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http://www.therawtarian.com/community/f/discussion/9867/why-are-so-many-on-this-site-afraid-of-fruit
I was just listening to Dr. Fred Bisci and he said he ate more fruit when he was active. Now that he is less active he eats less fruit but each individual is different. If you are very active and need the energy have the fruit. It's the constant high blood sugar that's a problem if your not using the energy from the fruit. Watch your fruit combinations i.e., sub-acid, sweet and acid fruits. There are tons of food combining charts on the internet just google it. The higher the acid is in your system the more susceptible you are to disease.
Some folks have experienced teeth & gum issues, others have experienced blood sugar issues, still others have no issue at all.
"Too much" is all relative; activity level, what else is being eaten, etc.
High fiber fruits, or adding more fiber- such as from greens (green smoothies, or salad topped with fruit), will help against blood sugar issues (low fiber fruits, or juicing-fiber removed- is more problematic for sugar levels), and keeping the mouth rinsed should help against the gum/teeth issues.
people do experience teeth and gum issues at first, because your body is detoxing and cleansing. gases, toxins, etc. will be coming out of your mouth for the first few weeks while you're cleansing. it's normal to have some tooth sensitivity, but i can say from experience it goes right away.
it is advisable to brush your teeth with water after eating acid fruits and dried fruit tough.
as for the blood sugar, as long as you are eating fruit in it's whole form (with the water and fiber intact) and you're eating a diet low in fat there are no issues with blood sugar. it's when you eat a diet high in fat that causes blood sugar problems. also when you juice fruit (take out the fiber) or eat dried fruit (without the water).
"When fat levels in the blood rise, so does blood sugar, because excess fat inhibits insulin from performing its function of escorting sugar out of the bloodstream. The excess fat lines the blood vessel walls, the cells, insulin receptor sites, the sugar molecules themselves, and the insulin with a thin coating of fat, thus blocking and inhibiting normal metabolic activity.
Too much sugar in the blood is as life threatening as too little and can result in serious illness or death. Yeast, or candida, is a constant presence in the blood; it serves as a life preservation mechanism, blooming when there is an excess of sugar in the blood stream to bring blood sugar down to a non-threatening level. When the sugar is distributed and used by the cells of the body, the yeast quickly dies off as it is supposed to.
If fat levels stay chronically high due to a poor diet, sugar will remain in the bloodstream and feed the large candida colonies instead of feeding the 18 trillion cells of your body. Starved for fuel, these cells can no longer metabolize energy, and you become tired, and feel rundown. Because all carbohydrate, fat, and protein that we eat is converted to simple sugar (glucose) if it is to be used by the cells for fuel, the way out of this cycle is not to eat less sugar, but to consume less fat. When fat levels drop, the sugar starts to get processed and distributed again, and the yeast levels drop because there is no longer excess sugar available."
http://foodnsport.com/faq.html?start=4
"Before the body's cells can utilize food for fuel, the food must first be converted into sugar, whether the originating food is carbohydrate, protein, or fat. Carbohydrates are the easiest to convert to useful sugars. Fruits are mostly simple carbohydrates. It is much easier on the digestive system to process fruits for fuel because they are composed primarily of sugars, requiring much less digestive energy, and they come in a complete nutritional package of vitamins, minerals, proteins, and fats. When there are insufficient carbohydrates present to convert to sugar, the body will transform fat and protein into sugar, but at a higher cost: more time and energy spent on digestion with the creation of toxic residues."
Cool!!! Thank you so much for all the great info!!