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Re:Fructose reprogrammes glutamine-dependent oxidative metab... by 4ec0755f5522 on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @12:29PM (#26240068)
Does fruit contain as much fructose today as it did 50, 100, 200 years ago? Or have we selectively bread the sweetest fruits to the point where monkeys cannot eat bananas?

Monkeys banned from eating bananas at Devon zoo

Zookeepers say the stereotypical food actually makes monkeys more aggressive, rots their teeth and can lead to diabetes

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Zookeepers said the fruit grown and exported for human consumption have far higher levels of sugar than the ones monkeys would eat in the wild – to the point that it’s bad for their teeth and can lead to diabetes.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/monkeys-bann...

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Re:Fructose reprogrammes glutamine-dependent oxidative metab... by jcynix on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @01:15PM (#26240624)
> Does fruit contain as much fructose today as it did 50, 100, 200 years ago?

Maybe due to selection of larger, sweeter fruit, yes. But processed food contains various sugar variants, including fructose (think "high fructose corn syrup") so fruit isn't the only (not even the main) source of fructose for many.

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Re:Fructose reprogrammes glutamine-dependent oxidative metab... by ASalazarMX on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @12:38PM (#26240197)
This was very unexpected, thank you for the link.
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Re:Fructose reprogrammes glutamine-dependent oxidative metab... by leephillips on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @01:01PM (#26240461)
This is interesting! And I love bananas, too.
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