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I watched a wildlife documentary some time ago, in which they said that monkeys raiding human settlements often got dental problems. I don't remember exactly what is was they thought caused the problems, maybe it was pastries they said. Anyway, that made me wonder why it is monkeys can eat so much fruit without getting any problems, if pastries are so bad for them. Is there's something special about fruits which make them tooth-friendly even though they contain sugar?
As I researched that topic I came across this:
"A British zoo has banned bananas for monkeys because the fruit is cultivated for humans and has a higher sugar content than those found in the wild.
"Fruit cultivated for humans is much higher in sugar and much lower in protein and fibre than most wild fruit because we like our fruit to be so sweet and juicy. Giving this fruit to animals is equivalent to giving them cake and chocolate," Paignton Zoo animal nutrition expert Amy Plowman said in a press release.
Plowman said bananas for human consumption have more sugar which can lead to dental issues as well as diabetes and gastrointestinal problems.
She said the bananas were slowly cut from the monkeys' diet to wean them off the fruit. Now the monkeys are fed a diet with lots of leafy green vegetables because they're high in protein, fibre and lots of vitamins and minerals."
(http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2014/01/14/thats-bananas-british-zoo-bans-monkeys-from-having-the-yellow-fruit)
For years have I avoided sweetened products made by the food industry, but I've kept eating some bananas and other fruit thinking that it's something my ancestors 100,000 years ago could have eaten and that it therefore should be ok fuel for a human body...
It seems we have created new unhealthier versions of the fruit that our ancestors ate.
I want to try a low-sugar jungle banana. Wonder what it tastes like? Probably have to go to the jungle to find out...
As I researched that topic I came across this:
"A British zoo has banned bananas for monkeys because the fruit is cultivated for humans and has a higher sugar content than those found in the wild.
"Fruit cultivated for humans is much higher in sugar and much lower in protein and fibre than most wild fruit because we like our fruit to be so sweet and juicy. Giving this fruit to animals is equivalent to giving them cake and chocolate," Paignton Zoo animal nutrition expert Amy Plowman said in a press release.
Plowman said bananas for human consumption have more sugar which can lead to dental issues as well as diabetes and gastrointestinal problems.
She said the bananas were slowly cut from the monkeys' diet to wean them off the fruit. Now the monkeys are fed a diet with lots of leafy green vegetables because they're high in protein, fibre and lots of vitamins and minerals."
(http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2014/01/14/thats-bananas-british-zoo-bans-monkeys-from-having-the-yellow-fruit)
For years have I avoided sweetened products made by the food industry, but I've kept eating some bananas and other fruit thinking that it's something my ancestors 100,000 years ago could have eaten and that it therefore should be ok fuel for a human body...
It seems we have created new unhealthier versions of the fruit that our ancestors ate.
I want to try a low-sugar jungle banana. Wonder what it tastes like? Probably have to go to the jungle to find out...
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Ripe bananas have more sugar. The ones they eat in the jungle would be rock hard and starchy.
unfortunatley its not just fruit.
try finding ingredients on a beer can or bottle
try finding ingredients on a beer can or bottle
I don't think it's just about ripe or not. It's true that ripe fruit contain more sugar, but wild monkeys don't avoid ripe fruit, do they? In fact I thought they preferred ripe fruit? My understanding was that we have developed new fruit varieties that contain more sugar than the wild originals. Just like some apple varieties are sweeter than others I assume the same could be true for bananas?
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