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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
by 4ec0755f5522 6y ago
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-banned-eating-bananas-devon-zoo-9058856.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/monkeys-bann...
- ASalazarMX 6y agoThis was very unexpected, thank you for the link.
- leephillips 6y agoThis is interesting! And I love bananas, too.
- jcynix 6y ago> 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.