The fruitarian diet is strictly a vegetarian diet where one has the leverage to eat only fresh fruits.
Origin of Fruitarian diet
The origin of the fruitarian diet dates back to around hundreds of years, probably more than that. Leonardo da Vinci, the artist was also a fruitarian.
Description of Fruitarian diet
There are seven basic fruit groups
- Acid fruits: Citrus, pineapples, strawberries, pomegranates, kiwi, cranberries and sour apples
- Subacid fruits: Sweet apples, sweet cherries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, peaches, pears, cheri-moyas, papayas, figs, apricots, and mangos
- Sweet fruits: Bananas, grapes, melons, and persimmons
- Nuts: Pecans, almonds, Brazil, cashews, walnuts, macadamias, pistachios, pine nuts, hazelnuts, beechnuts, and hickory
- Seeds: Sunflower, sesame, squash, and pumpkin
- Dried fruits: Dates, figs, apricots, apples, raisins, cherries, prunes, bananas, and cranberries
- Oily fruits: Avocados, coconuts, and olives.
Majority of the people who eat fruits (those who are fruitarians) have the belief that fruits available in majority of the commercial supermarkets is of poor quality. Hybridization, chemical fertilization, chemical pesticides and harvesting are the various reasons for the poor quality of the fruit as the fruit does not get ripe in totality. Fruitarian David Wolfe has stated that one should eat one fruit at a time and before taking the next fruit, you should wait for 45 minutes, whereas the Fruitarian Foundation gives strong recommendation that one should wait a minimum of 90 minutes between the eating span of two fruits.
Benefits of Fruitarian diet
- There is more mental power and clarity
- Creativity gets boosted
- Happiness, energy, confidence, self-esteem, and concentration – all are on its peak
- Prevents and cures cancer, constipation
- Insomnia, depression, and digestive problems gets reduced
- Considerable help in case of weight loss wound healing and building the immune system
- Reduces menstruation
- Increases sexual vitality
- Skin appearance becomes glowing
- Hair, eyes and nails – everything glows
- You have the ability to retrain your addictions towards alcohol, drugs, and tobacco
Top reasons to opt a Fruitarian diet
- Fruit, when raw tastes the best
- The body is cleaned up from all the toxins
- Fruit happens to be environmentally friendly as well
- It promotes weight loss
- The function of the respiratory system improves
- Sharpens the senses – taste and smell s
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