Will Fruit Kill You? By Mrs Vera West

     As I say before making any health comments, I am not qualified in anything, and only giving my unfounded opinion, so if you have any medical problem, go see a doctor, and be sure that conventional medicine will put you on the right track. Sure.

     I am somewhat anxious having read an article by the respected Dr Mercola: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/07/22/high-fructose-diet-contributes-to-high-blood-pressure.aspx, who argues that studies show that daily levels of fructose, greater than 74 grams had an impact on blood pressure levels. The breakdown of fructose leads to increased uric acid levels, and uric acid inhibits nitric oxide levels in the blood, which suppresses nitric oxides’ effectiveness in dilating blood vessels. As well, sugar consumption results in excess insulin and leptin production which is also a   risk for diabetes: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2015/02/25/sugar-blood-pressure.aspx; https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1439101671/optimalwellnessc.

     Being medically unqualified, I am not sure what to make of this. My own personal response has been to cut right down on fruit, and almost everything else. Call it the starvation diet because there does not seem to be any food which is not problematic in some way. For example, people with irritable bowel syndrome are now recommended by some authorities to avoid a whole range of otherwise “healthy” foods, including some grains and fruits: http://www.med.monash.edu/cecs/gastro/fodmap/.

     First sex goes, then food goes, as one by one, life’s gentle pleasures are swept away by the Grim Reaper’s yard broom: https://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/s/sweeper.asp. In the end, you too are swept into Life’s rubbish bin, but at least as Christians we have faith that our immortal soul survives bodily dissolution: http://www.sptimmortalityproject.com/background/christianity-and-the-afterlife/.
Gee, it would be pretty depressing if that was not so!