Fruitarians

Earlier this week, I was with a friend from the UK who told me about a whole different class of strangeness: Fruitarians.

Now these Fruitarians seem to be an even stranger breed than those I read about in an article about a new class of people-who-don’t-eat-meat. First some definitions:

Vegetarian Classes

• A true vegetarian eats no meat, whether beef, fish or poultry. They also don’t eat meat by-products (beef or chicken stock, marshmallows, gelatin, etc.) either.

• A lacto ovo vegetarian doesn’t eat meat like a vegetarian but does eat eggs and dairy products.

• A semi-vegetarian cuts back on their meat intake on a daily basis.

• Pesco vegetarians eat fish but no other meat.

• Pollo vegetarians eat poultry but no other meat.

• A vegan is a strict vegetarian who also avoids all animal products, including wool, silk, leather and any other item made from an animal.

“Orthodox vegetarians” will not touch paper money because of the vegetable oils used in the bills. Credit card’s are manufactured with plastic and plastic contains animal fats. These people only use coins.

I wonder if they have metal keyboards instead of the plastic one I’m using. And how do they drive cars? I suppose metal steering wheels?

Fruitarians

The fruitarian diet consists of raw fruit and seeds only.

Thankfully, their biblical web site provides ample definitions of these things called fruits.

“Examples of fruits are: Pineapple, mango, banana, avocado, apple, melon, orange, etc., all kinds of berries, and the vegetable fruits such as tomato, cucumber, olives; and dried fruits such as nuts, hazelnuts, cashews, chestnuts, etc.. And seeds including sprouted seeds.”

Now I am a bit confused as to the significance of the next passage as I don’t believe water is technically a meat, milk, bread, vegetable or any other food group but another factoid from the biblical web site:

“Fruitarians live for years without drinking much additional water. Most of the water that they get is "dietary" water, the water that is in their foods: melons, pineapple, oranges, etc.”

"The proper application of fruitarian dietary and lifestyle is calculated to allow the human to live happily, produce healthy offspring, live to more than 100 years of age, be free of all disease, and only "mature" while not aging enjoying all the benefits of a permanent joyful and healthy body."

I imagine the next step is to progress to Orthodox Fruitarians. Imagine, in fifty years, a world filled with only those who eat fruit and use coins.