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.
1 New study reveals that pears are associated with lower body weight. 2  Eating one medium pear each day leads to positive health effects. 3  The fruit can result in a higher quality diet as they are fat and sodium free.  Pears have a lot of fiber, vitamin C, magnesium, copper and potassium.