I think it's very interesting that some raw vegans lean more towards vegetables, and some lean more towards fruit.

I've come to believe that either way is OK.

Being a high fruit person (I feel best this way), I was surprised when I came to this forum to find that many raw vegans eat a lot more vegetables than fruits. In fact some don't eat fruits at all.

I think I've learned a lot from reading what the high vegetable people have to say. It seems that showing tolerance towards other people's food choices is a good way to learn from them.

So how about you? Are you mainly a fruit person or are you mainly a vegetable person? Do you feel like telling us why? Is it because of a taste preference, do you feel better, and/or is it because of what you've read or heard? I'd like to see what people have to say, without making any judgements about their points of view.

One other question: What climate do you live in? I'm just wondering if most high fruit eaters live in warmer climates and most high vegetable eaters live in cooler climates.

Whether we're high fruit or high veggie, I love it that most of us aren't SAD. How wonderful to be able to share our thoughts and experiences on this forum!



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Both, I love both fruit and veggies... I don't choose between the two, but I crave veggies and feel healthier when I eat at least 50% veggies. I never deny myself either, if that is what I feel like eating. Somedays are more fruit, some days more veggies, somedays one or the other. What ever I want... I just enjoy what ever I like, and have no rigid rules. If I want nuts or seeds, then I eat them, and if I want cooked food then I eat it... But I crave raw mostly, so most of my food is raw. I'm doing better than 99% of the population.

70% fruit in the warm months

70% veg in cooler months


i too love how we do it each our own style

I'm all fruit for several years. I live in Central/South Florida.

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well-i like veggies alot but fruit more but i think somehow veggies are loaded with more vitamins.i only say this cause i think so...i really don't know why i think this.taylor

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I like fruit and live in Miami

hmm i like both.. i love them both actually.....when i first started raw i was mostly fruit.....but then my blood sugars were still not where i liked them...so i have been cutting out fruit and doint mostly veggies and a few fruits in my green smoothie...so i am veggies haha..although i sure do love fruits...my blood sugar is still not that great...i am thinking bryan is right when he talks about type 1 diabetes...if your pancreas is too damaged it doesn't get fixed even with raw....that is my fortake so far...i have been 4 1/2 weeks 100% raw and my blood sugars aren't any better i have come to realize....so i don't know...i can only control them with insulin...so that is what i am doing....i live in san diego so if that helps with your veggie fruit preferences in climates just know i prefer fruits usually though by heart...and by health i have to have veggies...i don't do oils,or seeds either
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Both fruit and vegetable person, since I eat both fruit and vegetables.

Sachelle,i have been so worried about you.i am so glad u have come to realize the insulin thing.i have worried and prayed every minute u would be alright.much love and hugs.taylor

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If I had to choose I'd choose veggies, but the first meal of my day includes fruit ( fruit smoothie with greens) and I LOVE my smoothies.

I'm eating more fruit than I ever have before and am really enjoying it. Yesterday I bought red bananas from Equador and can't wait to try them this morning for breakfast.

I live in Louisiana.


khale

"I'm eating more fruit than I ever have before and am really enjoying it. Yesterday I bought red bananas from Equador and can't wait to try them this morning for breakfast."


I became happy when I read that :=)

I guess I'm more of a vegetable person though I eat both. I used to love fruits, but the long I've been raw the more I disliked their taste. I like the taste of ones that are mild and not tooo sweet.

I've been grossed out by the green mold that grows on oranges, or how when I cut open a Fuji apple there is mold on the seeds, or how fermented bananas smell when they're ripe.

I think the high fruit thing is interesting though, and I might try it if I ever lived somewhere fruits were more available. I suppose living in Pennsylvania though, where there isn't a wild sweet fruit on a tree anywhere I look... I'm just not convinced that is our "natural" diet...

i'm definitely a fruit person. i would be content with just fruit, all of the time. even if i only had apples, strawberries, and canteloupe...i'd be happy. but from what i've been reading i need to up my greens so i'm working on that and seeing how my health improves.

I am both but have always leaned toward veggies. The longer I am raw the more I want fruit. I am eating fruit as a meal more and more, and usually want it first thing in the morning. I live in southern Lousiana.

It depends on my mood. I go through veggie weeks and fruit weeks. This week is definitly a fruit week! I did the same thing when I was on the SAD diet. One week was a sweet kick and the next I wanted nothing but bland.

I live in New England and I love fruit and vegetables about equally-- well, maybe I like fruit a little more. :-) But I try to have greens once a day (in a smoothie) and vegetables or vegetable-fruits once a day (evening salad), and the rest of the time I eat fruit and a small amount of nuts or seeds-- seems to be working.

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I live in warm climates but there are mountains that are cool nearby in the winter so I have a good supply of both fruits and veggies but a by far tropical fruits are my favorites today 2 papayas for breakfast and nice ripe mangos for lunch did not decide on dinner yet.

Cherimoya

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I used to consider myself a veggie person until I realized the tomatoes and cucumbers are fruits. So between that and bananas lol, I'm a fruit person

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rrraw wrote:

"I became happy when I read that :=)"


Was it the poetry in "red bananas from Equador" that did it? : )

You're a beauty!


khale

I consider myself a vegetable person - but that includes tomatoes, cucumber, zuchinni, bell peppers, etc. So maybe that makes me a blend. I live in Indiana.

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i'm a fruit person so far. i'm new at this but i tend to go toward sweet rather than veggies. i live in southern california(huntington beach) so it's usually great weather.

Laura

Thanks everybody for your replies! This reinforces the feeling for me that we all have so much in common, even though we're all maybe just a little bit different. Kind of like a family. I like it!

Fruit, FRUIT, lots more fruits, espeically love it when I can get yummy watery sweet watermelon!

Veggies..not so much.

Love,
Prism

Actually, I'm a fat person. All 158 lbs of me!!!


Why Vegan?
Because I have the most love and admiration for all animals of the earth!!!
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Fruit- but i need to aquire more of a taste for veggies. I am addicted to sea vegtables howerver hmmmm. Oh i'm from NYC

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Starfruit

I like both. I eat a lot of fruit,but I crave veggie juice a lot.

I think overall I have always been a fruit person. When I was a kid we had blueberry bushes and apple trees so I was always picking at them and that was even on SAD. I liked drinking fruit juices and berry flavors always appealed to me. It's hard to really say because my choices were limited, I was a picky eater and still don't like certain fruits. I only make myself eat a bannana when I don't have anything to blend them with. I'll eat oranges but prefer to blend those because I don't really like the texture...Apples Grapes and Berries are my favs..and grape tomatoes since they're supposed to be a fruit.

I always liked cooked broccoli and spinach, celery, fresh string beans (canned was disgusting) corn, peas, carrots, potatoes..but liked them with butter, hidden in soup or disguised with salad dressing. But now some of these are the ones I can easily eat raw. Things like kale and cucumbers make me want to gag even in juice.

And I live in RI.

I prefer fruits. Pretty much any fruit. I can eat vegetables without much trouble. But nothing beats a good piece of ripe fruit.

Still enjoying persimmons. Just got 20 for about US$5.00. So nice. I've been eating lots lately and I can't think of any other reason why I might be putting on weight!! I'm not getting anywhere near fat. Don't think I ever could. But the weight increase is obvious.

I've been in the warmest spot in South Korea for about six months and will be here another six. Spring has already come, apparently. Incredibly early. Global Warming?



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