fruitarian
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fruitarian (plural fruitarians)
A variant of vegetarian who intends to be limited to eating only such parts of plants whose consumption does not kill the plant (such as fruits, vegetables that can be compared to fruit, nuts and grain, but not for example tubers). The purest fruitarians do not want to destroy even the seeds.
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"The fruitarian diet usually consists of consuming those parts of the plant that are cast off or dropped from the plant and that do not involve the destruction of the plant itself."
He was fruitarian, full of lovely, all-natural super foods.
I am a fruitarian, and my omega-6 consumption is close to zero, and the ratio of 1:1 easily is satisfied.
Some nutritionists state that children should not follow a fruitarian diet.
As fruits, vegetables and nuts are the foods which meet this qualification in an ideal manner they are the primary foods used by the fruitarian."
Patricia Samour, Handbook Of Pediatric Nutrition, Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2003, p. 143. "A fruitarian diet consists of only fruits.