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Fruitarianism is the pursuit of a strict form of vegan diet that is limited to eating the ripe fruits of plants and trees. '''Fruitarians''' ('''frugivores'''http://www.thefreedictionary.com/frugivores or '''fructarians''') eat in principle only the Fruit of Plant s.http://www.bartleby.com/61/44/F0344400.html As with other dietary practices, such as diet.http://www.vegetariantimes.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=117 Fruitarian definition of fruit When discussing food, the term "fruit" usually refers to just those plant fruits that are sweet and fleshy (including Plum s, Apple s, and Orange s). Botanically, though, some foods commonly called "vegetables" (including the Bell Pepper , Tomato , and Cucumber ), as well as Nut s and Grain s, are Fruit s.http://www.cite-sciences.fr/lexique/definition1.php?idmot=412&rech_lettre=f&num_page=14&habillage=standard&lang=an&id_expo=25&id_habillage=36 Fruitarians use differing definitions of what is considered a "fruit." Definition of fruitarian Some fruitarians will eat only what falls (or would fall) naturally from a plant, that is: foods that can be harvested without killing the plant. These foods consist primarily of culinary fruits, nuts, and and some cooked foods.http://www.acorn.net/fruitarian/what.html Many fruitarians use the botanical definitions of fruits and consume products as well. Motivation Some fruitarians believe fruitarianism was the original diet of mankind in the form of -like Paradise will require Simple Living and a Holistic approach to health and diet. Other fruitarians wish to avoid killing in all its forms, including plants.http://www.acorn.net/fruitarian/what.html Some fruitarians say that eating some types of fruit does the parent plant a favor and that fleshy fruit has evolved to be eaten by animals, to achieve , encouraging proliferation of the plant, but only if one defecates outside, which most Westerners do not. Fruit cores or pits, however, will be tossed aside to sprout too near the parent plant to gain any benefit. According to Herbert Shelton, the founder of Natural Hygiene, "fruits are also appealing to man's visual, olfactory and gustatory senses"(HM Shelton; "Hygienic Review" June 1976) and "man is naturally frugivorous".http://www.harvestfields.ca/harvest/1-text/Hygienic/System.htm Fruitarianism is indicated by anthropologist Dr. Marvin Katz as humankind's natural diet.http://www.acorn.net/fruitarian/what.html CRITICISMS
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''Six years of experiment have showed me that the brahmachari's ideal food is fresh fruit and nuts. The immunity from passion that I enjoyed when I lived on this food was unknown to me after I changed that diet. Brahmacharya needed no effort on my part in South Africa when I lived on fruits and nuts alone. It has been a matter of very great effort ever since I began to take milk. How I had to go back to milk from a fruit diet will be considered in its proper place. It is enough to observe here that I have not the least doubt that milk diet makes the brahmacharya vow difficult to observe. Let no one deduce from this that all brahmacharis must give up milk. The effect on brahmacharya of different kinds of food can be determined only after numerous experiments. I have yet to find a fruit substitute for milk which is an equally good muscle-builder and easily digestible. The doctors, vaidyas and hakims have alike failed to enlighten me. Therefore, though I know milk to be partly a stimulant, I cannot, for the time being, advise anyone to give it up''
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