That’s a lot of fruit needed to feed a family. I don’t think I could be disciplined enough to manage this diet.

Wow! I don’t know if I could cut that many foods out of my diet. I think is great that she has done that for herself but she should let her kids decide what they want to eat!

It may sound healthy but is it really healthy for her fruit contains natural sugar but you look at things like teeth what are her teeth like a lot of acid in fruit I’m guessing enamel worn off teeth and what about the the other vitamins like iron , omgea etc that the doctor mentioned
There must be some sort of side effects that you can’t see tiredness weakness

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  • • Blossom replied
    • 02 Oct 2019 , 9:06 pm

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  Surprisingly some fruits do contain iron, some a lot more than others.
  I hate to think how much fruit sugar her childrens’ bodies need to cope with. If they refused to eat fruit would she starve them until they do. I would spend most of my time in the bathroom
  Basically she has gone from one extreme to the other with her diet.
  I wonder what her children use to clean their teeth.

Good on you, Mum!

I think it is fantastic, she looks so healthy, it does not seem like she eats enough but then if you are eating very nutritious foods then you may get enough. How can the doctors be against it if she is healthy?

Have no idea why you would want to do this and there is no way you could be meeting your nutritional requirements.

I must admit I am A little like mom176887. Seriously I find this a little hard to swallow.

I couldn’t do this myself, too restrictive, but she looks pretty healthy. I thought with this type of diet she would have some health problems after 30 years but she doesn’t seem to. I guess if some animals can survive on just eating grass, or grain/seeds or fruit and vegetables we can too.

Does not sound possible to me. The calories in the mentioned diet .. berries, mango, banana, avacado, orange, mangoes .. just wouldn’t be enough to sustain an adult over a few days, let alone 20 years. Something is wrong in what is being claimed here… plus it is very restrictive on protein and carbs, and many other vitamins and minerals…just wrong news.

It would be interesting to know what her teeth are like as fruits do contain a lot of sugar, but maybe the myth about all that sugar in fruits is wrong. she would be the perfect candidate from a research point of view as 30 years is a long time!

Can imagine most vitamins and minerals are in the fruits she eats, but I would crave some meat myself.

I’m with the nutritionists here. As good as fruit is for you, surely having a diet consisting of just fruit would have to be lacking a lot of essential vitamins and minerals. 10 pieces of fruit a dsy is extreme

Not healthy or balanced at all. We’re omnivorous, you’d be pushing the envelope going vegan but this is dangerous. Not to mention all that sugar! Even if it’s a natural form too much isn’t good for you either!

I think she’s depriving herself from eating other important food even lentils to get her iron as the body needs it for a healthy heart.

I would be concerned to miss out on certain nutrients.

This would be such a seasonal diet too. What about when mangoes, and melons aren’t in season? She would be missing out on so many different vitamins and minerals. Surely introducing vegetables into her diet would be more beneficial than not.

Never knew this was even a thing. Takes a lot of willpower.

There are plenty of vitamins and minerals that she would be missing out on and lots of sugar in fruit. I cannot see how diets this strict are helpful for anyone

I say everything in moderation! I love fruit but there are so many wonderful things to eat in the world, and you only live once! Besides, people might get bored if the only recipes I submitted on MoM were fruit ones hehe

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  • • cherz replied
    • 19 Nov 2018 , 8:39 pm

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  If you did go all fruit Mum2archer I would be one very unhappy mom.