Fructose...insects....fruits...

[kinyonga]

Looking for information on how much fructose our chameleons take in and how much they should take in...this is just a start...
Re: insects...
Locusts fed on pears (high fructose content) contain fructose in the haemolymoph but in locusts fed wheat do not...
https://books.google.ca/books?id=ML...page&q=locusts pears fructose content&f=false
Apples, cherries, mangoes, and watermelon also have high fructose I believe.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5591246/
Fructose levels were higher in the silkworms fed on the mulberry leaves...but it might be because of the amount of food eaten.

Re: gutload/feeding...
Per 100 g apples contain 7.6 fructose and pears contain 6.4 fructose...
https://thepaleodiet.com/fruits-and-sugars/

 

[kinyonga]

I started this thread because it was suggested that apple was not good to feed to the chameleon because of the amount of fructose in it...
I asked for a link to a sight that talked about this so I could learn more (because I always want to learn more) but none was offered....so I decided to look into it myself. It made me wonder what other sources of fructose the chameleon's get in their diet too. If the fructose in the apple is so bad then should we stop feeding insects to them and supplementing/gutloading with all other things that also contain high levels if fructose?

Bee pollen..
https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/bee-pollen-spirulina-gutload.162421/#post-1401502
"26 percent sugars (mainly fructose and glucose"

 

[kinyonga]

An old thread...
https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/my-panther-loves-strawberries-lol.2562/

I know these are not studies about chameleons....
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180206140645.htm
https://www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-fructose

 

[kinyonga]

Here's a nutrient chart for fruits...check out the phosphorus to calcium ratios...and potassium...
https://www.health-alternatives.com/fruit-nutrition-chart.html
Phos. Calc. Potas
Oranges... 18. 52. 237
Apple... 20. 11 195
BLK berries.32. 42. 233
Papaya..... 7. 34. 360

Veggies and greens....
https://www.nutrition-and-you.com/vegetable-nutrition.html

Sugars in fruits...
https://thepaleodiet.com/fruits-and-sugars/

Fructose ....veggies, etc...
https://www.livestrong.com/article/263938-vegetables-fruits-that-contain-fructose/