Sulfur-containing compounds are often added to dried foods like apricots as preservatives to help prevent oxidation and bleaching of colors. The sulfites used to help preserve dried apricots cause adverse reactions in an estimated one out of every 100 people, who turn out to be sulfite sensitive.
At the end of 18 months, however, the pear-shaped people had gained back half of the weight they had lost on either diet. Apple-shaped people gained back almost 1.4 of the 2.3 kg they lost on the low-fat diet but kept off all the weight they lost on the low-glycemic diet.
Reasons to Eat Pears n A Â½ cup of sliced pears contains fiber and vitamin C. n The edible skin* of pears is an additional source of fiber**. Pears offer a natural, quick source of energy, due largely to high amounts of two kinds of monosaccharides (fructose and glucose) and levulose.