March 5, 2020, 2:10 p.m
There are a lot of food styles today: veganism, vegetarianism, raw foodism and pescatarianism. And then there’s fruitarianism. Who are fruitarians, what do they eat and how do they live in general?
We will tell you in detail about the benefits and harms of a fruit diet, why people switch to fruitarianism and whether it is possible to live like this.
Fruitarianism is eating fruits of plants, fruits and berries, fruit vegetables. The main principle of fruitarianism is to eat only those foods for which you do not need to destroy plants.
Fruitarians do not cook fruits, do not use spices. In addition, they eat dried fruits, dried in the air and at low temperatures.
What do fruitarians eat?
- fruits of plants (fruits and vegetables);
- dried fruits;
- sometimes nuts.
What Fruitarians Don’t Eat:
- root crops and roots;
- leaves;
- spices.
By the way, did you know that Steve Jobs was also a fruitarian at some point in his life?
Why do people become fruitarians?
Despite the fact that fruitarianism seems to be one of the fad diets and a whim, people who adhere to this lifestyle identify at least one of the following reasons for themselves:
- respectful coexistence with other species;
- no harm to living things;
- nutritionists recommend eating fruits;
- fruitarians believe that humans are evolutionarily supposed to eat fruits;
- plant population restoration;
- minimum toxic waste;
- improving climate and quality of life;
- savings on cooking
- variety and relatively easy reproducibility of food;
- aesthetics of the body and environment.
However, many fruitarian arguments are not backed up scientifically. In other words, they take their word for it.
Benefits of a fruit diet
On a fruit diet, if used for a short time, cholesterol in the blood is significantly reduced, which is beneficial for the heart and blood vessels.
You can also quickly lose weight, because everything harmful, fatty and heavy is excluded. Fruitarianism also has a detox effect on the body and saturates it with many vitamins.
Cons of fruitarianism
Among the main disadvantages of fruitarianism for us is the inability to eat only fruits for a regular salary and feed the whole family with them.
Ecologically clean fruits and fruits are expensive, and in some regions it is also impossible. Rich people can afford a fruit variety every day.
However, those who have a salary of no more than ten thousand are left to eat only apples and poppy seeds.
Also, a fruitarian will have a hard time finding a dish for himself in a cafe when he goes out with friends and will mostly be forced to watch others eat tasty treats.
Research also reveals that those who eat this way suffer from nutritional deficiencies: amenorrhea, erosion of tooth enamel and low levels of fatty acids are just a small part of the problems people with such a strict diet face.
Children and fruitarianism
Of course, such an extreme diet should not be applied to a developing organism in any case. Nutritional deficiencies are very bad for the health of the baby, and can even lead to death.
Fruitarianism while breastfeeding is also not an option. Firstly, a lot of fruits are strong allergens, and secondly, no one has canceled nutritional deficiencies.
Ask healthy and be healthy!
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