Forum - The Frugivore Diet2023-02-13T00:12:35Zhttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/feed/allTHE FRUGIVORE DIET IN SHUTTING DOWN (please read)https://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/the-frugivore-diet-in-shutting-down-please-read2023-02-13T00:08:10.000Z2023-02-13T00:08:10.000ZFrugivore Freeleehttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/freeleefrugivore<div><p>We regretfully advise you that <strong><em>The Frugivore Diet</em></strong> (formely 30 bananas a day) will be shutting down in 24 hours. I (Freelee, the creator of the site) have paid over $1200 a year to keep the site up since 2009. Unfortunately, I simply cannot continue to pay this and as a result the site must be discontinued. It's definitely sad for me but with the rise in social media sites like Instagram it's impossible to compete.</p>
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<p>Love Freelee </p></div>Miami fruit recipeshttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/miami-fruit-recipes2023-02-12T19:06:21.000Z2023-02-12T19:06:21.000ZSUVINEhttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/SUVINE<div><p>Some of them. It's free. I downloaded online.</p><p>Amazing </p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10962556075,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10962556075,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="10962556075?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10962554863,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10962554863,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="10962554863?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10962554463,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10962554463,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="10962554463?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10962553077,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10962553077,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="10962553077?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10962549669,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10962549669,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="10962549669?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10962551087,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10962551087,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="10962551087?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p></div>The Greater Reset Conference Jan. 18-22https://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/the-greater-rest-conference-jan-18-222023-01-21T11:11:32.000Z2023-01-21T11:11:32.000Zednshellhttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/ednshell<div><p><a href="http://https//odysee.com/@TheGreaterReset:4/TGR4day3pt1:a" target="_blank">The Greater Reset Conference</a></p>
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<p>I am enjoing this inspiring and informative conference and thought I'd share. Catherine Austin Fitts was on today and her talk was great.</p>
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<p> </p></div>Hi, aniwun in the northeast (new england)?https://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/hi-aniwun-in-the-northeast-new-england2023-01-01T13:12:05.000Z2023-01-01T13:12:05.000ZVama Noshttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/BEAFree<div><p>Looking to get off grid eventually and kan share ride and food information.</p></div>Fermented food is a source of B12?https://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/fermented-food-is-a-source-of-b122022-12-09T11:56:50.000Z2022-12-09T11:56:50.000ZOleghttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/Oleg703<div><p>Hi there</p><p>The question is can fruitarians take fermented food such as saurkraut on a regular basis? I personally love it. Also I make sauerkraut without salt or other harmful substances. Recently I saw few articles about that there is even a bit of B12 in sauerkraut - vitamin the fruitarians lack most (allegedly).</p><p>So do you eat fermented food? Or there is some risk I don't know about?</p></div>Does Raw Til 4/the Frugivore Diet Heal Psychosis?https://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/does-raw-til-4-the-frugivore-diet-heal-psychosis2022-12-07T16:21:25.000Z2022-12-07T16:21:25.000ZDezrael Hannahttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/DezraelHanna<div><p style="text-align:left;">Hi everyone, I'm new and I've only been on this diet since after Thanksgiving. </p><p style="text-align:left;">I was diagnosed with psychosis 3 years ago. Last week I ran out of meds for 3 days and nothing changed. The voices didn't get louder like it has before. I was fine. Last time this happened the voices were louder than I ever had them, but this time since being on the diet I was okay and I'm very happy about that. So it leaves me to ask, has anyone on this diet been able to recover from psychosis related illnesses and come off of medication and how long did it take? I'm on meds but I'm also on a supplementation program for about 6 months. I'm also wanting to see an integrative psychiatrist to ween me off of medication and possibly on to herbs as an alternative to the medication, but I would like to avoid having my parents spend anymore money on these things if the diet will be enough. Any input welcomed, thanks!</p></div>Fiction titles with vegan main characters.https://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/fiction-titles-with-vegan-main-characters2022-11-25T23:52:22.000Z2022-11-25T23:52:22.000ZLeah Spilchenhttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/LeahSpilchen<div><p>Hello friends. In additon to enjoying hclfrv/vegan reference books, I am an avid reader of fiction and have found it annoying when the only vegan characters in books are depicted as unhealthy weirdos, eating unappetising food! Recently I did a search for books with vegan characters and came up with this short list.</p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/lists/vegan-fiction-books-about-vegans-and-books-for-vegans">https://bookshop.org/lists/vegan-fiction-books-about-vegans-and-books-for-vegans</a></p><p>I found one of the above books through my online library and have it on hold. Do any of you have names of other fiction books you would recommend? ...and of course fiction books with characters eating raw would be fabulous, but perhaps they are yet to be written. </p><p>(If this post doesn't follow site guidelines, let me know.)</p><p>Thanks!</p></div>What ACTUALLY Happens When You Go Off Of Rt4 Or The Frugivore Life Style: Testimonialhttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/what-actually-happens-when-you-go-off-of-rt4-or-the-frugivore-lif2022-10-13T16:05:14.000Z2022-10-13T16:05:14.000ZCourtney Loganhttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/CourtneyLogan<div><p>As I write this, my hands are shaking; for the first time since February, I drank a few sips of coffee. As a stimulant caffeine is ravishing my brain in a way that <strong>is not natural,</strong> as all drugs do. I have put it aside, as I now have the mental fortitude to get back on track.</p><p>But why did I need this coffee?</p><p>I did not have one of my large, fruit smoothies in the morning. I would wake up refreshed and clear-headed -- no anxiety and trembling hands. This downward spiral of not consuming the <strong>healthiest, most natural foods</strong> keeps me going through the day. RT4 kept me fit and happy. However, things changed when I was admitted to the hospital. The vegan food was processed and greasy. The only fruit I was able to get were two bananas and an apple (and also an orange if I was lucky), a smoothie my mom would bring me during visiting hours, or a vegan salad made by my best friend. The cafeteria vegetables were swimming in oil, but it was my only option other than fruit. The food hurt my digestive system so badly that I had to be given a laxative, as I hadn't been able to go to the bathroom for days</p><p>Of course, this made me feel sluggish and unhappy; the exact opposite of what the hospital was trying to do. I have gained weight and have since reverted back to my eating disorder, as my brain has now re-wired itself to be afraid of food rather than eat happily and exercise. I will try to get back onto RT4 next week when I go grocery shopping.</p><p>Here are the myths of people quitting that I will debunk due to first-hand experience.</p><p>1. These people are actually vegan. Nope! If you quit RT4 as an experiment, then "crave" animal products so desperately, you weren't doing it correctly, weren't eating, and wanted the clicks. I was forced in a room for 5+ hours where I was not allowed to do anything. I was given a meal of chicken with rice and beans. I was starving and ate all of it, crying because I knew what the poor animal had to go through just to be in some styrofoam box. I think about it almost every day. </p><p>2. RT4 makes you fat. No, it doesn't. Period. You wake up lean and just like everybody else, your stomach expands throughout the day as more food is consumed; however, because of fruit's fiber and water, it is expelled quickly. I gained weight when I ate differently, which is now why I am trying to recover from anorexia. The irony is that I am now the same weight I was before, only this time I am starving myself rather than eating whenever I feel like it.</p><p>3. People feel like they are finally getting enough food. No. You were not eating enough.</p><p>4. Their bodies feel so healthier when they go off RT4. They do not feel incredible; they are constipated, get acne, and are tired. </p><p>5. RT4 is expensive. Yes, it can be, but only if you don't know how to shop. I go to two grocery stores and use coupons. Shop smart.</p><p><strong>I lost weight on RTW. I was inspired to exercise; I ran three miles three times a week on RT4. I was thin and energetic on RT4. I felt strong on RT4, I ate so much fruit on RTW. I was<em> happy with myself on RT4</em>.</strong></p><p>Now, I am wasting away, too tired to get out of my bed because I have no nutrients in my body. As I write this, my vision is blurry. Food is the enemy. </p><p>I will re-read what inspired me. I will start over. I will be happy again.</p></div>2 ingredient fruitarian raw vegan recipes. Let's make it a thing.https://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/2-ingredient-fruitarian-raw-vegan-recipes-let-s-make-it-a-thing2022-10-08T20:54:01.000Z2022-10-08T20:54:01.000ZSUVINEhttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/SUVINE<div><p> </p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10837308671,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10837308671,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="10837308671?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p><p>. I want to be a 100% Fruitarian but my backup plan is raw vegan and here are some notes I written on my phone. Bananas and a little kale make a great smoothie in a vitamix. You need a Vitamix for a puree. Bananas frozen blended with some raw chocolate or carob bean makes a good chocolate smoothie you could add mint if you have it. . A lemon squeezed in some water charges the water and makes it alive. You drink this every morning when you wake up and put a jar in your car always. Frozen bananas and water smoothie to really well with some vanilla flavoring. What will keep you going to lunch is a five banana smoothie with water and you can add anything to it. Raspberries and pineapple especially if the raspberries are frozen make a great smoothie you could add a little stevia to this. Bananas and figs make an excellent puree or a smoothie. You can soak the figs the dried figs in some water and use the soak water because it's very sweet. In a vitamix you would have to get cashews and lemon juice to make a fluffy whipped cream. Fruit and nuts processed together is cake. Dried fruit and nuts processed together is pie crust. Banana and celery is a good smoothie. A good vinaigrette is blended blackberries with tahini and some water. Apple avocado is a great smoothie it was Anne Wigmore's favorite. Flax seeds soaked in water with some vinegar makes an excellent cracker. Blended tomatoes with some flax seeds soaked would make a good cracker dehydrated under 110 degrees. Nuts and water can make a good nut milk which you have to strain it and a nut milk bag. Food processed shredded apples with a good date sauce on top. The date sauce can be dates and water maybe with some cinnamon nutmeg and sweet spices like ginger. Blended mango and tomato make a good pasta sauce. If you have Italian herbs around you can add this but it's okay on its own. You can make spaghetti by spiralizing zucchini and butternut squash. Even with a sauce of olive oil and salt these are delicious. Date and nut little truffles you just would process up some dates with some nuts. Then roll into little balls. Thai coconuts scoop out the soft flesh and blend it up and you got coconut cream. There's a lot you can do with coconut cream if you add shredded carrots dates vanilla cinnamon etc you can make a nice pudding. You can soak raw oatmeal overnight and you'll have oatmeal in the morning that you can cover with berries. You can have salsa which is just chopped up tomato and onions. If you have herbs or lemon juice this would be nice but it's okay on its own. If you don't eat onions it would be tomato and lemon. Or you can do tomato and cilantro. Or you can do a chopped tomato and bell pepper. For cacao or raw chocolate just mix it with some agave and you got a nice syrup. Blend in vitamix. Dateorade is dates and water blended in a blender you fill it with dates maybe a quarter full and then the rest with water and blend it until it's purified completely and it's so delicious. Hemp nuts blended in a Vitamix with water will make a nice nut milk you do not have to strain. When making a pie filling the inside of the pie ..you need a sweet fruit and a sour fruit so a sweet fruit is good like banana or mango and then the sour fruit would be like pineapple or strawberry. Mango pudding would be ripe mangoes blended in a food processor until it's creamy and then you top it off with chopped strawberries. Macadamia nuts processed to a paste with dates makes a great pudding with a little water. You can make a great ice cream by mixing together cashew butter with maple syrup. If you have nuts you can grind it up a little bit for some texture like ground almonds. Lemon juice and oil make a great marinade for any kind of shredded root vegetable. If you have cranberries you mix it up with some dates and you got cranberry sauce you have to equal the dates to the cranberries so it's not so sour and if you want to throw in an orange in the food processor that is super yummy too but not necessary. You can make a yummy fruit leather with blended fruit and lemon juice. Dehydrate until it's like fruit leather. Nuts and vegetables will make a good meat. This is blended together in processor. You don't want any hard parts it's got to be like a pate. You can have things like poultry season sage any kind of meat spices. Basically what a nut loaf is ...this is advanced ..if you're new ..you would probably want this to taste a little different ..so you can add to your meat carrots bell pepper onions mushrooms. You can make this with cups of carrots and same nuts and just grind it all together if you have herbs you can put it in. A great juice to make in your juicer besides whatever's in your fridge. Would be Apple and orange. A great smoothie would be bananas and celery. Celery with some raw nut butter spread on it makes a great snack. You can take a piece of kale and wrap a date in it. If you have cacao beans you can stick a cacao bean inside the date. Medjool dates are the best. Wild things outside like clover and dandelion salads might be a little bitter. They are best with sweet dressings. A good sweet dressing is water tahini and some dates. Instead of tahini you can add any nut to your vitamix and grind it up with some dates ..water..and it makes a sweet dressing and it's also creamy. Tahini and lemon juice with some water make a great salad dressing. You can add herbs or any garlic or anything you prefer. Raw sesame seeds made into little squares with some agave make a great halvah. Blended tomatoes and cucumber make a great soup if you're not advanced and a beginner you can add a teaspoon of agave and it'll bring out the flavors. Orange juiced with ginger is a great combination. Papaya with lime all over it is so delicious. Watermelon thrown in the blender with mint is delicious. Deseed them. Ground up grains soaked overnight with any kind of vegetable makes a great bread in the dehydrator. Season the way you like. Ground up grain soaked overnight with any kind of dried fruit and make a great porridge. Ground up grain soaked overnight like wheat and any kind of vegetable or herbs you can dehydrate it or bake it on a rock in the sun. Sun tea is basically a gallon of water in the sun all day with whatever you want to put in it like herbs like mint or orange slices. Pineapple and tahini make a great salad dressing in a blender with some water. Strawberry Lemonade Ingredients: 3 cups of spring or filtered water 1/2 cup organic lemon juice 2 cups organic strawberries, fresh or frozen stevia or agave to taste Directions: Combine all ingredients in a blender until smooth. In a pinch with greens a tablespoon of avocado oil and maybe a tablespoon of Apple cider vinegar. Or you can eat the greens just like that I've seen people do it. We eat the spinach like chips.</p><p> I bought a fruitarian book once and it had cooked fruitarian recipes in it and I've never heard this spoken about in the community and I'd like to hear your opinions on it especially the raw till 4 people.</p><p>My immediate goal would be to make all of the recipes in freely's raw til 4 book but only the raw versions they are so pretty and so beautiful and that's my goal. 📖 </p><p> I'm going to aim for a 100% fruitarian these are just my writings on my phone that may be useful to someone.</p><p> Fruit is like a religion it will save you it will create miracles and it's unexplainable what it is and I used to be perfect at it and now I'm imperfect but please God Durian help me be perfect again. We are all imperfect. Joke!</p></div>FRUITARIAN RAW VEGAN NOTEShttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/fruitarian-raw-vegan-notes2022-10-08T20:42:17.000Z2022-10-08T20:42:17.000ZSUVINEhttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/SUVINE<div><p> </p><p> I want to be a 100% Fruitarian but my backup plan is raw vegan and here are some notes I written on my phone.</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10837302094,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10837302094,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="10837302094?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p><p> </p><p>Would not it be nice to be a fruitarian in Thailand and be able to go to the fruit market and get a nice durian that smells so aromatic? Not all fruitarians or want to be fruitarians have that access..to the jungle... for this diet.. it's best to live in the subtropics ..OR Tropics or even places like California and Texas but it can be done. in colder climates it's just ..you really don't have any tree ripened fruit at all everything is sour from the store. When you go into the market. do you walk over to the raw meat, bags of Blood and Bones ..and say . I want to eat that ..or do you go to tree ripened fruit that's sugar sweet ..and carved and peeled for you.. like a pineapple? What would the baby want? The baby would want the peach and not the rabbit to eat. Pineapples in colder climate supermarkets are kind of either very sour or very rotten. Getting something tree ripened it's like liquid sunshine . And if you chose the meat.. do you eat it raw ..or do you have to cook it.. and if you cook it.. do you have to flavor it ..and call it something else? We call a cow..when we eat it.. beef.. but when we eat a pineapple we do not call it peef. Fruitarianists are purists they don't really want to hang around cooked food eaters .The diet.it does something to them. it changes them inside and it's optimal yes.. it's like the Supreme diet in their minds. and it feels really good. Sometimes they just don't want to be around people who eat cooked food even cooked vegans.. it's almost like the repellent pheromones come out. Politically there's division everywhere there's always a two-party system in everything. There's raw vegans who are high greens and raw vegans who are high fruit and boy do they fight with one another. There's old school raw vegans fighting with the new school raw vegans. The old school raw vegan say why don't you just make a raw vegan pizza instead of eating a bucket full of cucumbers and tomatoes. There's 811 fruitarians and then there's Gourmet cooked food fruitarians battling it out. 811 was invented by Doug Graham and he says you need 80% carbs 10% protein and 10% fat. His diet can be turned into something like raw til 4 too.. Doug is very charismatic and beloved and he's got many celebrity clients. The mainstream Health industry attacked him , tried to set him up as a international money Smuggler because he had a fasting retreat in Costa Rica.. and very suspicious happenings.. with this lawsuit where this woman said she almost died at his retreat. They tried to kill him too..his career. So many of these Pioneers have sold out or are dead. YES.. trolls and chills have destroyed the movements from within the forums. Yes. like they killed Ann Wigmore and blamed it on a fire. She was a Pioneer in raw foods a high greens High. Other Pioneers they bought their companies out and shelved them. They meaning the controllers those who passed into law that all almonds in the United States have to be pasteurized. 811 points out that you crave bread and cheese and meat and all that because you're not getting enough sweet fruit. You seek denser fattier things that would take really long to digest. With raw fruits that are tree ripened you are actually eating food cooked by sunshine and fresh air. Imagine getting a sack full of fresh tree ripe rambutans and finding somewhere to relax and do some ballet exercises and listening to the birds sing. If you eat a bag of chips you throw that bag on the ground and it does not decompose but if you eat a cantaloupe with some sprinkled spice on it you can throw the Rind out and it will be fertilizer and it will make the soil fluffy. And the seeds will grow. And if you eat raw seeds by accident.. and you go to the bathroom .your fertilizer will plant seeds everywhere. With fresh fruit there is no garbage. If you lived in a place like Malaysia you can just pick ripe Jackfruit off a tree anywhere you're going. Fruit is free.. it's free energy. Imagine where you can wake up when you could just pick some fresh lychees from a tree you can do that in Australia.. you can do that in Florida . and then you could go from your cabin.. pick out of 100 varieties of banana trees ..these are bananas you've never tried before... because you only know one that's in the supermarkets. A fruitarian meal could be a big giant bowl of tomatoes with some fresh greens and some fresh basil and you just eat the whole Bowl just like that ..and you get it off a farm. A very active bodybuilder can have 15 oranges and be satisfied. That would be called a mono meal. You do not need coffee to function. The fog needs to clear and you need the energy to talk to people. You need the right energy coming in. Imagine living in a place where mangoes are just falling off the trees in your backyard they're just all over the driveway ? Yes, fresh champagne mangoes right from the tree, sugar sweet! The best things in life are free and fruit is free and there's just so much of it and it's best to forage. Earn it. Instead of having cereal for breakfast you can just go to a melon farm and pick your own breakfast you can tell when the fruit melon is ripe because the stem is a little dried up and shriveled. You can eat watermelon with just your hands and it's sunny warm and very sweet. Finger Licking Good. I love using watermelon juice on my skin sometime if I have a bug bite or irritation ..scratch..I just put some watermelon and it's so Cooling and then I throw out the piece of watermelon. If you only have a food processor you can make a quick meal with a couple ripe bananas and half an avocado. If you have mint in your garden you can add that or you could add cinnamon many things dash of stevia ..You add water just like a smoothie and it won't blend but you'll get chunks of banana chunks of sweetness and it's kind of good.. throw some raisins in there ..nothing really gets chopped up enough .in a food processor that's like for poor raw vegans ..but it's better than nothing. Yes it's still edible in chunks. If you have bananas that are over ripe you can peel them and put them in the freezer and they are so yummy like ice cream. They slowly soften up. Banana and celery smoothie are both good combinations too. But you have to have a good blender for that. If you have a food processor that's okay you can eat it and it's just as good. Banana peels and other fruit garbage.. you don't want to mix it with regular paper or plastic garbage.. because it will attract flies and smell ..I think that's the point of composting.. is you want to separate the stuff.. that can be put back into the soil ..to make your garden fluffy. A pile of compost will attract lots of worms and stuff which help make the soil light and Airy and not hard and desert like. A handful of raw almonds you have to make sure they are unpasteurized will hold you over.. if you don't have any raw fruits or veggies. They actually taste sweet. IF you're too poor to buy massive amounts OF FRUIT..trust me ..when where there's a will there's a way.. and you might not have the will.. if you don't have the way.. this is like a magical adventure.. things just fall into place! But it's good to have a bag of unpasteurized almonds around. If you have spare time you could always Sprout them 8 hours and clean water and they're very crispy and not so hard for your teeth. Fruitarianism for a lot of people is just about being happy and it pretty much can save a person from just about anything. You can get your fruit by volunteering at an organic farm and you will get lots of freebies and you can do things like bag spinach or peel mangoes in a shredder. I have seen Paul Nison eating a bag of spinach as if it were like potato chips. I watched a guy at a farmer's market by a head of romaine and sprinkled dulse powder all over it ..and just eat the Romaine head.. raw like that. These would be advanced raw fooders. Beginner raw fooders would have to make recipes using all five flavors for every dish to for it to taste really yummy. And if you're cooking for cooked food people you would have to make gourmet raw for them to be really impressed. Anywhere you go around the world there's fruit featured fruitarian.. raw vegan restaurants ..and places where you can go ..and it's just all Tropical Fruit markets ..and juices for example. No matter where you go ..on whatever vacation.. you can get beautiful raw vegan fresh fruitarian meals. I've taken a world tour decades ago and it's a very close community and everybody knows each other. Also across language barrier there are many beautiful books you can find that are not in the market in America or on Amazon. When you eat greens what you do is you pick it out of the dirt like a beautiful rocket lettuce or something you pick it up you cut the root off and you just check for bugs and then you eat it like that. If you do not eat salt it's best to eat greens because it will definitely give you the sodium and especially celery it will taste like potato chips. Once your tastes have changed. It's almost impossible to be depressed on a fruitarian diet ..it's very hard.. but what happens is ..what doesn't serve you anymore.. you kind of slam the door on ..because there's just some things you can't bring with you.. and you can't attain your goals ..with this luggage ..so you leave a lot of things behind ..and it takes you to places.. where you can get support for your goals. Basically fruit. kind of does the work for you ..and it's like magic ..I can't explain it ..but everything bad just disappears. Especially your self-esteem..it benefits.. and how you look at your body.. and you have some sort of appeal ..when you look in the mirror ..that you really like.. what you see.. it's very unique and different ..to feel this after a lifetime of cooked food eating. Surprises people. They feel better than they did as a teenager no matter what age. Animals and your pets also eat raw vegan food.. for example if you have a fresh bag of apricots and it gets smushed you can serve that to your dog. Of course this wouldn't be the dogs main diet ..but they'll eat avocados and bananas like crazy when it falls from the trees. If you have pet chickens or backyard birds .. they'll eat all of that food compost. People should be able to recycle their compost or actually give it to the farmer so they can use it as fertilizer.. if everybody did it ..there wouldn't be any chemical fertilizer or nitrogen shortages. What you do with a beautiful heirloom tomato is you just chop it up on a plate and beautiful slices Rose Red. If you're going to do mono meal watermelon a good amount would be two watermelons a day if you're active male. You eat half of one as a meal with a spoon. Spiralize beetroot with some zucchini and make a tomato sauce with fresh tomato and orange juice you can add in garden herbs. You can take a big leaf from your garden and make a wrap and put the noodles inside. You would need a blender to make the sauce but you can do it in a food processor.. I'm sure it'll just be chunky. Spices in the raw vegan world are very controversial but it's optimal not to have any processed ingredients that you can get in the pouch powder or can. It's possible to have the lifestyle without it but for many you know.. some spirulina.. Cajun seasoning on a salad ..or herbs like hing or cinnamon.. are ok to many. Especially if you go to a raw food potluck it's okay to try different things it's like a very special occasion and you can eat spicy garlic stuff or a salty raw tahini dressing. But if you eat dehydrated basil vs. a fresh basil sprig, you know that the flavor is vastly different. You can nit pick the several divisions of the community or you can see what you like best. Things like wheatgrass can give you an energy boost like a cappuccino .or E3 Live can give you a boost also.. Raw cacao will give you energy all night. Yes there's a bunch of SuperFood raw food ingredients.. that are there for very special occasions.. if they're there at all. Yes, you could have like, a full moon drumming party, with all sorts of raw vegan superfood smoothies. One can try exotic things like soaked goji berries and difference kinds of seaweeds. The sugar demon is real. Processed white sugar. It is an addiction. Fresh sugar cane juice is considered a grass and it's very refreshing and sweet and will not harm you like processed sugarcane will. Don't forget they bleach sugar and put chemicals in them. Two beautiful heads of lettuce the best you can find and a half a pound of dates in a brown bag that is a full meal. A box of spotty bananas, head of celery, bag of raisins, bag of oranges, and a giant watermelon ..can feed two people in one day. Fruitarians and raw vegans they sleep about 10 to 12 hours a day. If you ate cooked food you would not be able to do this as you'd be so dehydrated you would wake yourself up. Some fruitarians can sleep the only 3 to 5 hours so it really depends. But in my experience and the people I knew they slept 12 hours a day which is like Sunset to Sunrise. This is a specific phenomenon to raw veganism and fruitarianism cuz it's a high water diet so your body is not irritated in any way or over hot in bed. Raw fresh coconut milk is the best fresh milk that fruitarians drink and you can make a coconut cream with Thai coconuts by blending it up. Raw vegans use and make nut milk raw with a nut milk bag and a Vitamix blender but but you can also blend up hemp seeds with some water without straining and make a nice milk. A lot of people before almonds were mandatory pasteurized made raw almond milk themselves after they sprouted them. It is truly delicious and you should choose this over a box of silk or something. It is best to make juice in the morning and put it up in some glass jars some mason jars and you have like four to five jars of fresh juice everyday instead of having to make your refreshments every time. When you're too poor you can have some water with some Citrus squeezed in there a little bit and that's just as good as drinking sweet juicy drink. For other people..they take a splash of apple cider vinegar and a dash of agave syrup to make like a lemonade type drink. You can also make sun tea in the sun just take a jar of water and put in you know in organic tea bag and just sit it in the sun all day or some peppermint Sprigs or sliced oranges and cucumbers or sliced strawberries a fruit tea. Not having an alarm clock is something a lot of raw vegans have sworn to. Drinking water first thing in the morning is very important. You want to flush out everything that's been sitting overnight. And you want to be clean inside and it helps you with positive thoughts first thing in the morning. Breakfast take a beautiful Leaf of lettuce and wrap up a medjool date in it. Start chewing. Chimp burrito. Time saved. No dishes. Raw food purity is a nice thing Bananas and water is banana milk. You fill the blender completely with bananas ,and pulse it. Datorade is Waters and dates. Pureed Together. Banana and dates the entire blender full.. That is a 3000 calorie meal. Some raw vegans make sure they get a pound of Greens in one meal and Shred everything super fine and then cover it with the Thai coconut curry dressing and it's just Simply Delicious it's a good way to get your greens. Pumpkin seed has a great butter and you can mix it with some herbs like basil to make a creamy butter . You can make salads from all colors that you can think of. Someone made me a salad with a coconut oil dressing mixed half half with olive oil and it was absolutely delicious I ate it all. Finally chop fine every Green from cilantro to collard to Watercrest to cilantro.. I made a great salad dressing just using tahini dressing with blackberries and just a little water and it was so delicious. Hemp seeds tahini..garlic pumpkin limes and water. Vitamix only. Great dressing for finely chopped greens. Add some raisins for sweet. Finely diced exotic greens. Salt optional pink himalayan. Dates lime juice and any kind of nut.. with some water in the Vitamix will make such a good creamy salad dressing you can add salt or spice to that too and herbs. When making raw food recipes you want kind of want all the flavors in there like salty bitter sour sweet and Spice. If you mess up on a raw food recipe you can fix it easily by adding more of the other flavors to balance it. You two people can make the same raw food recipe and it'll turn out different each recipe is made to taste meaning you probably won't get it right the first time you have to adjust it several times to make it perfect. Totally a different type of cuisine. You cannot add salt at anything cucumber because it'll leave water all over your plate so for salt you can dehydrate celery and grind it up or you can use some seaweed or something like that or you can just put it on right before eating. You can make hemp seed tabuli with some lemon juice onion and cilantro.. lots and lots of parsley and cilantro marinated in it and tomatoes chopped up a whole Bowl. Rainbow salad with avocado lemon dressing. Raw vegan..sourdough bread raw version.. dehydrated lightly unleavened.. you would need a dehydrator for this. You can get a cheap one just make sure it can go under 115°. You can ferment ingredients a little bit if you want that little sour taste. Gazpacho with dehydrated tomatoes with fresh tomatoes basil dates lemon juice and it's like with cucumber juice or chops cucumber also but mostly it's like a tomato drink that's a little sour and salty. Chunks of cucumber and avocado do well. If you have a chocolate sapote ripe .if you mix it with some carob or some raw cacao. you can have some chocolate pudding. You can mix avocado with agave and some cacao and have a beautiful chocolate pudding that everybody will eat. Raw chocolate is controversial to fruitarians and stuff like that but in my experience many raw foodists have eaten. If you can get the raw purple beans that's good but most raw beans are a little bit fermented to get that strong chocolate. Carob powder is the way to go. Non stimulating. Don't forget most food like durians and organic food are all have to be pasteurized to be in the United States like flash pasteurized. It comes on the package that sticker. You can make a fruitarian salsa with the vegetable dicers that make little cubes.. you can put in strawberries equal amount mangoes ..green bell peppers parsley/cilantro.. and a little lemon juice ..with some small diced onion. You can make tortilla chips dehydrated for one hour 145 and then after the one hour when the food sweats a little bit turn it down to 115 and it should be ready in a about four hours. Raw Cornmeal mixed with ground flaxseeds and then dehydrated cut into triangles. Strawberry basil lemonade is easy you chiffonade the basil add a cup of strawberry and the juice of two lemons and sweetener of choice like agave. You take a whole cantaloupe chop it up put it in a blender or food processor and a whole or half of peeled cucumber and you have gazpacho. Serve cold. If you have oranges like grapefruits and tangerines you can peel them all in a bowl and put pomegranate seeds all over it and it's a citrus salad you could add mint or whatever. .</p></div>Raw Unhulled Sesame Seedshttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/raw-unhulled-sesame-seeds2022-09-28T08:38:29.000Z2022-09-28T08:38:29.000ZStephenhttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/Stephen973<div><p>Hi everyone! </p><p>Can anyone tell me where I can buy raw unhulled sesame seeds? I like them for their taste and nutritional profile, but am finding them difficult to obtain. They're great for salad dressings and are high in calcium. I live in Australia, but will order from overseas if necessary. </p><p>Yours truly </p><p>Stephen</p><p> </p></div>Fruitarian Eutopia - A new fruitarian & healing center in Ecuador!https://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/fruitarian-eutopia-a-new-fruitarian-healing-center-in-ecuador2022-09-24T20:45:27.000Z2022-09-24T20:45:27.000ZNikolaoshttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/Nikolaos<div><p>Hello, fellow raw vegans, frugivores & fruitarians.<br /><br />I have created a fruitarian center & fruit forest in Ecuador, where you can experience the 100% fruitarian lifestyle and heal.<br />I am looking forward to connect with you all & taste tropical fruits in a natural tropical environment.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.fruitarianeutopia.com">www.fruitarianeutopia.com</a></p></div>Anyone in New England want to share ride?https://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/anyone-in-new-england-want-to-share-ride2022-09-07T16:19:51.000Z2022-09-07T16:19:51.000ZVama Noshttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/BEAFree<div><p>Send me a message with details.</p></div>Farm Tourhttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/farm-tour2022-06-04T04:28:07.000Z2022-06-04T04:28:07.000Zednshellhttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/ednshell<div><p>Great farm tour using wood chips. Asparagus with 14 feet deep roots. Incredible fruit trees. Great info!</p>
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<p> </p></div>What Doug Graham eats in a week from old pdf I foundhttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/what-doug-graham-eats-in-a-week-from-old-pdf-i-found2022-05-22T17:51:32.000Z2022-05-22T17:51:32.000ZSUVINEhttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/SUVINE<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10507441673,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10507443293,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="10507443293?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p></div>Entreprise nettoyagehttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/entreprise-nettoyage2022-05-22T17:44:40.000Z2022-05-22T17:44:40.000ZRaspberryhttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/Raspberry136<div><p>Comment vous sentez-vous à propos de entreprise nettoyage <a href="https://bon-nettoyage.fr/" target="_blank">https://bon-nettoyage.fr/</a> ? Personnellement, une fois toutes les deux semaines, je contacte la société Bon-Nettoyage. Ils mettent ma maison en ordre, après cela, j'ai toujours propre et frais.</p></div>Family looking for a Raw Vegan Community!https://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/family-looking-for-a-raw-vegan-community2022-05-12T08:16:40.000Z2022-05-12T08:16:40.000ZShelly Lifshinhttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/ShellyLifshin<div><p>Hi Frugivore friends! 🥭🍌 </p><p>My name is Shelly and I am 18 years old. (Fruitarian 3 months and counting!)</p><p>Me and my family of four are looking to move to a beautiful community that is all about raw food, like minded people, health and healing! </p><p><strong>Does anyone know of any raw vegan/ fruitarian communities around the world?</strong> (especially Europe, south america)</p><p>PLEASE COMMENT BELOW! (Contact info of community or founder like phone number/email would be greatly appreciated.)</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10481269900,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10481269900,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10481269900?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="336" height="168" /></a></p><p> </p><p>Thank you!</p><p>Shelly 💖 </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div>weight loss tipshttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/weight-loss-tips2022-04-30T20:32:57.000Z2022-04-30T20:32:57.000ZRobin Cull-Hewitthttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/RobinCullHewitt<div><p>Hi everyone, </p><p>I hope you are all well😊</p><p>I have been on raw till 4 for about 2 months now and noiced that my clothes are getting tighter. I've gained about 10-15 lbs (I am 5'3 and usually 115). I want to be clear that I am mainly doing this for health reasons and for the animals and planet. </p><p>I did damage my metabolism (I believe, I have no proof) by extended water fasting and juice fasting over the past few years. I do feel fantastic but would love to fit in my clothes. I run 7km per day, 100 squats and 5 pushups.</p><p>I understand I am on a healing journey but what are some typical timelines? How long should I expect to see some weight loss? Are there any suggestions? Should I go completely raw as opposed to raw till 4? (the only cooked I am eating are sweet potatoes and organic corn pasta with watered down sauce to keep the salt down)</p><p>Thanks so much for your help and support! I greatly appreciate this site and all it has to offer😊</p><p>Warmly, Robin</p></div>Timing of breakfasthttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/timing-of-breakfast2022-04-22T19:24:02.000Z2022-04-22T19:24:02.000ZRobin Cull-Hewitthttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/RobinCullHewitt<div><p>Hi friends,</p><p>I like to work out first thing in the morning. But by the time I get my daughter off to school and work out it is usually 10 or 11 am. Is this too late for breakfast? What are your thoughts? </p><p>Thanks so much, cheers</p></div>Stop counting calorieshttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/stop-counting-calories2022-04-11T06:48:28.000Z2022-04-11T06:48:28.000Zednshellhttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/ednshell<div><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQTjw77EqGE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQTjw77EqGE</a></p></div>Vegan Food Shaming: Have You Experienced It And How Did You Deal With It?https://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/vegan-food-shaming-have-you-experienced-it-and-how-did-you-deal-w2022-03-15T06:00:34.000Z2022-03-15T06:00:34.000ZCourtney Loganhttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/CourtneyLogan<div><p>Hi Fruigivores,</p><p>I've recently had to move back in with my parents after the beginnings of a divorce and one of the first things my dad asked me was: "Are you still vegan?" My soon-to-be ex-husband opened my eyes to the cruelty and exploitation of animals, and for that, I will always be grateful. And while my parents were never directly-rude about it, it seemed clear that it was an inconvenience to them. For a little background: I am a very good cook and could whip up some mean Italian food, sushi, homemade Chinese takeout etc. Like I am sure many of you could, I would make an entirely vegan Thanksgiving meal, minus the store-bought faux (delicious but of course highly processed) turkey. My family still brought their own food, including a giant dead bird carcass into our home. </p><p>That "are you still vegan?" comment hurt, not only because it revealed that my personal decision has been perceived as something completely tied to my previous partner, but it was a blatant declaration of annoyance towards my lifestyle. Now that I live with my parents and am on rawtill4 -something even more "radical" - it seems that there has been an increase of a silent judgement: getting the loud blender out twice a day; often eating the same meal for dinner despite it being healthy; having "large" quantities of just fruit; grabbing my dates to soak them in water overnight and leaving them on the counter; and finally, being directly chastised about the "too much sugar" mythos.</p><p>I did not cook tonight, depriving my body of the nutrients, carbs, and calories it needs to thrive just because I knew there would be opinions about my delicious fries and lettuce. Have any of you experienced this before? Maybe to the point of depriving yourself as I did out of embarrassment when it should be the other way around? If so or if not, I would love to hear advice on cohabitating with non-vegans.</p><p> </p><p> </p></div>Body image issueshttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/body-image-issues2022-01-13T16:53:26.000Z2022-01-13T16:53:26.000ZMelonQueen13https://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/Melon_Queen13<div><p>So I've always had a small chest even when I had a belly before starting my healing fruitarian journey. I was told that they can grow again if I heal my hormone problems. I think I was also stunted in my height. I'm 5' and have always been shorter than both of my parents. I also became disabled at a younger age than my mom did. My disabilities have healed a lot over the past 8 months. I was told I could grow taller when my endocrine issues heal. Does anyone know if that is true? I just want to feel like an attractive healthy woman. I was abused a lot growing up so am trying to be more confident as well. This diet has helped me have more confidence. I have one person irl who is supportive of me on this journey and even became fruitarian as well. I'd like to have more fruitarian friends if you're interested. 🥰</p></div>Uploading photos?https://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/uploading-photos2022-01-09T18:12:39.000Z2022-01-09T18:12:39.000ZEmeryhttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/Emery<div><p>I can't seem to figure out how to add photos to my page?</p><p>I'm not very tech savvy, is there somewhere on this site that explains all the options/ how to for members? </p></div>Raw vegan looking to rent a place in Floridahttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/raw-vegan-looking-to-rent-a-place-in-florida2021-12-22T19:44:45.000Z2021-12-22T19:44:45.000ZNik Louishttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/NikLouis<div><p>I'm looking for a vegan living situation in Florida, preferably with raw foodists. Please contact me. Nik 6172832339</p><p> </p></div>FRUITARIAN A.I. ARThttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/fruitarian-a-i-art2021-12-22T03:37:27.000Z2021-12-22T03:37:27.000ZSUVINEhttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/SUVINE<div><p> </p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9934435280,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9934435280,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="9934435280?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p><p> </p><p>Hey</p><p> There is a website called woomba and you can type in anything and it will paint you AI art artificial intelligence art 🎨 I don't know maybe it searches the Internet or something I don't know but it's really interesting and you can make your own NF t's with this site too it's coming soon on the app . but you know what you can always download it. and then upload it upload it to your rarible or open 🌊 and I'm just telling you guys because a lot of people are doing NFT so why can't you and me Maybe freely have some NF t's and people love collections and I don't know look at this art anyway it has nothing to do with NA cheese they could just be drawings but you Could use these these are very very sexy fruits. </p><p> You do not have to pay any minting gas fees you can have the option for someone else to buy..pay for it. I'm just saying it's permanent. and you own it and you know any money that gets set to it ..is permanent .and lots of people are making a lot of money with NF t's ..I'm just saying you guys gotta get into it it's etherium and you just get coin base or rainbow wallet and you have to you have to get the 2 apps for coin base The App that links to your bank and then the other one is the wallet and and you don't really need any money to start but if you wanna mint it yourself that's how you do it .may be expensive..and I think to sign into these websites to sell your NFT. .. you have to link it to your wallet.. which will be coinbase or whatever..metamask..and that has to be linked to your bank I'm just letting you know because it's the coolest thing . I am not using woomba I'm just spreading the information I'm just selling my original paintings and drawings drawings as tokens.. i think it's a great idea for YOU GUYS..It's free...if buyer pays gas fees..on RARIBLE..a lot of people are making a lot. but I'm just telling you with this website woomba you can make your NF t's... You can type in blueberry strawberry 🍒🍓🫐🥝🍑🍐🍏🍎all the fruits and every time it creates a unique picture. NFT stands for non fungable token. And be careful you are on the right sites.. Hi freelea</p></div>Fruit Saladshttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/fruit-salads2021-12-04T21:19:16.000Z2021-12-04T21:19:16.000ZSUVINEhttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/SUVINE<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9879676293,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9879676293,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="604" alt="9879676293?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9879677890,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9879677890,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="604" alt="9879677890?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9879678301,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9879678301,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="604" alt="9879678301?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p><p>Lately I have been blending fruit salads up.. I blended some hemp seeds with ground up apples and dates and it was so yummy. These photos I found when downloading all my facebook data to flote and to google photos. So I want to go through them, because they are so yummy. I will have many more that are considered off line or throwaways too.</p><p> </p><p>I went through an ice cream phase, and froze fruit to run it through the champion. I miss my champion. I want it back. And the second photo is my mini food processor. That is recent photoI like food ground up. I do. It is so nice to eat soft sometimes. The last photo is a snack in a jar. I used to fill up cups like that with fruit and snack all day. Looks so yummy.</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9879684886,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9879684886,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="600" alt="9879684886?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p><p>This was from a long time ago. I went with my ROTC girlfriend to this fancy restaurant in coral gables. I would take her out a lot, we were jogging partners. I told the waitress to ask the chef to make me a fruitarian meal and this is what I got. It was a mango avocado sprout cube of some sort. Avocado to hold it together.</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9879692264,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9879692264,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="644" alt="9879692264?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p><p>This was at a raw vegan potluck. I met Robby Barbaro there for the first time. It was so much fun. This was a durian and some of my stuff I got. Those brown things are so yummy.</p><p>I forget the name, maybe you know? But it was like a lychee but less pink. The sun shining in this photo was reflecting off of a very beautiful fruit farm paradise. Total ecstasy. </p></div>Any Frugivores in the Greater Pittsburgh Area?https://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/any-frugivores-in-the-greater-pittsburgh-area2021-10-16T15:20:27.000Z2021-10-16T15:20:27.000ZCGingerhttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/CGinger<div><p>Anyone in the Pittsburgh area or SWPA area know where I can purchase exotic fruits I store? I already subscribe to a few subscription boxes, but I hate that their shipping schedules are so inconsistent. Thanks in advance!</p></div>Unable to eat most raw fruit.. help?https://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/unable-to-eat-raw-fruit-help2021-10-07T01:16:25.000Z2021-10-07T01:16:25.000ZBunny Sparkleshttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/BunnySparkles<div><p>I've been vegetarian for 14 years and vegan for 5 years. I have never been able to handle raw fruits (which has been sad); I get pins-and-needles in my throat, and have had throat closing reactions to nearly all uncooked fruits. I have seen allergiests for this issue and have been told I had a mast cell disoder (eg one day I can drink coconut water and the next I have a throat closing reaction and thats how it is with most fruits) however on allergy testing I am not allergic. My body craves fruit and all through the day my mind says it wants sugar. It's to the point I get low blood sugar levels and pass out. Can anyone find any recipes with my restrictions? </p><p> </p><p>- Tomatoes *true allergy </p><p>- Poppy seeds *true allergy </p><p>- Corn *true allergy </p><p>- Garlic *true allergy </p><p>- Coconut (big one cooked and not cooked)</p><p>- Bananas (big one cooked and not cooked) </p><p>- Peaches (sometimes OK raw always OK cooked) </p><p>- Starberries (sometimes OK raw, blended and steamed OK most of the time) </p><p>- Oranges (huge issues) </p><p>- Mangos (sometimes this is one of my fav fruits too) </p><p>- Pineapple (Can only eat if steamed or slightly cooked) </p><p>- Grapes (lightly steamed and blended is OK)</p><p>- Apples (only if juiced and blended or cooked) </p><p>- lettuce (chronic nausea)</p><p>- Brocolli (steamed is OK; no raw)</p><p>- Raw peppers are OK. </p><p>- Nuts (cooked is OK; not raw)</p><p>- Cucumbers (no issues) </p><p>- Watermellon (no issue); no issues with most mellons.</p><p>- Dragonfruit no issues </p><p>- Raw peas (no issues) </p><p>- Carrots (no issues)</p><p>- Ginger (no issue)</p><p>- Dates (no issues)</p><p>- Jackfruit (no issues).</p><p>- Pickled beats (OK)</p><p>- Most raw herbs are OK </p><p>- Advocado (sometimes swelling issue) </p><p>- Nori (no issues) </p><p>- Tofu (is OK if i dont eat more than 2-3 times a week). </p><p>- Sweet potatoe (Only OK if steamed) </p><p>- Squash (only slightly steamed and blended)</p><p>- Calliflower (only steamed) </p><p>- Brown rice (I can't handle white rice)</p><p>- Sunflower seeds OK </p><p> </p><p> </p></div>Desperate for decent fruit NSW central coast Australiahttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/desperate-for-decent-fruit-nsw-central-coast-australia2021-10-01T05:33:33.000Z2021-10-01T05:33:33.000ZJakfruitmangolycheehttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/Jakfruitmangolychee<div><p>Hi all<br />Just reaching out to ask if anyone living up north Australian tropics would be interested and would be open to sending tropical fruit to me? (I would buy it of cos) Or you may know a farmer who could be willing to sell and post to me.<br />I live in Gosford NSW on the central coast and Fruit down here can be quite terrible at times i don’t know if it’s just down to Covid or just in between seasons but lately even half decant fruit is hard too find and ita all just meant to pretty up people’s fruit bowels LOL. Oranges from a local farmer have been amazing getting me through but after 60 days eating only oranges, It's time to get in other fruit.<br />I think 5 - 10kg can go through the post fine. I will of cos cover packing costs and price of fruit on top etc.<br />It seems no fruit shops near me wants to get in anything out of the norm atm i can’t travel with lockdown I’m desperate for the good stuff lol jackfruit, mangosteen, sapodilla, Cempedak, black sapote, decent papaya or even drinking coconuts would be great as all i can find are imported and im sure they undergo some nasty treatments so i stay away from them.</p><p>Anyways would love to hear back if anyone willing to give it a try.<br /><br />Cheers Ryan</p></div>Moving to the tropicshttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/forum/topics/moving-to-the-tropics-12021-09-23T14:09:37.000Z2021-09-23T14:09:37.000ZAnnelieshttps://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/Annelies<div><p>My husband, our two small dogs and I want to move abroad from Europe. We want to live in a country where it's summer all year round. We won't be able to move by plane because we aren't jabbed, and we also don't want to get tested.<br />What are our options? We just want to live a life of peace and self-sufficiently.</p></div>