well, the data i've been able to find suggests there is a difference in inositol, but i'm wondering if it's really substantive.
i posted the source:
it's pretty clear:
nectarines - 1.18 mg/g
peach (fresh) - .58 mg/g
i've found further examples of this data in multiple published sources (including a few published textbooks at google books), so it seems like it's well regarded, at least. i've then found multiple claims that inositol is virtually undetectable in peaches.
but, they're the same fucking thing.
i know - it doesn't make sense. it's been published many times, but i'm questioning the source. is it about how they're grown? was that a specific grower? at a specific time?
i kind of want to take a step back from it, regardless, for two reasons:
1) the nectarines i found were kind of expensive, and trucked or (hopefully not.) flown in from california. that seems very silly. i can call on ontario growers to produce more nectarines, but i can't imagine them out of thin air.
2) the data that i penciled in - 129 g - seems to be far smaller than anything i'm going to find in a store. the average fruit of this type seems to be more like 175-190 g.
so, if i'm given the choice between peaches and nectarines, it seems like i want to pick nectarines - even if i'm skeptical about the truth of the whole thing. but, if i don't have the choice, i need to ask if i should make due with what exists, and ponder if a peach is good enough.
so, i want to extract as much goodness as i can, but how much do i actually need?
300 - (19.5 + 69 + 102 + 20.09 + 9.9 + 14.85 + 2.75 + 13.65) = 48.26.
so, i only need 50 mg to meet the requirements; the 150 from the nectarine is exorbitant.
then, how big does a peach need to be to make it worthwhile?
.58*x = 50 <---> x = 50/.58 = 86
it seems, then, that peaches are indeed good enough.
other fruits i could plug in:
- mangoes: .99 mg/g
- pear: .73 mg/g
so, i'll need to do a three-way comparison for these three items - mango, pear, peach - to determine which is the better stable source of inositol, as well as b5 & choline.
for now, i've got ten relatively large nectarines to enjoy.
...& i need to crunch some numbers for the fibre add - how much fibre do i need to meet the betaine requirements?