Replace Starches with Fruit

Replacing starches with fruit is likely to work for most people.
 
I define starches as mainly grains, beans, and potatoes, what makes diets too high in carbs for many people.
 
Fruit has more nutrients than starches: minerals, antioxidants, and enzymes that are only found in raw foods.
 
Fruits are a great source of potassium, which is a key foundational nutrients cofactor to utilize all other nutrients, along with sodium and magnesium. I find potassium supplements don’t work like taking salt for sodium does, they are not as absorbable. Fruits have hundreds of nutrients you will never understand.
 
The first health problem I noticed in my descent into disabling chronic fatigue was blood sugar sensitivity. So low carb like Atkins keto saved me from some symptoms.  I stayed in low carb for way too long, with weaker muscles and energy, paranoid about sugar, not knowing that I had already healed much of the mineral, vitamin and other deficiencies that were a major cause of not being able to utilize sugar for energy. As I reintroduced fruit I felt benefits: more energy and exercise capacity.  
 
Some fruits still could imbalance me, more likely the high sugar ones at first but not all of those.
 
There are many kinds of fruits for many needs.
 
The lowest carb fruits like lemon and grapefruit have huge benefits  can be consumed in fairly large quantities and not even get you out of keto.
 
An endurance athlete that can’t get enough can load up more quickly on dates and raisins that are very dense and good winter foods, too.
 
Watermelon cools you down in the summer.
 
Oranges are a great panacea when not feeling well that can help mitigate detoxification symptoms and to gradually detox without creating discomfort.
 
Different fruit groups may appeal to you with different antioxidants like bioflavanoids, etc, that vary with the color of fruits.
Citrus
Berries
Melons
Apples, peaches, nectarines
Tropical: banana mango, etc.
Super fruits like goji betters.
 
Varieties by season are great. Foreigners like from China remark that there is so little variety in fruits here, the same ones all year round mostly, whereas they have a much larger variety each season.
 
Food combining:
 
Some people may feel better eating fruits alone, some with fats and other foods.
 
Generally meats and fruits are not good combinations, with exceptions like lemon and papaya that can help digestion. Some people may have no problem.
 
Vegetables and fruits often don’t mix well.
 
Dairy and eggs mix better with fruit and can be a very detoxifying combination.
 
Often it is better to eat the whole fruit with fiber that has other nutrients
 
Fruit agriculture is also more ecologically sound. India has implemented a plan to save the rivers by replacing plowing fields for rice and grain agriculture with fruit trees that hold water in the soil and let it out gradually to address erosion during rainy season and complete dryness later. Large scale plowing culture  is more likely to use spraying glyphosate herbicides that have been heavily promoted in India. In addition, animals like chicken and goats can be raised in orchards for eggs and milk for a more varied and balanced diet.  Ecosystems are based on plant animal interaction to spread sees and fertilize.
 
I don’t want to hear about anyone’s fruitarian or keto dogma. Different diets work for different people. I am only interested in experimentation for what works for individuals.

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