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.
Pears are sodium-free and each medium-sized pear offers about 190 mg of potassium, which is 5% of the Daily Value. If sodium-free pears replace higher sodium foods in the diet, overall sodium intake may be reduced. Although itâs a disease associated with many factors, high blood pressure risk may be reduced by a diet low in sodium.