Frequently Asked Questions.

I will add to this list as and when I write new answers to relevantly asked questions..

1. Who are you?
   Very deep question. You can read more about me on these pages:
          My Brief Introduction
          My "About Me" page
          My Interview
          My Audio Interview
          Astrological Me
          My Oprah Winfrey fruitarian interview

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2. So, what's a fruitarian??
   I've tried to explain that here:
          My Definition of Fruitarian
          Just fruits, no nuts, seeds, roots or greens

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3. And when you say "fruit", how exactly do you define that?
   Pretty simple, just read these posts:
          What is a Fruit.
          The difference between fruits and nuts.
   Voir aussi: La difference entre les fruits et les noix

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4. How many fruitarians do you know?
   Well, I'm slowly interviewing all the ones I know of:
          List of Interviews with Fruitarians

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5. What are the benefits of eating just fruit?
   The benefits are manifold. See:
          Reasons to be Fruitarian

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6. What about all the fruit sugars, wouldn't that rot your teeth?
   I address my own loss of teeth here:
          Fruitarianism and Teeth

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7. How much and when do you eat?
   That all depends on what's in season and what's available. This link may give more of an insight.
          These are the blog posts detailing our monthly food

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8. How do you deal with cravings?
   Yes, good question, here're my attempted answers:
          Some thoughts on cravings..

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9. Are nuts part of your diet?
   In a word, "no".. See here to find out why:
          Nuts on a fruitarian diet
          The difference between fruits and nuts.
          Just fruits, no nuts, seeds, roots or greens
   Voir aussi: La difference entre les fruits et les noix

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10. What about greens? Do you eat them?
    Personally, I believe fruit to be far superior to greens.
           Greens on a Fruitarian Diet
           Just fruits, no nuts, seeds, roots or greens
           Questioning Greens on a Fruitarian Diet 

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11. Are mushrooms a fruitarian food?
    not exactly..
           Mushrooms on a Fruitarian Diet 

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12. What about avocados?
    Sure, I eat them when they appeal, and don't restrict them in any way:
           Avocados on a Fruitarian diet

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13. What does veganism mean?
    I think it's important to understand this:
           Veganism is not a diet

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14. What's a fast?
           This is what I mean by fasting

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15. What about protein on a fruitarian diet?
    I've written about this here:
           Protein on a Fruitarian Diet
           Why Nutritional Science Fails

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16. What about the B12
    Ah, the old B12 question.. Read here:
           B12 and Fruitarianism
           B12 on a raw vegan diet (mostly fruitarian)
           Why Nutritional Science Fails

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17. What's your view on Germs?
           The Germ Theory Myth

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18. What do you think of the medical industry?
           Is the Medical Industry to be Trusted?
           The Health Industry
           Fruitarianism and Teeth
           Why Nutritional Science Fails

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19. What's the big deal about fruit trees?
           Plant a fruit Tree

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20. What is detox?
           The Golden Rules of Detox
           Some Thoughts on Detoxing
           The Symptoms of Detox

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21. How long does detox take?
           How Long Does it Take to Totally Clean out one's System?

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22. What do you use for soap?
           Is Soap really clean?
           And some thoughts on sun creams..

OK.. I'm sure there will be more questions and answers over the coming months. If you have questions you want answered, then post comments, and when I can, if I feel to, I will do my best to answer them..



Hugs,
Mango.

Series of interviews with fruitarians..

Hi all,
I am planning on interviewing any fruitarian I can find, and posting the interviews on my blog..

If you believe in the 100% fruit diet and are practising it, or heading that way, and are up to being interviewed, then please post a comment below, or otherwise contact me.

(the interview will be pretty simple, consisting of just a series of short questions you can answer at your leisure)..



thanks..
Mango.

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How much we spent on food in December 2007

Just to back up my recent post about economical eating, I thought I would start posting how much we spend on the fruit/food we eat..

From next month, I will post this information along with the posts of what we ate..

Anyhow, this is what we spent for both of us, foodwise during December 2007:

Apricots - $17.95
Avocadoes - $89
Cherries - $35.69
Cucumbers - $9.63
Durian - $180.06
Longans - $26.21
Lychees - $13.58
Mangoes - $30
Rock Melon - $5
Nectarines - $23.60
Pawpaws - $14.79
Pineapple - $3
Tomatoes - $14.50
Watermelon - $45.91
Sweet Peas - $10.45

Total= $520.27 divide that by 31 (days in December), you get $16.78 and divide that by 2 (me and Kveta), you get $8.39 each..

So our grocery expenses put us back $8.39 Australian dollars each, each day.



hug,
Mango.

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Topsy-Turvy World - 4 - Fast Food?

Another paradox.. for there is little about fast food, that can really be said to be fast..

In fact, fast foods undergo a far lengthier preparation than pretty much most other foods..

The real "fast foods" are undoubtedly the fruits.. Needing just to be picked, packed and delivered..

Such simplicity..!!

No milling, pounding, soaking, fermenting, kneading, baking, roasting, frying, tinning etc..

Instead, just possibly pealing and slicing..

Could anything really be faster or easier??

I guess there are some things that are "fast" about fast food.. The fact that countless people have helped prepare it for you.. Oh.. and the fact that it will most likely speed up your trip to the doctors, hospital and cemetery..



hugs,
Mango.
ps picture taken by kveta in thailand 2006..

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B12 on a raw vegan diet.. (mostly fruitarian)

Last year, our friend Harley was interviewed on TV (here in Australia), some show called, I think, "What's good for you"..

Now, Harley's this guy who is, to say the least.. ultra fit..

Kveta and I bumped into him purely by chance in Thailand,  in 2006.. He had biked up much of the distance from Singapore..

Harley's goal is to beat the world record for fastest time around Australia on his bike (that's a push bike/bicycle not a motor powered vehicle).. On pretty much mostly just fruit..

Anyhow, back to the TV thing.. for the show, he had some blood tested, and they found his B12 to be the lowest they had ever recorded..

Harley asked them what the healthy level of B12 for a raw vegan should be.. - the nutritionist had no answer, and was even surprised that he asked such a question.. Of course, none of this ever came to air on the show, as much of what was edited and shown was done so in order to favour the traditional omnivorous diet.. (sometimes he would be asked a question wearing one t-shirt, and answer it wearing another, showing just how heavily edited his interview was)..

He even offered the filming crew to follow him on a cycle tour across australia, and told them that he believed he could beat anybody who would dare to challenge him, any cyclist, with whatever level of B12 they might have.. (A challenge that I have no doubt he was up for!) - They never took him up on his offer..

OK, so clearly, I'm no scientist, nor narrow minded, brainwashed, symptom bashing doctor, far from it, but I can imagine, that a truly healthy person possibly does not need highly elevated levels of B12 in their blood..  I have heard that vitamin B12 is apparently used to break down proteins that make their way into the blood stream, which is common after eating flesh foods and dairy, and possibly the case with corrupted cooked foods too..

On a fruitarian or even mostly fruitarian diet, like Harley, protein is not eaten.. only amino acids, so B12 has nothing to break down in the blood, so is it possible that it may not even be needed at all?

Also according to wikipedia, B12 is used by the body during the process of rearranging hydrogen atoms in fats - Which is again in my view something to do with eating trans-fats - hydrogenated fats, raw vegans and fruitarians don't eat margarines or the like, so may not need B12 in their blood for the repair work..

Could it be, that the statistical values of the average population do nothing more than prove just show how sick the average population is?

I know I had my own blood analyzed a good 17 or 18 years ago.. My B12 was lower than the doctor had seen at the time, and she was concerned for me because of that.. Since then I have done nothing to attempt to correct that "anomaly", rather I have trusted more in my path, and that which I believed to be correct, appears indeed to be so..

Despite having no apparent B12 source, I have never suffered any of the classic B12 deficiency symptoms.. My mind and body function well still, with my ability to learn and climb trees ever present. I myself have clocked up over 7000 kms on my pushbike, living for one year on the road in Europe, (my bike is currently in Northern New South Wales, so I'm out of practise at the moment, but look forward to living somewhere where I can enjoy the pleasure of biking again..) .. Is it any wonder that I show so little faith in nutritional science and it's follies??

Well, if you'ld like to read more about Harley, then look him up with google: Harley Johnstone..



See also my post: B12 and Fruitarianism.

Hugs,
Mango.
PS See also: B12 and Fruitarianism

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Isn't it expensive living on just fruit??

Well.. no, actually it isn't..

When I look at our monthly accounting stats, it's clear just how little we spend on groceries in comparison to most people..

After all, living the way we do, I'd say that pretty much all of our grocery money is spent on fruit alone.. We don't buy other household products.. no soaps, conditioners, powders, creams or detergents.. no other vices like resteraunts, coffees, sugar, ice creams, lollies, sweets, beers, wines, cigarettes or take-aways..

And all in all, we spend on average, about $16 a day on fruit for the 2 of us.. (that's $8 a day each to feed us.. that's just 8 Australian dollars a day!!)..

OK, I'm aware that not everyone has as much choice and as cheap a fruit as we do, but when you consider what we save also on not cooking our food or having to clean greasy pots and pans and dishes with detergents.. saving on water,. gas and eletricity bills too,  i'd reckon that eating just fruit is about as economical as it can get..

If more people were fruitarian, and the world was running more harmoniously, then I picture clearly that fruit production would be the best economical choice for growers too.. Saving them vast amounts on fuel each year, and yielding them far more per square meter than any annual crop could ever hope to do..

Think about it..

Hugs,
mango.

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Want to learn another language?

I speak 5 or more to varying degrees of fluency (at least to conversation level), and I am just starting out on my 6th.. If you want to learn along with me, I am posting free lessons in a blog.. I just published the first lesson..

The blog's here: LearnCzech.blogsome.com

As you can see, the language is Czech.. Kveta will be my guide.. I hope to find out an easy way to share sounds in the lessons too.. so I can talk the words and phrases I'll be learning.. Does anyone know how to record simply sound files (using just a laptop?), and how/where to store them for free on the internet??

Eat fruit, be cute,
Mango.


- Picture is of kveta in her self designed and made rainbow dress, standing under an avocado tree she planted from seed in Evans Head..

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