Dear Jean-Louis,

This is FANTASTIC!!!!!  And to think that you see through all this =
after only six months, is it, of instincto?  Congratulations.  I =
think you have successfully evaded the ostrich quicksand of dietary =
dogmatism.

Best wishes,
Deborha

>You seem to be describing the average fruitarian. Let me do the same
>with the average instincto. Maybe some of the readers will find
>the following caricature amusing, but not so far from reality.

>Mr. X is an instinctive eater. He had been a vegetarian for 3 years, but
>his health didn't benefit from his diet as much as he would have liked.
>He had read about many different theories, which contradict more or
>less each other. One day, as he was looking randomly at books on a shelf
>of a bookstore, he spots a thick book. The title says: "Manger Vrai", by
>G.-C. Burger. Intrigued by the fact that the Ultimate Diet could consist
>of cheeseburgers, he opens the book at the first page and sees a story
>about red cabbages. After a while, he realizes that it is about eating
>raw. As the ideas seem non-conventional, and haven't been exposed in any
>of the 35 dusty books about dietetics that lie in Mr X's library, he
>decides to buy it.
>
>Coming back home, he cannot wait to read his new book. At first, he is
>seduced by the provocative tone, and then by the scientific approach.
>So many rigorous arguments, and promises of eternal youth, return to
>the Golden Age! Wow! He is conscious that raw diets are extreme, and that
>instincto is one of the most extreme of raw diets. But doesn't mind. He
>has never liked conventional ideas, and always despised those who
>a priori reject all the ideas that have not been scientifically proven.
>And any idea, by the mere fact that it can disturb people, is attractive
>to him.

>So, he decides to go to Montram=E9 for one week. Everything is so fine,
>Burger is bright and has a strong personality, everyone is so excited
>about their experience, like kids discovering a new toy. Of course adults'
>toys are somewhat more expensive, but what's the hell? Health is =
priceless.
>
>After that euphoric week, he firmly decides to continue forever. Of =
course,
>he loses weight, and as others think he has gone crazy and =
self-destructive,
>he knows it is a sign of detoxification and says to everyone who wants
>to hear it that he is feeling great, that all his health problems are =
being
>solved. Of course, he worries a bit about his weight, and eats a lot
>of concentrate food, maybe too much. But why worry about pouring so much
>high-quality, "original" food? So, he doesn't listen to the comments =
around
>him. Instead, he strongly believes that he has found the right path to
>Ultimate Truth, that most people are blind to it, and that he is somewhat
>enlightened, among the elite.
>
>A few months later, as his weight comes back to normal, it comforts him
>in his belief that his diet is correct and that his was right, alone
>against the whole world. Of course, he is conscious that his health is
>not yet perfect, but there are many reasons to that: detoxification still
>under way, food supply not of perfect quality, and, above all, "mistakes"
>that will certainly be corrected with experience. He feels he has to
>keep closer to the instincto line, make no exceptions, because anything
>incorrect may mislead his instinct and destroy the fragile building.
>So, he is trapped, but he doesn't care, because his jail is a golden one.
>He is obsessed about his diet, yes, but doesn't want to appear so. His
>feelings are a mixture of a sense of purity (so many instinctive quality
>tropical fruits flown by Orkos) and of guilt (why attach so much =
importance
>to something trivial, the lowest, animal part in us?).
>
>Three years later, his health has improved a lot. He has been searching
>for a more and more perfect diet, fighting against his neo-cortex and
>many years of obliterated instinct. His health is still not perfect, but
>he still believes that the key lies in more perfection, more refinement
>of his practice. At that point, he decides to come back to Montram=E9 for =
a
>few days. There, he meets Miss. Y. They immediately fall in love with
>each other at the first glance (wow!). Of course, he guides her in her
>new path. He is a bit paternalistic, but he is too proud of showing the
>truth to a not yet enlightened person. He feels his understanding of
>instincto theory is so deep that it is his duty to share it to others.
>
>The following year, X and Y plan to travel to Thailand (country of the
>durian!). Of course, they have heard of some diseases in tropical areas,
>such as mal... malar... What? Don't remember. They don't care, since
>instinctos are immune to all diseases, and anyway, as viruses are all
>beneficial, the new ones they would encounter can but help further
>detoxifying. So, they land at Bangkok in the summer 19**, and really enjoy
>the cheap tropical fruits. However, after one week, Y has a severe fever,
>muscle cramps, lost appetite, and is so weak that she has to stay in
>bed. Convinced that it is a detoxification process, X advises Y to let
>Nature do its work of natural healing, although Y expresses some doubts.
>But after one week, as Y gets worse and worse, X decides to call a doctor.
>Y is immediately sent to the hospital for an emergency treatment, as
>she is diagnosed to have caught the notorious par... paras... Well,
>something that doesn't exist in instincto theory.
>
>Y gets better after 48 hours. They both come back to France, but after her
>near-death experience, Y has become more skeptical about instincto theory,
>so she decides to give up strict practice. Her diet still includes lots
>of raw fruits and veggies, no wheat and milk. Of course, X was a bit
>angry towards her, has a feeling of betrayal. He thinks she should resume
>instincto, refine her diet, detoxify further... but he finally accepts it
>with philosophy, more convinced than ever that instincto is only for the
>elite, and that he decidedly is among the privileged people.
>
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Jean-Louis