Nameste if you manage to live so healthily on fruits and vegetables I wonder
what country are you living in? The reason I am asking this is because
living in the colder northern hemisphere it is difficult to maintain health
on such a diet as it is overall too cooling ot the body. This then tends to
undermine the intergrity of the adrenal glands which then lowers digestive
power. i find that there are certain bodies who need the inclusion of grains
in the diet for health and and maintaining water balance in the body.
I found a diet of just fruit and vegetables too eliminating for my body
although I appreciate that others do ok. One has to look at the long term
implications of an all fruit diet. Our livers for optimal function need a
certain amount of protein. I do not believe that this can be got from fruit
as I lost too much weight on an all fruit diet and only gained it back when
I put good quality protein back in my diet.
I find that an all fruit diet is ok for a few days for cleansing purposes
but beyond this it can work against some constitutions.
Regards
Martha
----- Original Message -----
From: "Loren Lockman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: Frutarian diets


> Dear Robin,
>
> Your questions are good ones, and asked frequently.  There is a lot of
> misinformation out there, and many people are surprised to learn the
answers
> to these questions.  I'll answer them below.
>
> In a message dated 3/5/01 11:16:27 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << First of all, what about protein and fats. I know we don't need a lot
of
>  these (definitely much less than the NOrth American diet contains) but we
>  do need some for muscle building and for the maintenance of equilibrium
>  within the body. I'm thinking particularly of women who need a certain
>  amount of fat in their bodies to achieve healthy rereproductive capacity.
>
> **You are right, of course, that we do need some protein and fat in our
diet.
>  What very few people understand is that there is both protein and fat in
All
> plant foods.  Protein is the building block of cell tissue, so every
single
> living cell -- plant or animal -- contains protein. Enzymes, the very
thing
> we talk so much about with raw foods, are specialized proteins.  Though
there
> is not a lot of protein in fruit, it is all we need.  A human baby gets
> between 1 and 2% protein in breast milk at the time in it's life when it
is
> growing the fastest, and therefore its protein needs are highest.  Fruit
> supplies, on average, just as much protein as human breast milk, and is
more
> than sufficient for any human's needs.
>
> **Plant foods -- including fruit -- also supply ample fat, in the form of
> fatty acids.  Fats perform the same roles in plant cells as they do in
ours,
> and just as they are found in all of our body's cells, they are found
> throughout plant cells as well, obviously in differing quantities.
Avocados
> have lots of fat, oranges much less.  Leafy greens also are loaded with
fatty
> acids.
>
> **Though most of our bodies are used to concentrated sources of both fat
and
> protein, when given the chance, and only fed the most physiologically
> appropriate human diet -- fruit and leafy greens -- they become much
better
> able to efficiently assimilate and use the small amounts of protein and
fats
> found in plant foods.
>
> **The generally accepted neccessary quantities of these macro nutrients is
> way over-stated because it's based on the apparent needs of the average
> person.  But the average person is creating heart disease or cancer as we
> speak -- not well, and not functioning efficiently.  It hardly makes sense
to
> try to understand the needs of the human body by looking at a poorly
> functioning example of one.
>
> **The same can be said for the micronutrients -- vitamins, minerals,
enzymes,
> and other phyto-nutrients.  Our needs are much smaller than believed, when
> the body is functioning properly and efficiently -- and this Only happens
on
> the diet that our bodies are designed for -- primarily fruit and leafy
> greens.  Like the other primates, we do NOT have the appropriate
physiology
> to process and break down the toxic by-products of a heavy protein diet.
Our
> physiology bears little resemblance to that of the carnivores and
omnivores
> who are endowed with the ability to quickly and efficiently eliminate
these
> toxic wastes created by consuming large amounts of protein.
>
> **Of course the average person is also cooking most of their food, and
> rendering the majority of the nutrients, both macro and micro, unusable.
>
>  Along these lines, are you going to try to tel us that a foetus can
develop
>  quite well if the mother eats a diet of mostly fruit and some veggies?
>
> **Absolutely.  Just as in all of the other anthropoid primates, and in
fact,
> most of the animals on the planet.
>
>  Also, what about the bowel system? Yes, what you say about cleansing the
>  body so it can adjust to a light diet makes sense. However, much fruit
has
>  diarrhetic (spelling?) qualities which can wreak havoc with the bodies.
I'm
>  thinking both of the high water content and of the high fibre content.
>   >>
> **Neither high water content nor high fiber content will cause diarrhea in
a
> healthy body.  In fact, both will often prevent it.  Our digestive tracts
are
> extremely long relative to other animals, and require fiber in all of our
> foods for proper processing.  We are over 70% water, and will become
> partially dehydrated if not consuming a diet of mostly high-water content
> food.  Eating nothing but fruit and salad, I never have diarrhea -- or any
> other sign of sickness or disease.  In fact, I went from being extremely
ill
> to being perfectly healthy, and have not been sick one day in almost 14
> years.
>
> **I hope this helps answer your questions Robin.
>
> Namaste,
>
> Loren
>