• lugal@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    You know that the white part is the most healthy? Just saying, not implying anything

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      That’s rather simplistic.

      If you need fiber and usually eat too many sugars, then yeah, maybe.

      If on the other hand you’re malnourished and have scurvy, the actual fruit would be the “most healthy.”

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        I’m not an expert, but I’ve heard from experts that in a modern world where everyone consumes an abundance of sugar, eating the fibers help with absorbing the fruit’s sugars in a healthier way.

        And let’s be honest, just look at america, just about everyone could afford to cut sugar and get more fibers. And fruits are by far the best source of fiber. The way I see it, I paid for the skin so I’m gonna eat the skin.

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          A healthy diet is a balanced one

          That’s why you can’t say things like “x is healthier than y” when comparing something that isn’t like eating lead

          I would definitely say Americans shouldn’t be peeling the pith away, but then I don’t really think anyone should.

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        I hereby apologize for being simplistic on a meme community. Also I am privileged enough to never have suffered from scurvy. I am sorry for invisiblizing this sickness. Thanks for reminding me of my privileges.

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          As if it mattered where you were. You were trying to go “uhm, aktually”, but it’s incorrect info, so I corrected it.

          For most people, the actual fruit is the healthier choice. Eating what is essentially pure fiber without even any nutrients (they’re all in the fruit itself mostly) wouldn’t really be the “more healthy” choice for anyone.

          You’ve just heard a parent say “actually that’s the healthiest part” when you were a kid and didn’t like eating it, but it’s more folk wisdom because moms don’t like cleaning little bits of pith from the floor than anything that relies on actual nutritional science.

          You’re welcome.

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            Can we agree that it’s healthier to eat both? Because that’s the actual choice here. No one it’s only the white part and let’s the fruit rot.

            And my intention was to make a joke about seeing the bad thing in everything. “Look how much I care about you, I peeled it to the fullest” “Do you want me to eat an unhealthy diet?” Maybe not a very good joke but akshually I don’t care

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              Can we agree that it’s healthier to eat both?

              As in not remove the pith? Yes, we agree.

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                  What seeds?

                  But if I have subpar mandarins and there’s the occasional one i usually just swallow it with the juices.

                  Peels can be used for drinks.

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            Western diet is actually notoriously low on fiber and high in sugar, and the citrus pith is also high in vitamin C.

            So for many people eating the pith would actually be a healthier choice - in the context of their low fiber/high sugar diet.