tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36840063.post8211340114116018381..comments2024-03-27T22:57:00.742+00:00Comments on Hyperlipid: Junk Food bingePeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14527788116058656094noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36840063.post-16458318923634784342008-06-15T18:19:00.000+00:002008-06-15T18:19:00.000+00:005% is close to what our national nutritional datab...5% is close to what our national nutritional database gives for wild berries (and yes, they are included, since quite a large amount of wild berries are indeed utilised still). <BR/><BR/>Wild blueberry (and cloudberry) 6.5% carbs<BR/>wild rasberry 4.1% carbs<BR/>wild cranberry 3.5% carbs<BR/>wild arctic bramble 7.8% carbs<BR/>And yes, they all (including the strawberry for which even I do not have wild values) taste quie a bit different from their cultivated stuff :)<BR/><BR/>And, when picked, 1 litre equals to 700g. <BR/>So, our calculations come out pretty much the same.LeenaShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09565398001624904475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36840063.post-82810848289490448972008-06-15T00:50:00.000+00:002008-06-15T00:50:00.000+00:00Strawberries are very low in sugar, compared to mo...Strawberries are very low in sugar, compared to most fruits. When fiber is subtracted, they're only like 5% sugars by weight. You would have to eat about 8kg to get 2000 Calories. Watermelon has more carbs by weight than strawberries (almost 7%). They really aren't a high sugar fruit. A banana has over 4x more sugars than strawberries by weight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36840063.post-36735863451566181812008-06-12T19:11:00.000+00:002008-06-12T19:11:00.000+00:00Hi Leenas,Hmmm, so the logic is to store short sea...Hi Leenas,<BR/><BR/>Hmmm, so the logic is to store short season carbs as adipose tissue... I can see the sense to that. And the problems from a 12 month per year pre picked ad lib supply!<BR/><BR/>Peter<BR/><BR/>Anna, need the cream!Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527788116058656094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36840063.post-10607753580600532222008-06-12T19:03:00.000+00:002008-06-12T19:03:00.000+00:00I would not be so sure, peter, if one only thinks ...I would not be so sure, peter, if one only thinks in terms of the berry size and quantity :)<BR/><BR/>My mother and her sisters told about their wild stawberry picking trips as kids. They could pick pick buckets of those yearly (to be stored for winter), from the hills and meadows in central Finland - in thirties or so. <BR/><BR/>I have not seen so fruitful strawberry fields (my day record lies in a litre or so, as a kid). But even I am able to pick other wild tiny norhtern berries (blueberries, cloudberries and such) more than 10..20 litres a day. And I am a lousy and unused picker.<BR/><BR/>However, in order to survive on berries, one needs about 13 litres (around 3 gallons?) a day. And the season is very short. So, there were absolutely no way for hunter-gatherer to collect enough berries for sole winter food. Yet even harder problem would have been in storing them. There's now way to store tons of berries reliably, i.e. bear- and bacteria-safe.<BR/><BR/>But bears gain a bit of their hibernation fat with the help of berries. Lax and game are better for the spring pick-up and the summer conditioning. Yet berries enable efficiently fat accumulation in the fall - which is needed before the big sleep. Nature's pretty fantastic at times.LeenaShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09565398001624904475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36840063.post-30789439678238527342008-06-12T06:44:00.000+00:002008-06-12T06:44:00.000+00:00Your strawberries look lovely! I'll bet they are ...Your strawberries look lovely! I'll bet they are great in tandem with a nice coating of heavy cream, one of my son's favorite DIY desserts/snacks combos.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17033443643442246531noreply@blogger.com