Your opinion on fruitarianism.
gabrielleelliott90
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Personally, I think it is very silly indeed. I don't think it is sustainable. That much fructose is not good for anyone....
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Is that really a thing?
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I think cutting up the food would suck; and videos are comical when you watch how they describe the calories in each item.0
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_Terrapin_ wrote: »I think cutting up the food would suck; and videos are comical when you watch how they describe the calories in each item.
They are so off on the calories. It makes me lol.0 -
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Steve Jobs was a fruitarian for awhile. Even smart people can get suckered into making crazy diet choices sometimes
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I had to look it up...Seems like a diet that is more idealistic than geared towards healthful eating. Like with most restrictive diets, my thoughts are more power to you, just don't impose it on me and we're all good. Not a diet I would ever consider trying.
I recall Ashton Kutcher was hospitalized because he adopted the fruitarian diet while preparing to play Steve Jobs in a movie.0 -
Yeah, I think it really damaged Ashton's pancreas.
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I'll keep this diet in mind of I ever want to out-fart the dog.0
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I only eat fruit that's cage free...gabrielleelliott90 wrote: »Personally, I think it is very silly indeed. I don't think it is sustainable. That much fructose is not good for anyone....
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Bad idea. On a historical note, it was adopted by a lot of rich people during Victorian England. It didn't work then either.0
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gabrielleelliott90 wrote: »
wait. you mean those 2 are serious? Those videos aren't just a joke?0 -
Steve Jobs was a fruitarian for awhile. Even smart people can get suckered into making crazy diet choices sometimes
Oddly enough, many of the people I know who are highly educated and very fact-based in other aspects of their life, are militantly defensive and unfliching when it comes to whatever food/health ideology they adhere to. Counterintuitively, in my experience, that ideology is almost always not in agreement with current scientific knowledge on nutrition, and instead based on some internet nutritional guru's angry blog page or similar. It's very strange to me.
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Hmmmm....We have essentially the same genetics that our ancestors had 200,000 years ago when evolution was selecting individuals to continue the species. It makes sense to me to follow the diet that our ancestors proved was successful. Fruit would have been a very important part of that diet in the autumn when our ancestors were laying down as much fat as possible in order to survive the winter. But for fruit to be the major part of the diet all the time - no way! Fruit is missing some important nutrients.
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I once knew someone in the 70s who went to India to "find herself" and came back a fruitarian. Well, she certainly was fruity.0
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I love fruit(an absurd amout of love), but even i realize that i couldn't live off of it. While fruit is a large percentage of my diet, i have vegetables and grains, too..0
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Isn't durian the one that smells like a corpse? I have to believe that guy is just making fun of the banana girl!!0
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My friend follows Freelee (and DurianRider is Freelee's partner). My friend is also pretty much following that diet. I don't agree with it because I think it lacks vital nutrients, and is not very balanced. Freelee is not a nutritionist or anything. The thing that concerns me is my friend is feeding her growing child this way for the most part.
They are vegan, which is fine, but she isn't taking B12 supplements or making sure to get complete proteins other than chia seeds.0 -
They are now divorced. Freelee got custody of the bananas.0
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If I were a fruit bat, sure.
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I love my fruit but I don't think I could live off of just that. Too many other things would be missing and would be unhealthy. You need protein and grains and an assorted amount of other things to be healthy.0
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I love fruit. No way. Not balanced.0
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Far too expensive, and my husband and children wouldnt do it with me, so I'd be drinking giant smoothies by my self.0
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SapiensPisces wrote: »Steve Jobs was a fruitarian for awhile. Even smart people can get suckered into making crazy diet choices sometimes
Oddly enough, many of the people I know who are highly educated and very fact-based in other aspects of their life, are militantly defensive and unfliching when it comes to whatever food/health ideology they adhere to. Counterintuitively, in my experience, that ideology is almost always not in agreement with current scientific knowledge on nutrition, and instead based on some internet nutritional guru's angry blog page or similar. It's very strange to me.
I also find it incredibly strange. Its like a religion or politics with people, they won't listen to reason and factual information because this way sounds best to them.0 -
People's eating beliefs *do* resemble religion or politics. And the way folks argue aboutSapiensPisces wrote: »Steve Jobs was a fruitarian for awhile. Even smart people can get suckered into making crazy diet choices sometimes
Oddly enough, many of the people I know who are highly educated and very fact-based in other aspects of their life, are militantly defensive and unfliching when it comes to whatever food/health ideology they adhere to. Counterintuitively, in my experience, that ideology is almost always not in agreement with current scientific knowledge on nutrition, and instead based on some internet nutritional guru's angry blog page or similar. It's very strange to me.
I also find it incredibly strange. Its like a religion or politics with people, they won't listen to reason and factual information because this way sounds best to them.
each other's beliefs about eating looks like religion and politics arguments. And, no one is every swayed.
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Why yes, PETA does resemble ISIL.Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
People's eating beliefs *do* resemble religion or politics. And the way folks argue aboutSapiensPisces wrote: »Steve Jobs was a fruitarian for awhile. Even smart people can get suckered into making crazy diet choices sometimes
Oddly enough, many of the people I know who are highly educated and very fact-based in other aspects of their life, are militantly defensive and unfliching when it comes to whatever food/health ideology they adhere to. Counterintuitively, in my experience, that ideology is almost always not in agreement with current scientific knowledge on nutrition, and instead based on some internet nutritional guru's angry blog page or similar. It's very strange to me.
I also find it incredibly strange. Its like a religion or politics with people, they won't listen to reason and factual information because this way sounds best to them.
each other's beliefs about eating looks like religion and politics arguments. And, no one is every swayed.
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Well, she's not technically a fruitarian since she eats cooked carbs at night. I actually tried out this lifestyle out of curiosity and because so many people that I saw were achieving success on it. I did it for about a month but it was too extreme for me to continue and I was hungry ALL THE TIME, no matter how much fruit I ate (I would eat about 2200-2500 calories a day). So, good for those that are successful on it, but I don't think it's realistic for 90% of people!0
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