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Fruitarians (or '''fructarians''') are a subgroup of Vegans who eat only the Fruit of Plant s. This includes not only what one typically thinks of as a "fruit" in the culinary sense such as Apple s and Orange s, but also other Food s that are botanically the fruits of Flowering Plant s (that is, the seed-containing reproductive parts), including Berries , Nut s, Seed s, Capsicum s, Tomato es, Squash , Bean s, Pea s, and so on. There are different variations of fruitarianism. Some fruitarians will eat only what falls (or would fall) naturally from a plant—fruits, seeds and nuts. Others may eat all biological fruits. The former argue that the Slippery Slope of what 'would' fall from the plant leads to including foods that would otherwise be taboo. Grains are usually disallowed, as they are conventionally harvested by cutting down the plant. Most fruitarians are also Raw Foodists . MOTIVATION Motivated by religious faith in the ). It should be noted that a large number of fruitarians, including Mahatma Gandhi, are neither Christian nor Jewish. Some fruitarians only eat the fruit of a plant so that the plant does not have to be killed. For instance when one eats a root vegetable such as a Carrot , the whole carrot plant dies. Fruitarians point out that, in nature, eating some types of fruit actually does the parent plant a favor. Fleshy fruit has evolved with the obvious purpose of being eaten by animals, to achieve Seed Dispersal . Seeds in fruits will be swallowed and travel through the animal's digestive tract before Sprouting in a pile of ready-made Fertilizer , or, in the case of fruits with cores or pits, will be tossed aside to sprout. Without animals eating fruit, the seed would not travel far enough away from the plant to allow the species to proliferate successfully. The benefit of seed spreading, however, depends on the seed (and thus the feces) being returned to Arable Land (rather than to Sewer s or Septic Tank s which tend to be unfavorable to seed cultivation). FAMOUS FRUITARIANS
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MEDICAL RISKS The most commonly cited potential medical risks of fruitarianism are:
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