Some diets are difficult to follow for one reason or another. For example, some are expensive, difficult to prepare, or downright unhealthy. The Fruitarian Diet, on the other hand, does not work for most people because not only can it cause severe health problems, but it can also lead to mental problems as well. Before we delve into that, we must first discuss what the Fruitarian Diet is.

Truth be told, fruitarianism is more than just a program. For the people who practice it, it is a way of life. Fruitarians not only do not eat anything other than fruits, they only eat fruits that can be gathered without causing any harm to the plant. Extreme fruitarians eat only fruits that fall to the ground naturally. Most fruitarians do not eat cooked food, nor do they eat vegetables since eating them causes harm to the plant. Knowing this, you already have an idea how difficult it is to be a fruitarian.

Furthermore, negative factors abound once you try a fruitarian diet. Not only do people find the diet so difficult to follow, it can also lead to diseases or disorders such as the following: Vitamin B12 deficiency, Diabetic diseases due to high sugar intake from fruits, Eating disorders. The last disorder is brought about by the fact that eating only fruits can cause a person to crave for other foods. This can lead to binge-eating and purging. Some become obsessed with eating only the right food, in this case, fruits, and this can lead to anorexia. These are just a few negative factors about the diet. However, if you are keen on trying it out, make sure that you have other sources of essential nutrients or vitamins to keep your body in shape.

The main premise, when following this form of a raw vegan diet, has to do with a person limiting him or herself to only eating fruits, some varieties of seeds, and a limited selection of vegetables. Of course, much of the food selection that a fruitarian chooses for this living raw lifestyle depends on how strictly they choose to follow this diet. There are many supporters of the lifestyle that some call “living raw” and claim that following a fruitarian diet is healthful, as it has many benefits, but those in the mainstream medical community disagree strongly. It is a fact that most traditional physicians caution against eating a strict fruit diet because it will result in a lack of nutrition and lead to health problems.

The idea of a fruit diet goes back a long way in human history to a time when humans were in their primitive state, and only had a diet that consisted of living foods, such as fruits and vegetables. Fruitarians are also quick to point out that many health and digestive problems are created by the cooking of foods, as is commonly practiced in today’s modern world. They claim that many common diseases and illnesses can be prevented or reversed by focusing on raw food in a daily eating plan.

Even though eating raw food is central to the fruit diet, the fact is that there are a number of fresh fruits and vegetables that are simply indigestible unless they are cooked. Those who warn against a strict fruitarian lifestyle use this point to suggest that cooking processes have actually expanded the nutritional choices available to the human race, rather than destroying nutrients as extreme fruitarians claim.

In actuality, the truth is somewhere in between. While there is no doubt that fruit adds many beneficial nutritional elements into the diet, reason would dictate that following this path very strictly would eliminate some nutrients that the human body needs to flourish. At the same time, there is abundant and clear evidence that cooking fresh and living foods will indeed destroy vitamins, minerals, enzymes and other nutrients.

The majority of those who follow and advocate the fruitarian diet do recognize that relying on such a narrow range of foods is not the healthiest approach. As a result, most fruitarians strive to include a wider range of healthy foods into their overall diets for good balance and full nutrition. The bottom line is that the average person could benefit from eating raw food in more abundance, even though going to the extreme of a fruitarian lifestyle is not necessary.