"No, vitamin A present in tomatoes is not harmful, as it's not Retinol, which is Vitamin A issued from animal produce. Tomatoes however are from the nightshade family and some might develop allergies over that; so one should listen carefully for…"

"Why interests are to understand nutrition, not to lose weight or anything, as such, I would like to understand the energetic costs of storing fat depending on its source."

If I understand the 811 "diet" (as of its Latin definition of diet=lifestyle) it relies on the fact that the human body is extremely good at storing fat from foods but not very efficient at storing carbohydrates. As such, I suspect that storing 1…

Folks,As a fruitarian I trend not to eat different fruits together during one meal; instead I will have 3-4 avocados for instance and another fruit about 1 hour after, such as 20 or 30 tangerines. Simply because it takes me at least 30 minutes to…

"today I ate:

* Dates (Medjool) (1.97lb)
* Avocado (Hass), 4 medium
* Apples (Fuji), 2 large (1.39lb)
* Grapefruit (Honey Gold), 3 large (2.48lb)
* Tangerines (11.68lb)

Yes, the values are correct, that's about 20 pounds of food. I'm 5'8 1/2 and…"

"Same thing happened to me last Saturday, good thing I had a few bananas handy (8 of them), they really filled me up good, I wish I had had some dates to go along."

"Remember that "you vote with your money", by buying non-organic, you are encouraging the industries to produce more pesticides (they simply answer customer's demand). By buying organic, and preferably local, you're doing your part for the…"

"hotdogs? yeah I'll get right on that :)"

"That's because there's no fruit bar in Seattle, I should open one. No booze, just fruits and good tunes."

"fruit love"