Any Fruitarians here?

Blisterman

Fruitarians only eat fruit and nuts, as they don't eat food which involves killing a plant. Seems a bit extreme. Does anyone know any?

Endurance Man

Nope but i do eat a ****e load of fruit , its all good.

pauln

Is that kind of like the guy from the Simpsons?
"I'm a level 5 vegan, I don't eat anything that casts a shadow"

Like my fruit all the same, don't think I could live it alone though.

Emerson

I dabbled in it for a few weeks.

Got a huge cyst on my forehead from the acidity, lost too much weight and felt sh|t. Most commercial fruit is picked un-ripe so as to last in stores.

A lack of protein and excess of sugar & acids makes this a lethal diet, long term. Fruit is a cleanser, greens are builders. You can't cleanse constantly without withering away.

http://www.beyondveg.com/cat/fruit-dreams/index.shtml

sweet-rasmus

sounds difficult, and scarey!

Tar.Aldarion

fruity even? :P

anyway i dont know any,it woould be damn harmful to me.

embraer170

Apparently eating grapes only for a weeks does wonders to your body. Haven't tried it personally but people I know swear by it.

county

being a vegan sounds extreme to me

Tar.Aldarion

i know quite a few vegans who have no dificulties...i would!

embraer170

Veganism probably isn't too hard.
Otoh, being a fruitarian sure seems to be...

Santa Claus

I thought fruitarians only ate fruit that fell from the tree naturally, i.e. they wouldn't eat anything that was picked !

pwd

steve jobs used to be a fruitarian

Tar.Aldarion

Santa Claus wrote:

I thought fruitarians only ate fruit that fell from the tree naturally, i.e. they wouldn't eat anything that was picked !

i believe that is correct but i'm not one so i don't know.

Washout

boy that sounds like the weirdiest and i thought i was weird being a lacto vegan

K.O.Kiki

Washout wrote:

boy that sounds like the weirdiest and i thought i was weird being a lacto vegan

Would it help if I called you weird right now? messing!

Gone West

I went on this diet for about a week too.
starburst(all flavours) and wine.
Felt great[1] afterwards.






[1]crap

Tar.Aldarion

how could you feel crap about your fake diet,i mean it sounds so good

mateo

It's not just fruit and nuts they eat. They just don't eat anything which kills its source e.g. onions, carrots etc. I'm pretty sure they can still eat beans.

Washout

mateo wrote:

It's not just fruit and nuts they eat. They just don't eat anything which kills its source e.g. onions, carrots etc. I'm pretty sure they can still eat beans.

iin other words your talking about the diet of the hari krishnas and the Jain religion in India.

if you go to Govindas in Dublin thats what you will get. vegan food with no onion garlic carrots etc. but oes that mean they dont eat rice/ wheat or potatos either? as thosae are killed at source during harvest as well?

so where are they getting their carbs from?

kestrel

i admire anyone who has the discipline to stick to this diet, but it just seems highly unnatural to me. you can't act like people don't have the right to kill plants, whatever about animals. this is, whichever way you look at it, a food chain, and things are going to die so others can live.

Blub2k4

Washout wrote:

iin other words your talking about the diet of the hari krishnas and the Jain religion in India.

if you go to Govindas in Dublin thats what you will get. vegan food with no onion garlic carrots etc. but oes that mean they dont eat rice/ wheat or potatos either? as thosae are killed at source during harvest as well?

so where are they getting their carbs from?

The onions and garlic taboo from Brahmin (hare krishna) cooking comes from the fact that the ayurveda (hare krishna food science) says that they cloud the mind, the same reason meditating buddhists avoid onion and garlic.
Carrots are not on the ayurveda list of "bad foods".
A fruitarian appears to get very little carb in their diet at all, it is not balanced and appears to be very unhealthy.
I mean you would practically shit yourself to death, you would get very little nutrition apart from fruit sugars which is as bad as eating only sugar, not a good idea.