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From:	Angel (98.210.156.171)
Subject:	Greens are a must!
Date:	November 7, 2009 at 8:20 pm PST

In Reply to: fruit eating posted by Sheila on November 6, 2009 at 3:33 pm:

Greens are a must! for a frugivore

For the aspiring frugivore, luscious sweet fruits are an obvious
choice, and are attractive and appealing in color, taste, and
texture. Because they provide quick energy and satiation, and
because they feel satisfying to the body and mind, it can be
tempting or easy to neglect or underestimate the importance of
balancing ones diet with vegetables and vegetable fruits, primarily
tender, non-bitter greens like celery, lettuce, and spinach, and the
vegetable fruits like cucumber, tomato and yellow peppers. This
neglect will have dire consequences, and can destroy health
permanently and severely.

It is quite possible to subsist for significant periods of time on
sweet fruits alone, but this is a deadly trap that will not result in
optimum health or long-term fitness, performance, and vitality.
Without foods rich in sodium, calcium, chloride, phosphate,
carbonate, and potassium, serious imbalances will occur, resulting
in a situation in which the body is forced to draw minerals from the
bones and teeth in order to keep the electrolyte balance on an even
keel, and the metabolism running. Long-term neglect of these
important foods can result in irreversible damage, or create a
situation that takes years to reverse. True mental clarity and
calmness can only result when the body is supplied with these
minerals.

Often times, a frugivore develops the misconception that only
athletes or people performing vigorous physical activity need to
concern themselves with sodium/potassium replenishment, but
this is far from true. Anybody, no matter if they are in a hot climate
or a freezing cold climate, or if they are sedentary or active, will
regularly need to consume foods rich in sodium, magnesium, and
trace minerals. While it is true that an athlete will run into serious
trouble sooner than a sedentary person, this does not mean that
the sedentary individual is not steadily creating the mineral
imbalances and deficiencies that will catch up with them and slowly
degrade their health.

Not having this knowledge can be deadly in a cold climate. Often,
because of the misconceived idea promoted by pseudo-
practitioners of health that greens are "cooling" foods, frugivores
in cold climates avoid celery and lettuce, believing that they will be
better able to stay warm by only focusing on fruits, or even worse,
nuts. In reality, the body can never efficiently or reliably warm itself
or maintain a healthy temperature in the cold without regular and
large intake of sodium. Without sodium, the human body will find
itself in a permanently chilled state, and all of the organs,
especially the liver, kidneys, pancreas, and heart, will begin to
function inefficiently and sluggishly. The problem is compounded
by the fact that the human body can sometimes sweat even more
in a cold climate than in a warm climate, because it is bundled up
in layers of clothing.

Many individuals have experienced deadly hyponatremia, even in
the cold, because they did not replace the sodium they lost in their
sweat and urine. Severe muscle cramps, mental confusion and
delusion, muscle weakness, and epileptic seizures can be the
result. Without a daily food rich in calcium and magnesium, like
lettuce, hypocalcemia can result, creating a weakened immune
system and susceptibility to infection, tooth and bone loss, and
osteoporosis.

Rather than waiting for dire conditions or symptoms to develop, it
is far better to develop early on the habit of regularly consuming
greens and non-sweet fruits on a daily basis, preferably with every
meal, and even between meals. Snacking on celery or lettuce will
help develop stable blood sugar, and will help balance the
imbalanced spikes in insulin brought about by a lifetime of
unhealthful eating. Delicious soups, smoothies, and dressings can
be made by blending greens with non-sweet fruits, and the more
these types of foods are included, the more the frugivore diet will
result in vitality and strength, instead of weakness, drowsiness and
spaciness.

A lifetime of health can only be ensured by developing this practice
and maintaining it without fail. The frugivore diet is only complete
when this is given the utmost importance. Once it becomes
habitual, the incorporation of these foods will become instinctual
and natural. It is only because of the degraded instincts that
humans would even consider the sick and unhealthful neglect of
these pillars and cornerstones of nutrition and life.

(This article is taken from frugivorelifestyle)

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