Posted by kara on
URL: https://www.es-forum.com/heavy-metals-in-fruit-juices-tp4033636p4033938.html

Interesting (and scary) about storage and gas...

I test my fruits sometimes in a basic way: smell. Not always reliable, but can often give a good picture. Some non organic apple smell really awful, not like an apple at all, more like chemicals or sometimes weird and unhealthy. And so great smell the organic/natural apple fallen from a tree. By the way, a joke the fruitarians say: the apple in paradise was not good , because it was picked :) should be on the ground, then you know it's ripe. Just a joke, but maybe a metafor.
We have forgot to use our sense of smell, and when I was a vegetarian/vegan, it used to be not that good!
Going fruitarian really opened up this sense in a dramatic way, that was actually really unpleasant, because of some smells around people, sewers etc.
I've also noticed some omnivores have a great sense of smell (not all of course).
There are studies saying that a lack of zinc and too much copper is impairing the sense of smell (too much copper: typical vegan diet. Too much Zinc: meat diet). Fruitarianism has less copper that veganism, plus the fact that I did not use salt and spices also helped. People working in the perfume industry do not easy so much spicy and salt I've heard. My sense of smell is not that good as it used to be, but still is better than as a vegan.