This Mum Has Only Eaten Fruit For 27 Years...And Her Kids Too!

A Queensland mum of two claims she’s been living off a fruit-only diet for almost 30 years.

Anne Osborne is a fruitarian – that means she eats nothing but fruit, a diet she decided to adopt in her 20s and has continued ever since. Initially turning to a vegan lifestyle, Anne says she immediately felt the difference, and after hearing a talk from a fruitarian in the UK she decided to give it a go.

An Average Day

According to nineHONEY Anne’s average day consists of a melon and blueberries for breakfast, bananas as a mid morning snack, two avocados for lunch, the juice of some blood oranges for afternoon tea and finally, three mangoes for dinner.

Given it’s a struggle to get kids to eat fruit in any form, the idea of one person being able to chow down on nearly ten pieces a day is pretty impressive!

You’d think fruit salad would be a staple as a fruitarian, but Anne rarely eats more than one type of fruit at a time. “I think if you add things to it, it takes away. If you’ve got a really good mango, what can top that?” As much as we love mangoes, we’re not sure they entirely replace the occasional piece of cake or cheeky brownie.

Irresponsible Parenting?

Anne has two sons, both brought up as fruitarians, with fruit supplemented by breast milk. She denies that her children were deprived of a healthy diet, but Dr Ric Gordon told nineHONEY that people need to be cautious when cutting out essential food groups.

“You’re lacking some of the major things we need in our diet and those are things like omega 3s, the fatty acids, iron, calcium, vitamin D.”

Now grown up, Anne’s children have opted for a more well rounded diet, despite both remaining vegan.

Cravings?

And what about cravings I hear you ask? Well apparently, Anne has none. “I used to like chocolate a lot, and then I think fruit is very sweet and it’s almost like nature’s candy.”

While we admire Anne’s willpower, we’re not sure we are prepared to give up all the amazing food on offer in favour of a fruit-only lifestyle just yet!

What do you think of Anne’s fruitarian diet? Let us know in the comments.

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64 Comments

- - Ellen said
  - 02 Oct 2019
    8:51 am
I don’t think it’s a healthy balanced diet and indeed lacks omega 3s, the fatty acids, iron, calcium, vitamin D and ore.

- - mom376182 said
  - 02 Oct 2019
    8:04 am
This is so unhealthy, you can’t cut out virtually all food groups and call it healthy. Fruit is so high in sugar. A balanced diet is the healthiest way to eat.

- - mom290396 said
  - 01 Oct 2019
    11:40 pm
People need a good balanced diet, and I just don’t believe you could get it from fruit alone! My mr 3 would very happily become a fruitatarian, but he needs so much more!

- - mom265671 said
  - 01 Oct 2019
    11:24 pm
How does she manage all the sugars in the fruit. I dont think its very sustainable

- - DaffyD said
  - 01 Oct 2019
    10:04 pm
Don’t believe her for a minute, a fruit only diet would not give you the nutrition your body needs she would have been dead long ago

- - mom160421 said
  - 01 Oct 2019
    8:51 pm
Isn’t that too much sugar/fructose? She look healthy though.
- Ellen replied
  
  04 Oct 2019 , 2:39 am
  Yes she does.
- - rnash02 said
  - 01 Oct 2019
    8:37 pm
I couldn’t just eat fruit, and I wouldn’t make my kids either

- - mom330666 said
  - 01 Oct 2019
    8:20 pm
I dont think its healthy…especially for kids.

- - BellaB said
  - 01 Oct 2019
    2:27 pm
I don’t think this would really be healthy, particularly for kids.

- - nadine_hill said
  - 01 Oct 2019
    2:22 pm
I fear she could be lacking in other nutrients by sticking to only fruit. Plus, it must be incredibly boring, same day after day ….. and would make dining out virtually impossible!

- - ella12 said
  - 08 Jan 2019
    2:45 pm
I think it is important to be healthy however I don’t agree with it, I believe you should have a varied diet but whatever turns you on.

- - littlehandsofmine said
  - 26 Nov 2018
    1:43 pm
Isn’t she lacking other nutrients? Surely she is.

- - rovermum said
  - 21 Nov 2018
    3:18 pm
WOW, love that she can do it. Interestingly, a Nutritionist cautioned my Mum for eating too much fruit as part of her diet.

- - tessie said
  - 21 Nov 2018
    2:25 pm
She must live in a great place. There are times of the year where we can only get basically apples and oranges. I certainly couldn’t do it.

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 21 Nov 2018
    1:02 pm
Wow, I would get bored very quickly and I don’t understand how this could be a healthy diet. She would have to be deficient in something. Not to mention that fruit doesn’t fill me up.

- - natct said
  - 21 Nov 2018
    6:59 am
So what do you order if you go out to dinner? I get sick of eating the same thing and like my variety so not for me I’m afraid.

- - mom90758 said
  - 20 Nov 2018
    6:15 pm
She looks healthy but I hope she doesn’t miss important nutrients.

- - mom112217 said
  - 20 Nov 2018
    3:37 pm
She certainly looks healthy and it her choice, definitely not for me though !
- mom93821 replied
  
  21 Nov 2018 , 5:56 am
  It is always difficult to tell if someone is healthy just by appearance and sometimes deficits do not show up until later.
- - mom93821 said
  - 20 Nov 2018
    7:22 am
Food is to be enjoyed and nutrition can be gained from a wide variety of delicious and healthy foods. I just do not see the need or the point in only eating fruit; surely it would impact on school lunches, eating out, events and others times when food is eaten.

- - rachel1970 said
  - 20 Nov 2018
    7:09 am
I am just thinking of the health consequences, you need a balance diet to get all the nutrients your body needs. How does she get enough, calcium, iron, Vitamin D for starters.
- cherz replied
  
  20 Nov 2018 , 4:40 pm
  It would be interesting to do a blood test on her. i would have thought one would be lacking in so many nutrients.