Is An All Fruit Diet Smart?

As a detox diet yes, as a long term
solution for losing weight, no.

Fruitarian Movement

The explanation is very easy, the fruitarians, which is a movement devoted to eating only fruits, try to eat only fruits all the time.

There are not many who really remain fruitarians, because some nutritional deficiencies appear.   For instance, there is no fruit source for Vitamin B 12, necessary for the formation of blood cells and functionality of the nervous system. Other essential nutrients which are missing are calcium, iron, Vitamin D and riboflavin.

Many fruitarians develop a sect like eating disorder, where they regard all food other than fruit as “evil”; the clinical name is orthorexia nervosa.

The Trouble with an All Fruit Diet

The main problem is that all fruit contains a lot of fruit sugar, therefore losing weight is probably not going to happen, because you will need to eat a lot of fruits to satiate your hunger.

The blood sugar spikes, when sugary substances are ingested, when the level of sugar plummets down, you feel hungry again. Since fruit is digested easily, you will be hungry most of the time.

On the other hand, using the fruit diet to detox before a regular diet is a very smart move. Generally it is enough to be on a fruit diet for one to three days, in order to detox completely.

Bad Fruit Will Make You Sick

The detox takes a very short time, only make sure you use organic fruits.  Nothing with pesticides or chemical washes.  Drink a lot of water, too!

Remember to take some supplements for the nutrients that are missing from the fruitarian diet.

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How Does The Lemonade Detox Work?

This diet is also very well known as the Master Cleanse diet, the Lemon Cleanse diet, the Lemon Diet and the Maple Syrup diet.  There are many other detox recipes using these ingredients that I’ll talk about further in upcoming posts.

This is a detox diet and is supposed to rid the body of all toxic elements. The duration of such a liquid diet should not be extended beyond five days without proper medical supervision.  This is because  nutrients are not being ingested and the individual in detox can experience serious deficiencies, primarily of protein, vitamins and minerals.

Liquid Fast = No Solid Food!

Since this is a classic liquid fast, no solid food is ingested for the term of the diet!  The digestive tract stresses out because of this; returning to solid food is almost certain to lead to constipation and a stomach ache.

This lemonade detox is also being used as a crash diet for fast weight loss. It is said to be the crash diet of choice for many celebrities and was also featured in popular TV series, such as “The Office”.

Since this liquid fast means you are eating nothing, chances are that you will lose weight. The lemon diet is supposed to take ten days for weight loss.   Under medical scrutiny, people have sustained on it for a month and a half!  (Don’t do that!)

One thing is for sure, you will get cleansed, because you ingest nothing and your body can get rid of all toxic material stored.

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