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.
There are about 100 calories in a Pear, and about 16 grams of sugar. Pears can be great weight loss food, 98% of their energy is from carbs-- which contain half the calories as fat. Pears are also excellent for lowering cholesterol quickly. Pears and green vegetables in particular can be more effective than drugs like Lipitor.