Introductions aside

It's been almost two weeks since I've started on the road of fruitarianism. So far... I've met the transition simply. As in I started with a two day fast, eating a portion of fruits in the evenings only. Then on the third day I just ate fruits when I was hungry in the morning, afternoon and evening. My blender and juicer has come in handy, but the stove (and the microwave) I haven't used at all. (Strange, but true.) All my food intake is raw so no need for any heat. Other than that, I'm having buchu tea during the day, so the kettle came in handy aswell. On a side-note I have consumed nuts and cold-pressed olive oil during this time, but according to Eden fruitarianism; nuts aren't fruits, and oils aren't allowed. So I've been on the road, but also not on the road, so to speak.

Personally, things are going great. I've adapted to my predominant fruitarian diet with success. No longing for cooked foods, and no longing for eating convenience foods, such as fast foods like pizzas, curries, sushi and cakes (vegan btw). The fasting, I believe, helped for that. It also gave me perspective on how much I can eat (or consume) daily, or at all.

A bit of history will add some clarification onto my decision to move to a fruit diet. I became a lacto-vegetarian in 2003, then moved onto veganism in 2007 for ethical reasons (animal rights). It's 2017 now, and I've felt it's about time to take the next step. Which, after some inner searching and outer researching, I came upon Eden fruitarianism. It's been such a revelation and motivational force to hear of how others have adapted to such a simple, yet ecologically friendly diet.

To call it a diet though is wrong. It's more of a lifestyle, like veganism in its entirety is a lifestyle. As in, it consists of more than what you eat. It's also a way on how you address the world, which may sound esoteric to some, in this context, or unrealistic to others. But more on that soon.

The fruit diet is by far the most simple diet I have come across. Being a strict vegan for 10 years has given me a lot of perspective on how to isolate food as an integral part to my life. In the past I've lived to eat. Now I eat to live. I thought a lot about food, to such an extent where I forgot all else, even the contradictions behind a vegan diet. Which is, that veganism in itself, at face value, may come across as radical and peace loving, but when one looks closely at it, one realizes it's not that different from a meat centered diet. Or rather carnist diet as some intellectuals may call it.

Veganism for those who do not know, is basically a strict plant based diet. It encompasses the following foods: Grains, beans, legumes, cereals, rice, pasta, oils, processed soy products (tofu, veggie burgers, veggie hotdogs, veggie salami, veggie chicken, veggie mince, veggie pies, soy milks), fruits, vegetables, frozen foods, breads, cookies, condiments (tomato sauce, mustard, relish, vegan mayo, nut butters, atchar), other dairy-free products, like almond milk, hemp milk, rice milk, cheese, and nuts. This summary may not be conclusive, but it clearly marks a great difference between fruitarianism and itself.

You guessed it, fruitarians, or rather Eden fruitarians, only eat fruits, which cuts out a lot of the added produce to feed the vegan population. And as you can see, it is a lot. Just walk through a supermarket or general goods store and see for yourself.

The difference is so huge, that I'd rather say that fruitarianism is a completely separate entity onto itself in comparison to veganism. As a matter of fact, vegans have it easy. They just cut out the animal produce in their diets. They are not socially and economically cast out like fruitarians anymore. Which I'll get to shortly.

Basically they, vegans, still contribute to the destruction of natural “resources” and the killing of animals, as do their meat and dairy eating counterparts, because all produce (such as the mono-crops of soya and wheat) ends up being used also by the animal exploitation industries aswell as the happy go lucky peace endorsing vegans. Trust me, one does not want to consider it when one is vegan, because one initially and finally thinks that one is exempt from the ultimate destruction of planet Earth and its inhabitants. Or rather, because of the propaganda behind diets in general, people tend to forget about the contradictions or negative sides, which rarely if ever came up while I was vegan. Such as the argument that ecologically and economically the vegan diet is also destructive enough to bring all life to its knees.

Fruitarianism is by far more ecologically friendly and humane than veganism. Sadly though it has not been adopted by many of the worlds citizens. Business (like restaurants and take-out joints) in general doesn't care about fruitarians much, and to make matters worse, the common man and woman, doesn't look happily onto us either. Casting us out for something so simple yet so profound. But we don't care. Luckily. We just live our lives for the present and not some blissful future supplied by our strange if absurd habits as the carnists and veggies do.

Currently fruit is still considered necessary to human happiness and health, that farmers grow them and supply them en masse to the general public. So at least it's possible to be fruitarian. With the way things are going though, with super-capitalism and all, we may end up prioritizing destruction over reconstruction to its bitter end. Think species extinction. I'm sure fruits are on that list aswell.

Now I have a problem. My birthday is coming up and my family wants to go eat sushi. What can a newly convert to fruitarianism do? We'll just have to wait and see!

Peace!