The shortcut provided by supplying fructose in the form of fruit with meals allows the body to begin increasing CO2 via respiratory metabolism. This creates an upward metabolic spiral, increasing insulin sensitivity, lowering metabolic waste, and making the body more capable overall. When you’re processing carbs better, all of the body processes work better.

I think it’s important to add, as someone who’s severely restricted based on food rules to a degree that led to the opposite of health, that having dessert after meals is okay. It doesn’t have to be a bad thing and you shouldn’t feel a guilty conscience for enjoying that. At the same time, never feeling satisfied by a savory meal can make them less enjoyable and can create more of a constant food focus. It’s helpful to know how these signs are there to tell us something that can optimize our life (and enjoyment of it) further.

Also, if you want fruit with your meals long- term, that’s okay and perfectly healthy, for the same reasons above. It’s amazing, however, that as it gets metabolically healthier, you may forget about wanting it as glucose is allowed into the cell sufficiently due to being sensitized to insulin— an indicator of true health.

That’s the ultimate goal, to feel satisfied and as at- ease as possible while optimizing health– so you feel like you’re in harmony with your body. This is what I love about healing and recovering the metabolism.