All About Fruitarian Diet Plan

Fruits are the most cleansing foods on the planet. Their high water content flushes your digestive tract, your kidneys and purifies the bloodstream. Many fruits, mainly citrus are strong solvents. They have a purging effect on the liver and gallbladder. But are these enough reasons to go for a strict fruitarian diet plan?

Many claims that the Fruitarian diet promotes mental clarity, concentration, energy, and self-confidence, along with weight loss, a stronger immune system, and cancer prevention. But there are no scientific studies to confirm these claims.

Can you live as a fruitarian?

Fruit should be an essential component of your daily diet, as it has many nutritional advantages. But, it’s not a good idea to try to live on fruit alone. Fruitarian diets may have great benefits, but since it relies on only one food group, it lacks many essential nutritional components. For Example, might severely suffer from calcium, protein, zinc and essential fatty acids. A fruitarian diet is excellent to maintain for a few days or weeks if you can make sure you get enough nutrients from it.  It should not be a long term food plan.

Reasons to follow the fruitarian diet plan

Fruit is incredibly nutrient-dense and full of vitamins, minerals, and fiber, but it contains few calories, making it useful for weight loss.

• To lose weight and/or reduce calorie intake
• To strengthen your immune system
• To detox
• To avoid having to cook
• To be “morally superior.”
• To eat in a way that’s more friendly to the environment

What can you eat as a fruitarian?

You will be surprised to know that there are so many different types of options and categories of fruits out there. Starting from fresh fruits like apple, pears, and banana to Legumes like white beans, brown beans, and black beans. There are also a wide variety of dried fruits, fruit vegetables, grains, nuts and seeds, drinks and fluids that you can eat as part of a fruitarian diet plan. Talk to your dietician first before starting a fruitarian diet.

Fruits to eat anytime

Here are some fruits that you can eat any time to replace high-calorie foods:

• Banana
• Lemon juice
• Avocado (Only if fully ripe)
• Coconut
• Olives (chemical-free)
• Raw chestnuts, cashews, Brazil nuts, hazelnuts, almonds, pine nuts

Can you lose weight eating only fruit?

Fruits are high in nutrients but low in calories. Which means if you replace high-calorie foods with low-calorie foods like fruits,  you can create a calorie deficit to help weight loss. Calorie deficit forces your body to use stored calories to perform daily activities, which causes weight loss.

Guidelines

Follow these simple guidelines if you are planning to start a fruitarian diet:

• Talk to a qualified dietician before beginning with a fruitarian diet
• Mainly eat fruit exclusively
• Don’t mix fruits; wait 90 minutes between consuming different fruit varieties
• Eat as much fruit as you want until you feel satisfied
• Limit amount of dried fruits
• Don’t eat at all if you’re hungry
• Don’t continue with fruitarian diet for more than a few days or weeks.

If you choose to go with a fruitarian diet plan, proceed slowly and for a limited period. Transition your diet to include a variety of fruits. Don’t forget to add nuts, seeds, and some vegetables with every meal, because they will provide the fat and protein you need.