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From:	Karl (72.87.197.36)
Subject:	I'm in a thread on another site.
Date:	September 7, 2012 at 1:42 pm PST

The topic is "Is it possible to eat too much fruit". Here's what one person said:

"On another note, just received an email from a 65 y/o client that was experiencing neuropathy. Went gluten free "paleo" for 2.5 months, but it continued. Met with me he was eating 10 servings of fruit per day. 2-3 at breakfast and 5-7 for snacks throughout the day. Removed the fruit, neuropathy improved. He had been exercising this whole time as well. Granted this is anecdotal and we got him eating 3 meals without snacks which has been shown to increase insulin sensitivity (insulin dysregulation is tied into neuropathy). Thought I would share since it is relevant to our discussion."

Here was my response:

"In cases like this I blame the fat and not the fruit. I'm not saying we shouldn't eat healthy sources of whole food fat, we should. The problem is when we get too much, and the insulin recepter sites are blocked and the sugar from the fruit becomes a problem. Remove the bigger problem, which is too much fat consumption, then the fruit is no longer a problem."

Perhaps I was wrong. Here is his response:

"Excess dietary fat does not block insulin receptor sites. The "blocking" of the receptors is a cell defense mechanism due to high amounts of insulin and becoming desensitized. Ketogenic diets have been instituted successfully in treatments of mental illness and tumor growth. And in those ketogenic studies the participants loose weight. It is the increased glucose in the blood and constantly high insulin secretion that leads to downregulation of insulin receptor sites and increased fat storage.

"Ketogenic diets are still widely used for seizure treatment and patients report better well-being and being more alert (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1528-1157.1992.tb01770.x/abstract) This treatment has been going on since 1920. If excess fat was sooo bad for us at some point this would have stopped, but Johns Hopkins, a very highly respectable facility, still uses ketogenic diets primarily to treat epilepsy."

Anyone have any idea how I should respond? Thanks in advance for any help.

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