1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogHappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/webmaster/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="j6cpEU5G9m"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/experiences-on-the-fruitarian-diet/">Experiences on the Fruitarian Diet</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/experiences-on-the-fruitarian-diet/embed/#?secret=j6cpEU5G9m" width="600" height="338" title="“Experiences on the Fruitarian Diet” — HappyCow" data-secret="j6cpEU5G9m" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/fruit-header.jpg599231By Claude Vigneault (a HappyCow member) Intro Recently I went from vegan to fruitarian, this is my personal experience of a 6 months fruitarian diet, my set goal is one year. I do not present what follows as a guide into the world of fruitarianism nor do I yet suggest it constitutes the one and only diet, the ideal diet, I don’t know yet. When questioning or altering our diet, I believe we must not only consider nutritionists points of view, but above all carefully listen to our body, and as time goes by, possibly modify quantities and varieties, observing on the way what could constitute bad mixes and good mixes for us under such or such circumstances, being receptive to our bodies’ feedbacks but at the same time considering that our body is undergoing changes, that it is regenerating and adapting, as in this case, to digest only living food, hence some temporary discomforts may be normal and worth enduring. I have to say that I would have come up with a better scientific study if I could have kept some variables more constant, like sleep time, exercises, etc… however this experience did change some of my views and […]