I followed the diet from roughly 2006 to 2009 and again from roughly 2015 to 2019, this time out of necessity—it was all I tolerated at the time due to a gut infection (SIBO) that was misdiagnosed and went untreated for a decade.Did you stay in a fruitarian diet for 5 years?
@Jennifer could you please share a little bit more on your approach to protein intake and how you avoid crashing your blood sugar
Milk, cheese and gelatin are the only proteins that don’t crash my blood sugar, but I should note that dairy was my least tolerated food while I had the gut infection. I used to get a bleeding rash all over my face, burning in my intestines, bloating, severe brain fog, depression and throat swelling, all within minutes of consuming any dairy so it’s still a bit surreal to me that along with ripe fruit, it’s now my most healing food, especially since tests showed I was dairy intolerant.@Jennifer - which proteins are working for you?
Back in 2019, after 3+ years of fruitarianism, I reintroduced meat/seafood, gelatin and eggs and knowing what I know now, the hypoglycemia returned and after 6 months, I started having daily adrenaline attacks so severe I would go into convulsions and unable to breathe, would pass out. After 6 months of this I had turned blue, was so exhausted and defeated that I went a day without eating and finally figured out that the attacks were caused by meat and eggs crashing my blood sugar, which explained why I experienced so many improvements on an arguably deficient fruitarian diet.
Clearing the gut infection was huge for me as I had a similar experience to CLASH in that I had to consume my fruit before my proteins to prevent digestive issues, something I never had to do prior to the infection. Now I feel best on mixed meals of skimmed goat’s milk, salty goat cheese and simple sugars from raw fruit/juice, raw honey, and raw coconut water when ripe fruit isn’t available as I’ve learned over the last 15 years of eating fruit-based that fruit is only good for me when it’s truly ripe. I find my blood sugar is most stable, and I feel my best overall, on a carb to protein ratio of roughly 4:1.
My pleasure! :) I hope the dietary tweaks help.