Eating Fruit

7 Comments

1. repowell
   Posted December 13, 2007 at 2:09 am | Permalink

   I love fruit. Although juicing removes much of the fiber from fruits and vegetables, I like to use it as a healthy alternative to lunch or a snack. I have found the combination of carrots and apples to be especially energizing. I like to add in beets, asparagus stems, etc for an extra boost. Have you ever tried this?

2. Andy
   Posted December 13, 2007 at 2:11 am | Permalink

   I haven’t made juice myself but here in Japan where I live, juice made from a mixture of vegetables and fruit is sold in stores. Some of it is very tasty. Actually it seems to be available in the U.S. too: Kagome – http://www.kagome.us/

   My favorite one is biased towards a mango flavor and is made from 18 different vegetables and 5 fruits. No water is added. It contains 50% fruit and 50% vegetable.

   I often have a glass of this juice mid morning.

3. Menard
   Posted December 13, 2007 at 2:12 am | Permalink

   I am a vegetarian* and, oddly enough, don’t care for fruit that much.

   I like my veggies; but I like them well cooked, not raw or crisp. I guess I just don’t like any food that fights back.

   *A lot of people do not understand what the term ‘vegetarian’ means. I use the term because people derive from it that it means that I don’t eat meat, which is correct, but the term vegetarian does not mean someone who does not eat meat.

   The term vegetarian comes from the same Latin root word as does vegetable, which is ‘vegetare’ and means ‘to make healthy’. As such vegetables were considered sources of health and people who made a habit of eating vegetables and otherwise maintaining a healthy diet were called vegetarians as their diets made them healthy. Though there is a strong infusion of vegetables, and fruits, in the diet of a vegetarian, is does not strictly disclude the eating of meat.

4. Andy
   Posted December 13, 2007 at 2:13 am | Permalink

   Thanks for the clarification Menard. I always wondered why Vegetarians often eat fish and meat such as chicken.

   I guess Vegan’s are the people that avoid any animal-derived products?

   Here’s an amusing kind of food eating clan:

   I heard the term Fruitarians mentioned in the movie Notting Hill. This was described as people that only eat fruit that has fallen from a tree or bush. It is a bit daft though since once fallen, the fruit will shed seeds that are supposed to grow into new plants. I guess they should spit out the seeds and tuck them into the ground to be true Fruitarians? No disrespect intended to true followers of this!

5. Menard
   Posted December 13, 2007 at 2:14 am | Permalink

   “I guess Vegan’s are the people that avoid any animal-derived products?”

   There are distictions among vegetarians, which, for the most part, I ignore.

   You are correct. Vegans are vegetarians who do not eat any animal byproducts. They also provide someone for other vegetarians to pick on.

   For all intent and purpose, I am, as defined by other vegetarians, an ovo-lacto vegetarian; meaning I’ll eat dairy and egg products, but no meat.

   Kind of an old joke:

   If vegetarians eat vegetables, does that make cannibals humanitarians?

6. Andy
   Posted December 13, 2007 at 2:15 am | Permalink

   I think many people avoid vegetables with the exception of fried potato. Is there a classification for them? For example, the person that loves kebabs, hot dogs and burgers.

7. Menard
   Posted December 13, 2007 at 2:16 am | Permalink

   “Andy said…I think many people avoid vegetables with the exception of fried potato. Is there a classification for them? For example, the person that loves kebabs, hot dogs and burgers.”

   We have some designations for them that may be more American jargon including Rednecks and Couch Potatoes. Also Meat and Potatoes man/person/moron.