Does anyone know the maximum proportion of fruit in the diet that's healthy? That is, how much fruit can I eat and not have health problems, and what would those problems be? (wondering - too much sugar? not enough protein?)
I think 5-10 portions is a good rule to stick by, though you could probably do up to 12 at the most. The sugar in fruit is good for you, but if you have too much fruit, you won't have room in your body for the foods that provide other needed nutrients.
I'm not sure what else fruitarians eat. What else is in your diet? What's your main source of protein and grains?
i may be wrong on this, but isn't it the fruitarian belief that protein is actually bad for you. or at least the processing your body needs to do to it, which leads to cellular degeneration - aging. thus the reason for eating only fruit.
Raw foodists and fruitarians I have met ( I was one myself for 1 year when I was teenager ) do not want to hear that the reasons for doing those regimes are not based on scientific studies, in fact those reasons contradict known science, and that the benefits claimed for those regimes have not been established through scientific studies.
Raw foodists and fruitarians I have met ( I was one myself for 1 year when I was teenager ) do not want to hear that the reasons for doing those regimes are not based on scientific studies, in fact those reasons contradict known science, and that the benefits claimed for those regimes have not been established through scientific studies.
I didn't even know there was a thing called a "fruitarian!" I just want to know how large a percentage of the diet can be fruit and still have a healthy diet....
i recently discovered there are people called breatharians too, no kidding, that supposedly thrive on mere air - different strokes and all that i guess.
i recently discovered there are people called breatharians too, no kidding, that supposedly thrive on mere air - different strokes and all that i guess.
i recently discovered there are people called breatharians too, no kidding, that supposedly thrive on mere air - different strokes and all that i guess.
I didn't even know there was a thing called a "fruitarian!" I just want to know how large a percentage of the diet can be fruit and still have a healthy diet....
I think he meant what followed the sentence was not going to be what you want to hear.... Ie., look for yourself, trying to build a diet out of fruits that provide nutrients you need....
(If only it were so easy -- protein isn't just protein, but has several components that combine to make a "complete protein". You also need to know that beta carotene is used by your body to make vitamin A -- the vitamin A is not going to be in the fruit as "vitamin A". I am sure there's more I don't know about yet... )
i may be wrong on this, but isn't it the fruitarian belief that protein is actually bad for you. or at least the processing your body needs to do to it, which leads to cellular degeneration - aging. thus the reason for eating only fruit.
I've seen that..... but that's not the only reason people would become fruitarian. A lot of people do not believe in killing any form of life, including plants, and youu can eat fruit without hurting the plant.
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