Editor,
I enjoy reading Ruth Scoullar’s column but wish to refute part of her July 4 article regarding fruit.
Dr. Herbert Sheldon was a naturopath and chiropractor who dies in 1985. He was an early proponent of eating a raw food diet.
The information Ruth provided is from an article which has been circulating since at least 2001 and has been refuted many times.
I checked on Snopes and found they label it false. Cooking can lower the Vitamin C content but does not influence most other vitamins; and minerals are heat stable.
The fibre may be more easily digested once it is cooked and softened.
Eating fruit, both fresh and canned is good for us and timing isn’t critical.
Lynne Wright, Bachelor of Home Economics
Quesnel, B.C.
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