I've joined the fruigivore club

[Giuseppe Hardblast]

Changed my diet about 3 weeks ago to all raw fruit(with the exception of a chicken chipotle burrito) and I'm enjoying it so far. I like not having to do dishes in my van anymore or cook in it. It's a relief. Simplier.

 

[bullfrog]

You can still poke a stick in a piece of meat and roast it over the campfire and eat it off the stick and have no dishes to do! LOL!!!

 

[ckelly78z]

That's my preferred method !

 

[crofter]

What about the 50g or so of protein you need per day? How are you getting that?

I have gone to one cooked meal (breakfast) and one raw foods meal (veggies usually) with a protein drink if I'm low that day.   -crofter

 

[Giuseppe Hardblast]

From what I understand the fruit will give me all the protein I need

 

[AuricTech]

But will such a diet give you the necessary variety of amino acids?

 

[speedhighway46]

How’s your pooping? Any difference with when eating all that fruit?

 

[poot_traveller]

All that fruit is a lot of sugar. At least stay away from high sugar fruits like bananas.

 

[travelaround]

If your hair falls out as mine did you might want to add more protein. Worked for me.

 

[Giuseppe Hardblast]

If your hair falls out as mine did you might want to add more protein. Worked for me.

From what I heard, the people that experience this do so because it's part of the detoxification process and if you stick with it your hair actually grows back healthier and fuller and in some instances I've seen grey hair regain color.

 

[Giuseppe Hardblast]

To all the pep asking questions. This is pretty new to me. I'm going to try it and see what results I get. I've done enough research that I feel this is the optimum diet. And it suits my van life lifestyle. Maybe down the road my mind will change. We will have to see what the results are.

And pooping is super easy now

 

[Timmy Hawk]

I love this topic!

"What about the 50g or so of protein you need per day?"

Imagine a giraffe, and elephant and gorilla out in the wild and they're having a conversation ... where do you get your protein from?
There's more protein in romaine lettuce than there is in red meat if you go by caloric density opposed to serving size.
There's 7g of protein in 100 calories of romaine lettuce, there's 6g of protein in 100 calories of red meat.

If you ate nothing but leafy greens, raw veggies, fruit, beans, berries and nuts not only would you not have to worry about protein, you'd be well on your way for your daily water needs as these foods add to your water intake, not take away from it.

It's amazing how we have been conditioned to believe that animals are the best source of protein. They're not.

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[crofter]

This nutritionist lists many fruits around 1 gram protein per serving. You would want to supplement for protein somehow, IMHO.    ~crofter

https://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/g22814714/high-protein-fruits/

 

[Timmy Hawk]

"leafy greens, raw veggies, fruit, beans, berries and nuts"

I see 5 other supplements that I listed to fruit.

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[crofter]

"leafy greens, raw veggies, fruit, beans, berries and nuts"

I see 5 other supplements that I listed to fruit....

What is their protein content? Romaine, the most nutritious lettuce, is listed same as fruits, 1 gram protein per serving. You could get 8 grams protein if you ate an entire head. I agree that a plant based diet has some benefits, but just curious how the protein need is being met.   ~crofter

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https://www.prevention.com/food-nut...high-protein-vegetables-and-plant-based-food/

 

[crofter]

My fave plant based protein is organic edamame (green soybeans) prepared like a bean salad. 18 grams protein per cup. Followed by garbanzo beans, nut butters, and other nut based snacks all coming in at about 7 grams per serving. Not sure if fruigivores eat any of these things.   ~crofter

 

[Timmy Hawk]

Crofter. ...they're being met by eating all of those foods that I listed, not just one or two. And you're using serving size, opposed to caloric density.
I simply stated that animals aren't the best source of protein. Red meat is a known link to cancer so with that, it can't be the BEST source of protein as there are other sources to get protein that won't give you cancer.

Hopefully we can agree on this ... we have a health care system that doesn't care about our food. And we have a food supply system that doesn't care about our health.

*I guess i am officially a Debbie Downer as I'd be careful with how much soy I ate. Monsanto controls 90% of the soybean production in the U.S. and they have genetically modified their soybeans to be resistant to Roundup. A weed killer that surprise surprise, they make.

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[crofter]

...*I guess i am officially a Debbie Downer as I'd be careful with how much soy I ate.  Monsanto controls 90% of the soybean production in the U.S. and they have genetically modified their soybeans to be resistant to Roundup. A weed killer that surprise surprise,  they make....

Although not on the Dirty Dozen list, only soybeans from organic sources please, as stated in the link above.   ~crofter

https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/dirty-dozen.php

Here are the Clean Fifteen, which could be sourced from non organic farms, but why?

https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/clean-fifteen.php

 

[eDJ_]

Minimalist dish washing to me would suggest making any of several Skish Kabbobs.   This could be pulled off the skewer with a warmed burrito wrapper and different sauces drizzled on whatever meat, veggies, fruits, etc that you cooked.   

You may only have a knife, skewers, and a cutting board to clean up.   A Kabbob menu could be widely varied by it's design alone.  If you don't want the burrito wrapper you could eat the food items off the skewer one piece at a time.  But as a minimalist technique for cooking this could offer a solution.

 

[Allan1958]

Crofter. ...they're being met by eating all of those foods that I listed, not just one or two.  And you're using serving size,  opposed to caloric density.
I simply stated that animals aren't the best source of protein.  Red meat is a known link to cancer so with that,  it can't be the BEST source of protein as there are other sources to get protein that won't give you cancer.

Hopefully we can agree on this ... we have a health care system that doesn't care about our food. And we have a food supply system that doesn't care about our health.

*I guess i am officially a Debbie Downer as I'd be careful with how much soy I ate.  Monsanto controls 90% of the soybean production in the U.S. and they have genetically modified their soybeans to be resistant to Roundup. A weed killer that surprise surprise,  they make.

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