Wow. It’s wonderfully ironic that you are criticizing my scientific rigour while providing anecdotal evidence to support your concerns about whole fruits. Can you please provide non-epidemiological and non-anecdotal support that whole fruits are harmful?

I whole heartedly agree that we always need to exercise caution when interpreting epidemiological studies due to confounders. Yet, they can provide valuable safety insights as we are effectively testing different doses of a “drug” (fructose) across large human populations and looking for harm. To believe that fructose when delivered in the context of whole fruits is truly toxic you would have to believe that fruit consumers are jumping through a lot of hoops to not only negate the harms of fructose but to achieve healthier outcomes than those who don’t consume fruit.

To be clear I do NOT support a fruitarian diet. Fruits have a lot to offer but a more balanced diet that includes veggies, legumes, nuts and seeds is needed to cover all of our nutritional needs (fats, proteins, rainbow of minerals).

Like the anti-fructose biochemists, I support fruit in moderation — a few servings per day.

Regards,

Chana Davis, PhD

Founder, Fueled by Science