> Tom:
> As one who tried fruitarianism under nearly ideal conditions: warm
> climate, regular sunshine and exercise, and food of incredibly high
> quality (most organic, the rest unsprayed, most food grown in the high mineral
> content soil of Merritt Island, Florida), the serious problems I experienced
> on the fruitarian regime suggest that the currently popular "low quality
> food" excuse is nothing more than a weak rationalization advanced by folks
> who will grasp at anything to retain their idealistic (and false) fruitarian
> dogma. Fruitarianism is a failure because it is far beyond the range of
> diets that we are adapted to by evolution (and the claims of certain
> fruitarian advocates that we evolved as fruitarians, are nothing more
> than bogus crank science).

tom, to say fruitarianism doesn't work is quite common these days in the raw
food circles, however in my mind many are jumping to conclusions here. mental
and spiritual factors missing in peoples lives can affect the outcome of any
food experiment. often fruitarian experiments and in fact all food type
experiments reach conclusions based on physical responses and factors only.

 things like lack of healthy family bonding, subconscious thoughts about
money, unresolved friendship problems, unresolved childhood traumas, things
like this can be major influences on how we may respond to foods we eat and
the outcome of diet experiments. i have tried lots of diets over the years and
the conclusion i reached is for most of us diet is not the major thing getting
in the way of optimum health, it is an important factor, but no more than one
third of the equation.

 my own experiments with fruitarianism have proved to me it's possible under
ideal social and mental conditions but none of us in my mind are there yet, me
included. i have found i can stabilize my limited health by being on a
predominantly fruit diet with a "stuffing" or "filler" food added that fills
the empty places in my body and spirit that a loving family should be occupying.

 all of my investigations of other people i respect in the world of diet
consciousness indicate to me that we are all suffering from stress and traumas
on a psychological level that has us from childhood eating unnaturallly and
unconsciously, and compulsively way more food than is healthy no matter what
diet we are on. in my opinion a psychologically balanced S.A.D. eater can be
healthyer than a psychologically imbalanced fruit eater. until we resolve
these issues and include these factors in our diet experiments we will be
getting limited results and conclusions. to date of all the diets i have
tried, this nearly all fruit diet i am on has sustained me better than any
other so far despite the overconsuming factor. if i ate fruit only without the
filler i would also like you find it a difficult or less healthy arrangement.
however, when i achieve a stable supportive consensus extended family
arrangement in my life, i hope to go back to that all fruitarian ideal and
give it some more consideration.
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