Guys hi,
I've read interesting paper analyzing similarities and differences between diets of primates and our modern diet. On of the points was that now fruits are not fruits our ancestors used to eat:
Here is the link to all paper in case if you are interested:
http://www.direct-ms.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/primaten.pdf
I've read interesting paper analyzing similarities and differences between diets of primates and our modern diet. On of the points was that now fruits are not fruits our ancestors used to eat:
One important difference between wild and cultivated fruits is that sugar in the pulp of wild fruits tends to be hexose-dominated (some fructose and considerable glucose; Table I) while that of cultivated fruits tends to be highest in sucrose, a disaccharide. For example, the major sugars in Haden mangos, a cultivated fruit
variety, were 20.6% fructose, 5.3% D-glucose and 74.1% sucrose.
Here is example of wild fruits, as you can see all of them are low in sucrose, and have glucose:fructose ratio about 2:1variety, were 20.6% fructose, 5.3% D-glucose and 74.1% sucrose.
Ficus insipida
sucrose .037
glucose .613
fructose .335
Spondias mombin
sucrose .027
glucose .524
fructose .421
Gustavia superba
sucrose .085
glucose .522
fructose .331
Paper states thatsucrose .037
glucose .613
fructose .335
Spondias mombin
sucrose .027
glucose .524
fructose .421
Gustavia superba
sucrose .085
glucose .522
fructose .331
In terms of sweetness to humans, fructose is ranked 115–170, sucrose 100, and glucose 70.61 Cultivated fruits are, therefore,very taste appealing to humans, as they have been artificially selected so that they offer sucrose (and fructose) rather than glucose as their principal sugar reward.
What modern fruits one can buy in western world that have similar ratios?
Here is the link to all paper in case if you are interested:
http://www.direct-ms.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/primaten.pdf