Yes, you read right: fruitarianism. It doesn’t take a genius to realize that this particular food diet consists of fruit, but what are the guidelines and how does one maintain a nutritional benefit from eating only fruit? If you’ve always been a lover of melons, apples, oranges and everything in the produce department, you may find fruitarianism to your liking.

The lifestyle of fruitarianism is actually a strict type of vegan diet. The standard rule of thumb for practicing fruitarianism is that one should only eat from the fruits of plants. Of course, as with any other special diet, many who practice fruitarianism eat other foods as well, but most stick to consuming 50% or more of fruit in their daily diets. Many who follow the fruitarianism lifestyle expands their food interests to include other types of vegan diets as well.

The most common examples of fruit that comes from plants include plums, oranges, apples, melons, berries, bananas, mangoes, avocados, and pineapples, but according to fruitarianism, followers only eat the type of fruit that falls naturally from a plant, as opposed to harvesting a plant to get its fruit, which in theory is the act of “killing” the plant. Certain “vegetable fruits” can also be included in a fruitarian diet. These include cucumbers, olives and tomatoes. Nuts, seeds and culinary fruits are also included in the fruitarian diet, but grains are typically not included since many believe it is not a natural approach and improper to eat a seed, which has yet to grow into a plant. However, other fruitarians take a different approach and believe it is okay to eat plants that spread the seeds after being eaten. If desired, fruitarians can also add green, leafy veggies or vegetables with roots to their diet, as well as some dairy products.

Another part of the fruitarian way of life includes the belief that one should avoid all cooked food, as it is seen as unhealthy for a person to consume and pollutes the environment. Fruitarians believe such food causes unbalanced nutrition, cravings for chemicals and synthetic nutrients, causes disease, mood swings, and decreases one’s appreciation for life and wisdom. Fruitarians prefer fruits over vegetables due to the belief that fruit is of a higher food quality and helps humans to take part in Nature’s way of life by spreading the seeds of the fruit.

Fruitarians believe their particular diet and lifestyle was the same one followed by Adam and Eve in the Bible. They see this approach to food as holistic and a way towards simple living without harming any living beings, including plants. Unfortunately, there are many skeptics and critics of this lifestyle. The medical community is worried that those who practice fruitarianism lack essential vitamins and minerals, which can cause a number of deficiencies to develop. Medical experts say following fruitarianism can result in calcium, iron, zinc, protein, vitamin B and D and essential fatty acids deficiencies. They stress the importance of taking the right supplements to maintain the proper level of nutrients to replace those most fruitarians lack.

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