Fruitarianism???

[LadyFaile]

what do you think? as far as i can tell, it's the practice of eating only things that are grown on plants, but not eating anything that requires digging up the whole plant. like beans and tomatos, yes, carrots and lettuce no.

my friend is vegan and considering going fruitarian, and as far as i can tell it wouldn't be that far off, but i could never do it cause i use onion and garlic in everything, and would have to give them up. not gonna happen.

also i find it hard to eat fruit every day as is. i'm not a fruit person, never was. i find it a chore to eat even just an apple, and if i buy more than 3 at a time they go bad cause i rarely eat more than 2/week. sad i know, but there you have it.

[Beautiful_Vegan]

I had a neighbor from India who tried to be a fruitarian. I agree with the principle of it and have to admit that I wish I could just do a raw foods diet of fruit and nuts. As God wished it in the beginning "I give you every seed-bearing plant and herb as food". BUT I am a happy vegan who is allergic to wheat and enjoys cooked rice, potatoes, corn pasta and the like. So that is not in my future. I also think that with the scarcity of fresh pesticide free fruit it would be difficult. One might end up sick from what is on the fruit!

[LadyFaile]

right, i can understand that it uses less crops and all that, but it would just be too hard.

how bout everyone else? anyone ever try to do it?

[Olive Branch]

Ladyfaile said: "as far as i can tell, it's the practice of eating only things that are grown on plants, but not eating anything that requires digging up the whole plant."

I don't see how digging up a carrot, potato, or other tuber would be a "bad" thing so-to-speak. If one did not dig them up, they would simply rot in the ground.

I always believed "fruitarian" meant soley eating fruit...no vegetables.

[Teri]

I did a week of fruitarian this summer, fruit only, and that included olives and tomatoes. I loved it, it made me feel good, spritual, and a bit high towards the end. I couldn't do it forever, I started to have pasta fantasies towards the end. Twenty years ago I did it for a whole summer, I'd met three fruitarians that got me interested in the idea. It's a really effective way of cleaning out my system. I doubt if I'd stay healthy if I stayed on fruit only for a long time. Raw food might be a better idea. But I would miss the pasta. And fresh bread. Vegan is fun.

[Beautiful_Vegan]

That's a good idea, a week-long fruit fast! I do several Saturdays a month a juice fast for spiritual and physical purposes. The fruit thing is a better idea. For Lent I eat only liquids like soups, but Sundays are feast-days in Lent so I get around it a little bit.

[LadyFaile]

it's not just fruit though, it's anything that grows from a plant, so beans and peas and such are ok.

i think it's more a thing like, it takes less crops, which means less clearcutting, etc. i think.
cause if i'm not mistaken, they alternate fields for crops every couple of years, so the amount of space for one crop is really 2 or more fields, but with plants that aren't dug up and just go dormant over winter and grow new "fruit" in summer, it takes only the one field.

i'm probably wrong, but yeah. maybe soilman can shed some light here?

[Teri]

There are as many types of fruitarians, as there are vegetarians. There's some good websites. The people I knew ate only fruit- and not all types of fruit either, only the ones that had stones I think, I forget exactly. I don't think fruitarians eat seeds, just fruit.

[luckiecharms]

I think that Im probably more of a fruitarian then a vegetarian. Fruit is one of my favorite foods! i love it. But i eat vegetables too. i eat almost anything, i have never been a picky eater. except now i dont eat meat.

[stonecrest]

Originally posted by Olive Branch
I don't see how digging up a carrot, potato, or other tuber would be a "bad" thing so-to-speak. If one did not dig them up, they would simply rot in the ground.

how is that argument any different than killing an animal for food because they are eventually going to die anyway? not that i'm saying eating vegetables is either good or bad, just that i don't find that a good argument.