What about Protein? | Fruitarian Protein Myth

Debunking the myth that you can't get enough protein on a raw vegan fruitarian diet. 

   This is the most common question and usually the first one asked. Since I have been implementing a raw vegan fruitarian diet, I have been getting it all the time. In fact no one cared about my protein intake until I went vegan.

But, what about protein?

People/society are so conditioned to think that the only protein a human can get is from meat, eggs or dairy. Well I am writing this to debunk that. And, to show you that a raw vegan fruitarian diet can, and does provide more than enough quality protein for optimal health.

In fact plant based protein is superior for our bodies than any other source. Fruit based protein is an easily digestible protein in the form of amino acids and is easily used by our bodies. It is much simpler for our bodies to break down, because it contains basic amino acids. Whereas meat contains a second hand protein and must still be broken down by the body. In other words it must be broken down back into amino acids to be utilized.

When we eat fruits, berries, melons and veggies we get protein in the form of amino acids, and our body builds protein structures out of that. But, when we eat meat which is already structured proteins (another animals muscles), our body must break it down back into amino acids just so our bodies can use them.

This extra process creates acid wastes, and toxic build up which promote symptoms of body break down, which we call disease. Not to mention meat is loaded with artery clogging animal fats and cholesterol! An animal based diet has no fiber as well and this only adds to the problems! A raw vegan fruitarian diet is a naturally low fat, high fiber, high carbohydrate diet that promotes health, life and vitality!

Something that I have always said "If we want to live we need to eat living foods. Likewise eating dead foods will promote disease and death." I will be doing more posts on this topic. For now back to how much protein we can get from fruit alone. I have also included the calorie value as well as fat content.

These figures are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Obviously the more active you are the more calories from fruit you will want to consume. And if you are not a very active person or not a very tall person you would be fine to consume less. For myself I try to keep my calorie intake between 1,500 - 2,000 although I would eat more if I was more active.

So, the protein, calories, and fat in some of the fruits that many fruitarians may be eating at this time in the fall and winter is as follows. Keep in mind this is an example, but all fruit is similar in protein, calories and fat content.

Here's the numbers...

4 medium bananas = 5.16 grams of protein, 420 calories, and about 1.56 grams of fat
5 medium oranges = 6.15 grams of protein, 310 calories, and about  .80 grams of fat
5 tangerines = 2.85 grams of protein, 185 calories, and 1.1 grams of fat
5 apple/Japanese persimmons = 4.85 grams of protein, 590 calories, and 1.60 grams of fat
5 roma tomatoes = 4 grams of protein, 175 calories, and 5 grams of fat
1 large avocado = 4.02 grams of protein, 322 calories, and 29.47 grams of fat

When we add it up we get an healthy 27.03 grams of protein! And an optimal 2,002 calories, as well as about 39.53 grams of fat. If you think that is still a low intake of protein, and fat, think again. The average American consumes way to much protein and fats! This leads to most of the health problems that we see today like heart disease, diabetes and some cancers. Dr. Morse and many others report an increase in overall pain when proteins go much higher than 20-30 grams. High protein diets are acidic diets. And human beings aren't high protein creatures like carnivores.

If a fruitarian wants to cut the fat out a little they just simply eat less avocados. And if they want a little extra protein they just eat more fruit, or add a handful of nuts or seeds. Just 1/4th cup of raw sunflower seeds adds an addition 7 grams of protein. And a 1/4th cup of raw almonds give 6 grams. Many fruitarians eat seeds and nuts as needed or desired.

You also get a lot of fiber as a fruitarian which is essential to proper elimination, and the prevention of cancer, especially colorectal cancer which is the second leading cause of death in the United States! Based on the example above you would get about 80 grams of fiber or more per day as a fruitarian. Say good buy to constipation and irregularity issues! Doesn't that sound nice?

A fruitarian eats similar to the example above on a daily basis and as you can see there is no lack of protein, calories or fat! Also eating this way is super clean and full of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and water! Everything we need for optimal health. Not to mention fruit is naturally detoxifying and as already mentioned, loaded with beneficial fiber for proper elimination. It’s the perfect food for humans and there is no cooking or preparation (aside from maybe cutting it up, peeling it or blending it) required.

On a daily basis as a fruitarian my diet may vary a little bit from above. In fact a fruitarian diet varies from day to day, season to season, but it's still fruit for me daily. Some days I will include mangoes, and less oranges, or more bananas and less persimmons, etc.. I eat in season and what I currently have available to me at the time. Each season supplying us with exactly the type of foods we need.

Some days I may include some cooked sweet potatoes just because I like them and they do not cause me any adverse health issues. I may even have some veggies or greens some days if I want to. A fruitarians primary food is fruit but that doesn't mean that we aren't including some seeds, nuts, raw greens or veggies. The reason why my goal is 100% fruit is because I am detoxing. Veggies, greens, nuts and seeds will slow down a detox and may prevent the healing that you are looking for or at least slow it down.

Also as a quick tip, eating a meal of cooked sweet potatoes in addition to your fruit, can get you out of an elimination issue and back on track. Also sweet potatoes (seasoned with sage not salt) is a great way to curb a cooked food craving. They say boiling or steaming is best if you are going to cook a vegetable like sweet potatoes. I prefer the taste better when I bake it, but I'm not eating them on a daily basis.

I’m loving the simplicity! 

I love how simple this diet is and how easy it is for me to stick to it. Personally this is what I have been waiting for my whole life. I am feeling better that I have in a long time. And if I forget how great I am feeling I can just eat some cooked food and my digestive issues, acid, fatigue come right back and I feel weighed down again. When I eat fruit, I feel light and energized! I know my food is getting digested properly and elimination is better too. I look forward to a long healthy life on this fruitarian diet and you can too.

Give it a try for a day, or three days, or a week and you will see what I mean! 

I hope this article helped you to see that YES! There is plenty of protein in the form of amino acids in fruit for a fruitarian diet and there is no need to worry that you aren't getting enough on this type of diet. Even if you are including some vegetables, because there's protein in vegetables too. As you can see when we make fruit our primary food (which is intended by God) then we get what we need and our bodies thank us for it with optimal health.

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Type 2 Diabetes Cure

Diabetes Cure Using Dr. Morse’s Protocols

Chances are you know someone who has been diagnosed with diabetes. You may be one of them. Diabetes is affecting so many people and not just adults but children as well. This is a shame and not something anyone should have to deal with!

If you go to the doctor they will tell you "there is no cure" and "diet has nothing to do with why you have this illness" but they are wrong. Curing diabetes like any other illness is as simple as eliminating the CAUSE of the problem. And according to Dr. Morse it is easy to do. When it comes to a cure, all you have to do is simply do what you should have been doing all along. Also herbs are used as a powerful tool for rebuilding the bodies mechanisms that have failed you do to your lifestyle choices.

Allopathic medicine or what we know as "traditional medicine" does not seek to eliminate the cause but to treat the symptoms or disease only. This approach only guarantees that you remain sick and are dependent on pharmaceutical companies for the rest of your life! Good for the manufacturers of drugs but not for you the patient. Going the way of medicine is always better for big business than it is for the individual! Treating diseases rather the cause of disease is never the answer!

So what causes diabetes? For a simply answer I would say "your diet and lifestyle choices." More specifically a diet high in animal fats and proteins. Diabetes is not caused by to much sugar consumption as stated by the American Diabetes Association who gets much of their funding from the dairy and meat industries. See What The Health Documentary. The type of foods that you choose to consume, and the products that you choose to put on your skin have everything to do with why you are suffering. When we especially eat the wrong foods our bodies become weak and our mechanisms fail like our adrenal system, lymphatic systems, pancreas, etc... This causes sugar metabolism problems, or our pancreas to reduce the amount of insulin that is being produced.

A diet high in meat, and animal fats will actually cause a rise in blood sugar levels. While consuming whole fruits containing fructose sugars will actually cause a stabilizing effect. Our bodies are designed for fructose sugars from whole fruit sources. A plant based preferably raw diet is the best, proven way to eliminate illness and the need for pharmaceutical products. Fructose does not require insulin to metabolize, and is easily digested therefore it's a perfect food for diabetics, In fact fruit is a super food for everyone!

Grains, flours as well as dairy products cause spikes in blood sugar and do not contain the appropriate sugars (fructose) that is proper for a human being. Dairy products as well as animal fats and proteins have been linked to diabetes as well as cancer. If you look around at everyone you know with diabetes and or cancer you will see that dairy, animal fats and meat are their primary food source. Even if a person doesn't consume meat, dairy is just as damaging on its own. There in lies the problem and it is easily fixed by choosing to eat plant based. Start now! Eat raw primarily fruits and veggies for a week and feel the difference!

Our societies "need" for cooking food has also played an important role in the development of disease like diabetes. Cooking foods, especially oils, and meats, create carcinogens, cancer causing substances. A raw diet is most powerful, but some minimally cooked veggies will be fine when your not trying to hard detox. Never consume fruits cooked, but only juiced or whole. Veggies can be lightly steamed or boiled. Be careful not to cook veggies to much because this destroys the life and vital nutrients you need to heal. Veggies like spinach and kale are best used raw and can be blended for best results. Make yourself a nice spinach salad or green drink. And, like I will state below pay attention to food combining. Some fruits and veggies should not be combined.

DISCLAIMER: IF YOU ARE TAKING MEDICATION FOR DIABETES LIKE INSULIN, DO NOT STOP THEM RIGHT AWAY. FOLLOW DR. MORSE'S PROTOCOLS OUTLINED HERE, IN HIS VIDEOS AND IN HIS BOOK. AS YOUR BLOOD SUGARS BECOME STABLE AND YOUR BODY HEALS YOU CAN CONSULT WITH YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT WEANING OFF OF THE MEDICATIONS. ALTHOUGH YOU SHOULD BE CHECKING YOUR SUGAR LEVELS REGULARLY. IF YOUR SUGAR HAS SPIKED DUE TO A SPECIFIC FRUIT INTAKE THEN TAKING INSULIN CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO CHECK YOUR LEVELS REGULARLY! IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE THESE PROTOCOLS YOU DO SO ON YOUR OWN ACCORD AND AS ALWAYS CONSULT A QUALIFIED NATUROPATHIC PROFESSIONAL.

THE PROTOCOL:

• Consume a 95-100% primarily fruits based diet! Focus on low sugar fruits, and pay attention to how fruits especially high sugar fruits affect your blood sugar. Yes you can consume a primarily fruit based diet if you have been diagnosed with diabetes. Focus on fruits for health and detox!

  

• Also consume raw veggies such as spinach, kale and especially herbs like garlic. Have a green salad with lemon juice on top in the evenings to balance everything out. Remember to keep it raw or lightly steamed for best benefits. Raw is best!

• Absolutely NO OTHER SUGAR SOURCES outside of fruit! Avoiding the complex sugars is your answer! Don't blame fruits, berries and melons they are not and have never been your problem. Fruits contain fructose type sugars and do not require insulin to metabolize.

• Watch out for hidden sugars that may spike your blood sugar. Avoid grains, beans and legumes. If you continue to use these foods use sparingly. These foods contain high levels of sugar from glucose, and are very hard to digest. This is a bad deal for someone trying to heal from a type two situation.

• Use your blender to make consumable juices with fruits, veggies and herbs. Put your juicer, Vitamix and or blender to good use. Juicing is an excellent way to get your raw fruits and veggies in everyday.

• Avocado and coconut can be a healthy plant based fat source but use sparingly. I would avoid oils but if you must use oil use grape seed oil and keep it raw. Cooking foods and especially oils creates carcinogens.

• Watch your blood sugar carefully and adjust your fruit intake accordingly. Balance everything out by consuming veggies. Add some cooked veggies occasionally when you need to create some needed balance.

• Levels can drop fast so grazing on fruits can keep it stable. If your sugar spikes to high, like stated before use vegetables to create balance. Remember fruit sugar is fructose and is not required by insulin.

• If a particular fruit causes your sugar to get to high eliminate that fruit until your blood sugar can be stabilized. Listen to your body and pay attention to what it needs!

• Remember your goal is to clean and regenerate your pancreas and adrenal glands, NOT to treat diabetes! Treat the cause not the symptoms. This is where the herbal formulas will come into play. More on that below.

• Proteins, especially meat, will raise your blood sugars. Meat is not a balanced food, as it consists of mostly protein. Therefore your body will break down fat and convert this to glucose for balance. The responding glucose will then rise your blood glucose levels.

• Other food and things you MUST AVOID are caffeinated drinks like coffee, soda, tea, energy drinks, etc…ABSOLUTELY no animal products such as dairy and meat! As stated before high protein animal product based diets are the cause of acidosis in the body. Likewise the cause of all of the illnesses we see today. Especially diabetes, cancer and heart disease.

• Keep it simple EAT THE FOODS THAT WERE DESIGNED FOR YOUR BODY, fruits, berries, melons, vegetable, seeds and nuts. High protein plant sources must be used sparingly if at all. During a detox you must avoid seeds and nuts.

• Consume lots of whole lemons and lemon juice daily to aid the pancreatic juices to proper digestion. Start your day every morning with fresh squeezed lemon or whole lemon juice hot or cold.

• Pay attention to food combining. Some fruits and veggies should not be eaten together. Mono eating is the best. That is one type of fruit at a time. See Chart...

• Herbal formulas for pancreatic strengthening, detox and regeneration and Heal All Tea By Dr. Robert Morse. Also can include licorice root for pancreatic health. You will need to use these until your condition is cured. You can get these herbal formulas and learn more about them at Dr. Morse's Private Membership Club. It's only ten dollars and you get that back on your first purchase of herbal formulas. Also watch his YouTube videos for more information. Also via this membership you can gain counseling as well as support. Ultimately your health is your responsibility so learn all you can, take notes and help your body heal itself!

• Also just as important as what you eat is what you put on your skin. Throw away all your skin care products that are loaded with harmful chemicals like aluminum, titanium dioxide and much worse! You can go to the health food store and buy all natural skin care or you can just use coconut oil and or almond oil. You also may want to purchase a natural shampoo and conditioner. Keep it simple!

• Last but not least WATCH DR. MORSE'S VIDEOS EDUCATE YOURSELF! I have provided some here but you can find much more on YouTube. There is so much more that you need to know to help yourself and Robert Morse N.D. is just the man. His YouTube videos are an invaluable source for this information. Watch carefully and take notes!

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Below is a fruit guide that you can use to carefully select what fruits you will be eating and when. Make sure that you do not consume only high sugar fruits but to mix it up between low, medium and high. You can consume your high sugar fruits in the morning for an energy booster but make sure to check your sugar levels. If your sugar spikes to high then lay off that particular fruit in favor of low sugar fruits. When your body heals your sugars will become more stable and then you can add that high sugar fruit back in your diet and more frequently.

LOW SUGAR FRUITS:

Lime  

lemon (You can add a slice to your water or squeeze them on food to add their nutrients and tartness.)

Rhubarb  

Apricots   

Cranberries (You can blend them with a higher sugar fruit to take away from the tartness.)

Guavas

Raspberries (You can get them fresh in summer or find them frozen year-round.)

Kiwifruit (They have a mild flavor but add lovely color to a fruit salad. Also, you can eat the skin.)

Blackberries

Strawberries (With a little more sugar than raspberries)

Figs

Grapefruit

Cantaloupes (They are the lowest in sugar of the melons.)

Tangerines (They have less sugar than oranges and are easy to section for fruit salads.)

 MEDIUM SUGAR FRUITS:

Nectarines  

Papaya (They are lower in sugar than the other tropical fruits.)

Oranges (These are great to pack along for lunches and snacks.)

Honeydew

Cherries  

Peaches  

Blueberries (They are higher in sugar than other berries but packed with nutrients.)

Grapes  

HIGHEST SUGAR FRUITS:

Pineapple (As a tropical fruit, it is higher in sugar.)

Pears  

Bananas

Watermelon

Apples (They are easy to take along for meals and snacks, but higher in sugar than tangerines or oranges.)

Pomegranates

Mangoes

“There are no incurable diseases only incurable people” The choice is yours and your health is in your hands! Doctors can't cure you but there is a cure don't every believe different.

Watch the videos below for more information. Good luck and God bless! Stay tuned on my blog for more great info such as this. Please share this blog post, like it and leave a friendly comment :) My apologies if I was repetitive on some points but this is very important that will change your life is you implement the protocols.

Yes it's hard work but you deserve it! Please like and share with your friends. And comments always appreciated.

This video goes into more details about fruit sugars, detox, the problems with diabetes and a lot of other information not mentioned here. A MUST WATCH!

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