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I don't think I'd be surprised. I don't know how to solve that though short of starving myself to death.


Not to say this is your moral prerogative but it's pretty simple: Eat only hand-picked fruit. It's by far the least death-causing food out there and it's offered to you by the tree to eat.

I'm not a vegetarian or fruitarian, I don't generally care about animal death or suffering. But if I did that would be my tactic to minimize pain in the system.


If you did that you would become extremely unhealthy. Veganism has the caveat "as far as is practicable", and a fruitarian diet is not practicable for extended periods of time as you will become malnourished.


Fair enough. Swap "only fruit@ for "as much fruit as possible without becoming malnourished" if you would value your own wellbeing above another animals' (which I would as well).


I know a guy who was promoting frutarian lifestyle. He was a previous world champion kayaker and works in the outdoor industry. I saw him recently and he was still in the top 15-20 in the world in his even. I need to check with him if he's still doing it. He looks like a model, superfit and full of energy. He had an interesting blog on the amount of fruit he was having to eat, most of which he picked up for free or cheap at markets as it was approaching use by date.

https://www.instagram.com/jamesbebbington/?hl=en

http://www.inspiredlife.org/richard-harpham/item/35-james-pr...


And probably at least pre-diabetic.

The form of sugar in fruit isn’t quite as bad as some, and all the fiber helps it be absorbed more slowly but there is still a lot of it many.

An apple has a much sugar as 6oz of Coke. Lots of nutrients too, but 23g of sugar is… a lot.


Reminder that cucumber and avocado are fruits.


And zucchini, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, beans, and peas.


But if you pick fruits from trees you are taking away food for some other animals that also eat those fruits.




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