The fruit diet, as discussed in previous articles is best when it’s adhered to during a temporary and specific period of time. The fruit diet is a truly excellent alternative that can aid in getting your health back on the right track, rid your body of harmful toxins, and take in many vital nutrients that are rapidly absorbed. On the longer term basis, there are downsides and factors that also need to be considered.
Recap on the Fruit Diet Benefits
As we already discussed the many benefits, we’ll just quick present the pros again:
- Get rid of the heavy metals, toxins and impurities in our bodies from our foods and environment
- A temporary and safe method for weight loss
- A natural weight to return balance within a body and fight chronic disease
- Natural and easy method to absorb and digest foods that are high in vital nutrients that the body might be lacking in
The Fruit Diet Risks
Since we haven’t focused on the disadvantages to adopting a fruit diet, in this section we’ll go over these points. Some of what I discovered is from first-hand experience during my own times on a fruits diet, and other facts I learned from medical professionals. There are aspects that can make the fruit diet potentially harmful if it’s maintained over a longer period of time.
- Bleeding gums
- Teeth become lose
- High Sugar or Fructose intake
- Vitamin Deficiencies
- Muscle breakdown
- Loose stools
- Weaken the body’s ability to fight disease and inflammation
Since it’s important and timely, I want to mention that going through a detox fruit diet is not necessarily a piece of cake, it’s serious business and will require a massive amount of effort and determination. Since the body will be losing many other nutrients that it is used to being sustained on, you will find yourself more alert but possibly feeling weaker. This is part of the natural detoxifying process, but if you hold a full time job or support your family, it will be a challenge to find the best time for you to fast. A good length of time to begin would be a 3-day fast. Another fast might last about 10 days. As you build endurance you can work up to a 30-day fast and feel revitalized and renewed.
