au ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

nobody serious is suggesting you eat only fruit

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- Eggymatrix@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Notorious for having a long life…
  
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  - twice_hatch@midwest.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    56 is long if you were born around 1901
    
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    meco03211@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Is it? I always thought lower life expectancies were dragged down by infant mortality. Basically if you survive the crib you’d likely live into your 70s.
    
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    Railcar8095@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I’m pretty sure Jobs either didn’t die at 56 or wasn’t born around 1901.
    
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- spongebue@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I thought about that as I wrote it! I stand by what I said.
  
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- Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  So where’s does he claim to only eat fruit?
  Are you confusing it with him recommending to use Apple?
  
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  - paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    He was someone who was a fruititarian at various points in his life. He was also someone who didn’t shower at certain points in his life.
    
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    TheMadCodger@piefed.social ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    My ex- decided to become a fruititarian, with hopes of becoming a breathitarian someday after reading about a yogi who allegedly had done so.
    
    Emphasis on the ex-.
    
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    Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    OK, that only confirms to me that he was in fact insane. There is no way we are supposed to eat only fruit, it simply doesn’t provide any real energy, but consumes as much as it yields, meaning there is no way to survive on fruit alone.
    
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MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
1/2 bottle of Ranch an appropriate amount?

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- GrilledCheese@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  For the first half of the meal, yes.
  
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  - porcoesphino@mander.xyz ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Are you both from the US? It was rough getting used to how much you all like to drown out the food with various sauces
    
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    MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    It’s called: “Fatland”.
    
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SorteKanin@feddit.dk ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Source: I’m some guy on the Internet. You can trust me.

With the amount of AI slop out there, in this day and age this is actually a surprisingly high level of trust.

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- spongebue@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Admittedly when I wrote that I had moments like “cellulose is in fruit, right? And that’s fiber?” and when I googled with neutral terms I mostly trusted Google’s AI slop 🤣
  
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