Thursday, 7 November 2013

the nature of things

TAP0358 london heathrow - lisbon
nov 29th, 2013

q: when is an apple not an apple?
a: when it has to tell you it's an apple.



i believe the apple doth protest too much.

because, uh, it's not really an apple, is it? it's a plastic bottle filled with the blood of an apple--in fact, several apples.
 
it might seem pedantic, but i've been reading a bit recently about the dangers of fructose in fruit smoothies and juices. i ain't no scientist, so here's the lowdown:

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/sep/07/smoothies-fruit-juices-new-health-risk

in essence, it's best to avoid essences. the fibre in the skin and the flesh is the good stuff, and bound up with the natural sugar it makes for a tasty few and fairly nutritrious mouthfuls. but extract the juice, discard the rest, multiply by and you have a killer enzyme-busting hit.

there's no such thing as essential fruit. and it is not a goddam apple. 

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