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Anyone that knows me knows how I like to trash talk, well my mouth got me into a friendly little showdown with a vegan on a vegan fitness board…..so I figured hey why not bust the challenge doors down completely!!!!

One of the members made this up specially which I thought was too cool but unfortunatly fuelled my fire and brought down a terrible fury!!!

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Needless to say I broke my push ups in an hour record and got 2080 and got 130 in one set.

I love friendly challenges every now and again!!

Ok you squares, 20th March is the day

6) Have a fun.

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What is the Fruitarian Raw Food Diet?

A typical Fruitarian eats and drinks:

• Sweet Fruits: Oranges, bananas, apples, melons, grapes, papayas, berries, figs, dates, mangoes, etc.
• Non Sweet Fruits: cucumbers, avocados, bell peppers, tomatoes, etc.
• Vegetables: lettuces and other greens, celery, etc.
• Nuts and Seeds: Sunflower and squash seeds, almonds, walnuts, soft coconut meat, etc.
• Also: coconut water, juices, water, and other raw and living foods.

A Fruitarian doesn’t eat:

• Meat, dairy products, grain products, bread, pasta, rice, cakes, soft drinks, junk food, processed food and other cooked foods.

The Basis for Fruitarianism

Fruitarianism may appear to be a new and quite radical concept, while actually it is a revival from a very ancient way of eating, dating back millions of years. As you might imagine, our ancestors did not live on bread and processed foods, but rather on the vibrant fruits and vegetables that are available in Nature. In the early 1900’s, a group called “Natural Hygienists” pioneered this revival. Natural Hygiene is a philosophy that teaches natural way of healing through diet, fasting and healthful, natural living. The Fruitarian Raw Food Diet is not a fad. Scientific proof is substantiated by intense research and studies on teeth of our earliest ancestors.

Also, according to our anatomy, our biology and physiology, we are actually “frugivores,” or fruit eaters. Our whole body system is geared for the Fruitarian Raw Food Diet. Fresh, organic fruit is the most nutritionally complete food for humans, and is the best source of glucose, which is the body and brain’s best fuel. Some of our Network members have been experiencing great level of health on the Fruitarian Raw Food Diet (which includes vegetables) for 5 to 50 years! Fruitarians experience superb mental clarity, physical strength and endurance, rejuvenation of youthful vitality, and renewed joy of living. Many have overcome all kinds of diseases via Fruitarianism, including all kinds of folks from children to college students to medical doctors to seniors. We are inspired to know that Leonardo da Vinci, Henry David Thoreau, and Mahatma Gandhi were mostly Fruitarians, or gearing towards that ideal, and that today there are several celebrities and professional athletes who are Raw Food Fruitarians, such as actor Woody Harrelson, singer Brian Adams and others.

The great, past Life Hygienist, T. C. Fry, wrote a beautiful essay titled: “Humans & Fruit: Symbiotic Partners In Life.” Mr. Fry wrote:

“But the greatest wisdom of all, perhaps, was that which created the food package (fruit) to proportionately meet the precise needs of its eaters; those creatures who, in taking and becoming dependent on these foods, became the fruit plant’s biological symbiont. That this method of seed distribution was successful is evidenced by the thousands of kinds of fruits created around the seeds in nature. Fruit attracts human senses in nature and are gourmet delights in their natural ripened state which ensures their survival. Also, fruit contains no poisons in the fresh ripened state, whereas almost all plants and seeds contain components which we cannot metabolize, hence are toxic directly or indirectly…..Fruits are the natural food of humans and the only food category ideally suited to all their faculties. This does not mean we should, in our present circumstances, eat fruit totally and exclusively, but it does mean that, in nature, that’s all we ate as attested by Dr. Walker.”

The Fruitarian Diet Ultimately Brings You and the Planet Great Health

A predominant Fruitarian Diet brings great benefits to our physical, mental and spiritual well being. The primary reason is that Fruit is a LIVE food! Fruit is laden with enzymes, and because of this it is already in partly pre-digested state. Fruit is ripened by the Sun and contains its energy. Fruit stays alive when picked. By eating fruit and scattering the seeds we do not destroy life €” the seeds are ready for reproduction for the benefit of mankind and all other fruit-eaters in Nature!

Because a Fruitarian Raw Food Diet is very "cleansing," bringing about a detoxification and elimination process, you may well need guidance and direction. The Fruitarian Worldwide Network of combined knowledge and experience can help and support you on the Fruitarian Raw Food Path.

Learn how to escape the dietary pleasure trap!

Learn how to escape the dietary pleasure trap! 

By Douglas Lisle, Ph.D. 

When you climb into a hot tub, it pays to edge in slowly. The water can be so hot as to be unpleasant€”until you get used to it. Then it will feel pleasant. When you step into a swimming pool, the water sometimes feels cold. But after a few minutes, you get used to it. The scent of pine trees or fragrant flowers is wonderful€”at first. But then you get used to it, and soon you may hardly even notice it. 

How is it that our internal experience can change so dramatically, even when our environment is staying the same? How is it that we so easily “get used to” things? It turns out that scientists have carefully studied this striking phenomenon, which they refer to as neuro-adaptation. This process is called “neuro-adaptation” because it involves nerves and adaptation. 

Our sensory processes are dependent upon the activation of sensory nerves. It is through the activation of various sensory nerves that we are able to see, hear, smell, sense touch, and to taste. The activity of these various sensory nerves tells our brains what is going on, and to what degree of intensity. For example, when you are sitting in a dimly lit room, and you turn on more light, your visual nerves become more active. They help your brain to notice an increase in brightness. Similarly, if you increase the volume on your stereo, your auditory nerves become more active. They help your brain to notice the increase in sound intensity. This same principle works for all of the five senses. 

Relative perception 

We tend to think that our nerves provide us with a very accurate depiction of real-world stimulation, but surprisingly, this is not the case. Let’s go back to the example of sitting in a dimly lit room. If you turn on all of the lights, it will seem very bright. However, if you later go outside into full sunshine, that will seem brighter still. When you go back inside, it will seem dim€”even though all of the lights are still on. Clearly, your nerves are not providing you with an “accurate” depiction of reality in these instances. They are providing a relative depiction. Your senses are highly responsive to change. They tell you when a new stimulus is brighter or dimmer, louder or softer, hotter or colder, and so forth, but not precisely how bright, or loud, or hot. Perception is largely a gauge of relative change. 

The reason our nerves provide us with relative€”rather than absolute€”information is partly because our nerves are designed to adapt to a steady level of stimulation. When there is a sudden increase in stimulation, your nerves increase their rate of “firing” (the basic mechanism that communicates sensory information to the brain). Any change in the intensity of a stimulus results in a change in the firing rate of the appropriate sensory nerves. For example, when you brighten the lights, your visual nerves will increase their firing rate. When you later dim the lights, the firing rate will be reduced. 

Dangerous adaptations 

In this article, we shall focus on an aspect of “getting used to” things that can lead to enormous€”often deadly€”problems. 

After we brighten the lights in a room, our visual nerves increase their firing rate€”but only for a little while! After a few minutes, the firing rate will slow down, or “adapt,” to the new, higher rate of stimulation. Sometimes, the nerves may even slow down their response to the level that they were previously firing at the lower level of illumination. This is why even a brightly lit room will seem merely “normal” after your sensory nerves adjust to it. 

All of our sensory nerves work in this manner. When we first enter an office, we might be distracted by a noisy air conditioner. But after a while we will likely cease to notice it. When a person first starts smoking cigarettes, he is acutely aware of the smell of the smoke. He smells it on his fingers, in his clothes, and in his car. But before long, he won’t notice it at all. He will have “gotten used to it.” He may never notice it again unless he quits smoking. Only then will his sense of smell re-calibrate to a more smoke-sensitive state. Then he will be able to smell the smoke€”just like everyone else does. 

Taste troubles 

Like our other sensory nerves, our  taste buds also will “get used to” a given level of stimulation€”and this can have horrific consequences. The taste buds of the vast majority of people in industrialized societies are currently neuro-adapted to artificially high-fat, high-sugar, and high-salt animal and processed foods. These foods are ultimately no more enjoyable than more healthful fare, but few people will ever see that this is true, because they consistently consume highly stimulating foods, and have “gotten used to” them. If they were to eat a less stimulating, health-promoting diet, they soon would enjoy such fare every bit as much. Unfortunately, very few people will ever realize this critically important fact! 

A gruesome tale 

If a frog is placed in a pan of water, it often just sits there. If the pan is heated, ever so slowly, the frog may never notice that the water temperature is rising. He will “get used to” the increasing heat€”and may be unaware that anything is amiss. Even with no barrier to his escape, he is as likely as not to sit in the pan€”and boil to death. His sensory capabilities may fail to adequately warn him that action is required for his survival, and he may only survive if the heat is turned down. 

For the past several decades, the modern American diet has been increasing in animal protein, animal and vegetable fats, refined carbohydrates, and added oil, salt, and sugar. In just the past two decades, our caloric intake has slowly escalated by 650 calories per person, per day. Not surprisingly, obesity and other diseases of dietary excess are at all-time highs. But just a few decades ago, our nation’s dietary habits were remarkably different. Meat was an expensive commodity€”for some, a “treat.” The same was true for refined flour products, refined sugar, and oils. But times have changed. Today, almost everyone in ..:namespace prefix = st1 />America can have all they desire of these rich foods€”and they do, virtually every day. 

From the perspective of our natural history, a daily life with such dietary choices is extraordinary. For hundreds of thousands of years, our ancient ancestors scratched and scraped, struggling against the harsh forces of nature in order to get enough food to survive. Even today, in undeveloped countries, significant food shortages are still a great concern, with millions dying each year from starvation. Yet, in a mere blink of history’s eye€”in just a few decades€”industrialized societies have arisen from environments of scarcity and have transformed themselves into societies of unprecedented abundance. The most striking feature of that abundance is a virtually unlimited supply of food. 

Artificial appeal 

An abundance of food, by itself, is not a cause of health problems. But modern technology has done more than to simply make food perpetually abundant. Food also has been made artificially tastier. Food is often more stimulating than ever before€”as the particular chemicals in foods that cause pleasure reactions have been isolated€”and artificially concentrated. These chemicals include fats (including oils), refined carbohydrates (such as refined sugar and flour), and salt. Meats were once consumed mostly in the form of wild game€”typically about 15% fat. Today’s meat is a much different product. Chemically and hormonally engineered, it can be as high as 50% fat or more. Ice cream is an extraordinary invention for intensifying taste pleasure€”an artificial concoction of pure fat and refined sugar. Once an expensive delicacy, it is now a daily ritual for many people. French fries and potato chips, laden with artificially-concentrated fats, are currently the most commonly consumed “vegetable” in our society. These artificial products, and others like them, form the core of the American diet. Our teenage population, for example, consumes 25% of their calories in the form of soda pop! 

Most of our citizenry can’t imagine how it could be any other way. To remove (or dramatically reduce) such products from America’s daily diet seems intolerable€”even absurd. Most people believe that if they were to do so, they would enjoy their food€”and their lives€”much less. Indeed, most people believe that they literally would suffer if they consumed a health-promoting diet devoid of such indulgences. But, it is here that their perception is greatly in error. The reality is that humans are well designed to fully enjoy the subtler tastes of whole natural foods, but are poorly equipped to realize this fact. And like a frog sitting in dangerously hot water, most people are being slowly destroyed by the limitations of their awareness. 

A pleasure trap 

Figure 1 (above left) depicts a devastating dietary trap. People consuming a whole natural foods diet will experience a normal range of pleasure from eating low-fat, high-fiber, unprocessed foods€”shown as Phase I. However, if concentrated, adulterated, processed foods are consistently allowed in the diet, they quickly will become preferred. 

In Phase II, we see that these products are typically experienced as better€”that is, more pleasurable€”than natural foods. This is the result of the heightened pleasure-inducing characteristics of artificially-produced foods. However, within a short period of time (a few weeks), the taste nerves adapt to this higher level of stimulation, and reduce their firing rate. This reduces the pleasure experience of artificially-stimulating foods back down to normal levels (Phase III). 

Phase III is the culmination of a process of extraordinary importance. It is within Phase III that most people live out their lives. And it is from within Phase III that most people will engineer their own health crises. Phase III occurs when we have become used to the extreme levels of stimulation present in artificial foods, yet ultimately experience no more pleasure than had we remained on a simpler, more healthful diet! Yet, we will rarely notice this process€”just as we rarely notice the process of getting used to a brightly-lit room. 

A challenging escape 

Once in awhile, a person may actually become aware of important dietary knowledge. Despite the tremendous commercially-motivated misinformation campaigns waged by the dairy, cattle, and processed food industries, sometimes a person actually comes to understand the truth about diet. At such times, determined individuals might attempt to change their diet toward whole natural foods€”in spite of dire and unfounded warnings from their families, friends, and doctors. 

But along the way, they are likely to be met with a formidable obstacle€”their own taste neuro-adaptation to artificially-intense foods. This challenge is depicted as Phases IV and V, wherein a change to less stimulating foods typically will result in a reduced pleasure experience. In the early stages, this process is dramatic because natural foods often are not nearly as stimulating. 

Scientific evidence suggests that the re-sensitization of taste nerves takes between 30 and 90 days of consistent exposure to less stimulating foods. This means that for several weeks, most people attempting this change will experience a reduction in eating pleasure. This is why modern foods present such a devastating trap€”as most of our citizens are, in effect, “addicted” to artificially high levels of food stimulation! The 30-to-90-day process of taste re-calibration requires more motivation€”and more self-discipline€”than most people are ever willing to muster. 

Tragically, most people are totally unaware that they are only a few weeks of discipline away from being able to comfortably maintain healthful dietary habits€”and to keep away from the products that can result in the destruction of their health. Instead, most people think that if they were to eat more healthfully, they would be condemned to a life of greatly reduced gustatory pleasure€”thinking that the process of Phase IV will last forever. This is an extraordinarily deceptive and problematic situation that I describe as a “pleasure trap.” 

A fast way out 

For many people, knowing how this trap works is a great ally to their self-discipline. But for others, this trap can seem just too difficult to manage. For them, the road may seem too long, and even minor indulgences often keep them in the trap. Fortunately, there is a second method for escape€”one that greatly speeds up the process of taste re-calibration. 

A properly-supervised period of water-only fasting is a safe and effective way to quickly re-sensitize taste nerves so that whole natural foods can be fully enjoyed. At the Center for Conservative Therapy, we have noted that for most people, one week of consuming nothing but water in an environment of complete rest is enough to substantially re-calibrate their taste buds. Patients find that after a fast, healthful fare tastes as good as the artificially-intense foods that they may have been eating previously. Sometimes natural foods taste even better. 

Avoiding the trap 

The modern American diet contains concentrations of chemicals that we were never meant to consume. As food manufacturers have sought to compete with each other, foods have become increasingly artificial€”loaded with ever-higher concentrations of pleasure-inducing chemicals, such as sugar, salt, and fat. But curiously, though the concentrations of these chemicals have escalated, the actual pleasure from eating has always stayed about the same. We now understand why. 

As our modern foods have become increasingly stimulating, our taste nerves are becoming desensitized€”neuro-adapting to the modern diet’s excessive stimulation. This sets the stage for a devastating trap, wherein a health-promoting diet is relatively unappealing. 

Fortunately, you now understand what it takes to escape this deceptive dietary trap. With consistent discipline, or perhaps an occasional period of supervised, water-only fasting, you can always get yourself back on track. In doing so, you will discover€”or perhaps re-discover€”that the diet of our natural design can be very enjoyable.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Hope they help!

Q. Just eating fruit is fine and all but how do you stay so diciplined? A. My life depends on it! Q. How long is the detox? A. How long is a piece of string, it depends on various factors such as age, how bad your previous lifestyle was and how you are transitioning, either way, expect it to be lengthy. Q. Where do you get you Vitamin B12 from? A. I’m of the opinion that we make our own. Q. Where do you get your protien from? A. I believe that I get all my nutrients over a period of time from the fruits I eat. Q. Will all my teeth fall out? A. I never once had any problems with my teeth falling out or any problems at all with my health, I’ve only experienced rejuvanation but bare in mind you will go through changes because your no longer swollen with water retention and that includes your gums. Q. Will I lose too much weight? A. Yes your going to lose retained water and unwanted fats as you cleanse. Q. What do I eat? A. To begin with, any Raw produce you like, your body will eventually take over and guide you to what you actually need. Q. What’s wrong with cooked food? A. It’s de-hydrating, produces acidic, toxifying waste matter. Q. Will I get all the vitamins and minerals I need from a natural diet? A. Yes. Q. What does a Fruitarian eat? A. Sweet Fruits: Oranges, bananas, apples, melons, grapes, papayas, berries, figs, dates, mangoes, etc. Non Sweet Fruits: cucumbers, avocados, bell peppers, tomatoes, etc. Vegetables: lettuces and other greens, celery, etc. Nuts and Seeds: Sunflower and squash seeds, almonds, walnuts, soft coconut meat, etc. Q. Do I have to go 100% Raw Vegan/Fruitarian? A. Not all all, it’s all up to the individual, they say that eating 70% raw produce makes you a Raw vegan. Q. What’s the difference between a Fruitarian and a Raw Vegan? A. Very little, but a Fruitarian is stricter. Q. What is the definition of a fruit? A. Any produce with a seed. Q. Can I build muscle eating raw food? A.. Yes, once your cleansing process is complete.

My Top Ten Tips to Transitioning to a Fruitarian Lifestyle

Article by Richard Blackman

What’s a Fruitarian???….I hear you ask,

well here’s my definition, A Fruitarian is a person whose diet consists exclusively of seeded fresh fruits, nut, seeds and some vegetables.

It’s a total change of lifestyle and will probably be one of the hardest things you’ll ever try to do.

Giving your body the job of undoing all the years of bad eating habits takes an incredible amount of dedication and patients to get through all the trails an tribulations that follow such a change.

Yeah, for the majority of people the transitioning process can be traumatic at times but it’s by no means all doom and gloom and I can honestly say that apart from getting married it’s one of the best things I have done, so based on my own experiences, here’s my top ten tips to successfully transitioning to the Fruitarian lifestyle.

1) Avoid negative people….

Depending on your circle of friends you may need to be very careful who you share your new choice of lifestyle with as even the most understanding of friends may not share your new found joy.

2) Be careful who you listen to…

Other people are not you and no one knows your needs better than you, the raw lifestyle works best when you follow your own intuition and not the conditioning of guru’s that only see you as a dollar sign.

3) Listen to your body….

I found that when I was eating cooked foods I really didn’t realise how much my mind and my body was being altered, my body was jam packed with waste and was at a near stand still but was still being led by some addiction.

4) Realise the simplicity of it all….

Going Fruitarian is as simple as picking/cutting up a fruit or vegetable and eating it, there is no secret way or method of eating fruits/veggies that only the enlightened ones know, nature has already given us the lesson for free.

5) Make cleansing a priority….

If you think your pretty clean because you lived on a "clean" vegan diet for years and you’ve only eaten "healthy" wholefoods, you know what, think again, you would not believe the amount of junk our bodies have had to store over the years from us eating several meals and snacks a day.

6) Get/stay active….

In my opinion, one of the big mistakes people make while detoxing is to quit working out, staying active helps to keep everything moving, you can do any athletic activity you wanna do while transitioning if you have the dedication to do it.

7) Get/stay tough….

One thing I will warn you about is that it takes a tough, strong minded individual to be successful at going Fruitarian because for many people, getting off of cooked food is like quitting alcohol or cigarettes so be prepared for a long fight my friends.

8) Strive to eat your food raw/fresh and in season….

The art of eating as society knows it normaly relies on consuming large amounts of cooked food with salt, condiments and sodas, for instants how many of you would eat a steak or tofu as is, with no salt/condiments?

9) Do I have to go 100% Fruitarian?….

No, going 100% Fruitarian is your own personal choice, you make that choice by living the lifestyle and learning what foods work for you and by listening to your body,.

10) Learn for yourself…

Well personaly I think everyone should learn the in’s and out’s of living a Fruitarian lifestyle for themselves because what works for me may not work for others, going on forums and asking complete strangers a million questions about what you should and should not eat has never made sense to me.

Check out my interview with Real Gainz Fitness Magazine

 http://www.realgainz.com/Fruitarian

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