Fruitarianism

Frutarian (of English Fruitarian, portmanteau of fruit " fruit" and vegetarian " vegetarians " ), also called Fruit Aryans Fructarier, Frutaner, Fruitaner or Fruganer, people who follow a strict vegetarian ( vegan ) diet based on fruits are. This diet is called Fruitarismus or Fruganismus. After the assessment of the Chairman of the Federal vegetarians Germany Thomas Schönberger in Germany there are only a very small group of Frutariern.

Term

Merriam- Webster's Collegiate Dictionary dates the emergence of the term fruitarian to 1893 and defines it as "a person who lives on fruit".

Objectives

Frutarian strive for a diet exclusively vegetable products that do not cause damage to a plant from which they are derived result. These include fruits, nuts and seeds. Some Frutarian only eat fruit that has already fallen from the tree, but grain, as it is already dead at harvest. Tubers, leaves or roots of food plants and food of animal origin be excluded, however. The use of the fruits of vegetables is controversial among Frutariern. Some Frutarian also take vegetable oils and honey, others avoid the consumption of honey products. According to the Handbook of Pediatric Nutrition are also variants of the frutarischen foods exist, the germinating cereal grains and vegetables contain or refer simply to a vegan diet.

Topics

The ethical motives of Frutariern similar to those of vegetarians and vegans in the basic idea, to prevent death. Partly also health arguments are called. In addition to health and environmental aspects, spiritual and religious ideas are motivations for this diet.

Health aspects

The Frutarismus may lead to an imbalanced diet and then affect health significantly. The main problem is not an adequate intake of protein, vitamins ( esp. B12), calcium, zinc, iron and iodine. Therefore, especially pregnant women, nursing mothers, infants, children, the sick and athletes is not recommended for a frutarischen diet.

Known representatives

The most famous Frutarian was Steve Jobs, who claims to be pursuing the diet in the 70s. He should be so come on the company name Apple Through the consumption of fruit.