Fruit Nutrition Facts - Loving-It-Raw.com presents 'Living On Fruit!' An inspirational video series!

Fruit Nutrition Facts: Is fruit highly nutritious? Well of course, but the proof is always in the pudding (fruit pudding that is).

So if you're wondering why all these beautiful faces are displayed, well the answer is that each one of these lovely faces (including myself and my husband Jaye) is the subject of a video in the inspirational 'Living On Fruit' video series that begins further down the page.

But first let's get down to some fruit nutrition facts and while we're at it, we'll throw in some vegetable nutrition facts too!

Have you ever heard someone say 'there's no protein in fruits and vegetables'? I sure have, and these have been educated people, nutritionists included! You just have to wonder, what do nutritionists learn at university?

The fact is fruits - on average - have around 90% carbohydrate, 5% protein and 5% fat. Vegetables average 70% carbohydrate, 20% protein and 10% fat.

Did you know that calorie for calorie romaine lettuce contains more than double the protein in steak? Spinach is 49% protein folks!

Mother's milk contains 6% protein (and apparently tastes sweet, similar to canteloupe juice - see, we start off with a craving for something sweet!), and babies need more protein than ANYONE! They're growing at a tremendous rate, and mother's milk is more than ample for their needs.

Yet adults, who are already fully grown, somehow think they need so much more protein than babies?

Bizzarre!

So fruits provide the perfect ratio of proteins for our needs. Add in some leafy green vegetables and you have more than you even need. Plenty to cover even the most ambitious body builder.

Fruit Nutrition Facts - The Importance of Getting Enough

The most important fact in getting enough nutrition is to eat enough! End of story! Of course if you are systematically undereating, it doesn't matter that you are eating the most nutritious foods in the world, you will be getting too little nutrition, simply because you are getting too little, period.

Most people have no idea about how to make fruit into a meal. I have people asking me 'is that ALL you're having for lunch?' when they see me packing away a dateorade (blended dates and coconut water or plain water) that is a good 1000 calories. Or asking me 'are you going to eat ALL OF THAT?' when I start making my 10 banana smoothie - also 1000 calories. So you see, people really have no idea when it comes to fruit nutrition facts.

So when you're getting going on a truly healthy lifestyle, you have to get educated about your fruit nutrition facts. Make sure you're getting enough for your caloric needs and then you'll be smiling.

Fruit Nutrition Facts - Can Fruit Make You Fat?

Gosh NO!

Of course if you're going to sit on the couch stuffing your face and flooding your brain with negativity, thinking 'this is going to make me so fat, all these carbs, OMG', and running off to the scale to weigh yourself every five minutes and focused on everything you DON'T want to happen, instead of doing some healthy exercise and enjoying your food, well let's just say that anything you eat under those conditions could cause you some indigestion! The mind/body connection is super powerful!

But this isn't a page to showcase those determined to fail, this is all about success.

This inspirational video series entitled 'Living On Fruit' is all about beautiful, successful people, thriving on a high fruit (YES, that means high carb folks, and it's FABULOUS!), low fat, raw vegan lifestyle, with beautiful bodies and beautiful spirits shining brightly through the screen.

Fruit Nutrition Facts - Living on Fruit Video Series

The first in this wonderful series is Robert Martin, 61 years old at the time of filming, and looking like a million bucks! Well actually, let's make that a trillion bucks. Robert is clearly doing a LOT right with his health and fitness.

Robert is a very successful musician who has played alongside many musical greats, such as Frank Zappa, Paul McCartney, Stevie Nicks and many others!

He created a website entitled Look Great Naked At Any Age which details the fitness method he developed to stay in awesome shape, even when you're very short on time.

Robert Martin - Living On Fruit

Andrew Perlot - Living on Fruit

And next up is Andrew Perlot talking about how fabulous his life is these days after adopting a 100% raw, high fruit lifestyle.

Andrew is the author of the wonderful book The Raw Food Lifestyle.

For more about Andrew, check out his in depth interview with Loving-It-Raw here: Raw Food Health Interview

Anne Osborne - Living on Fruit

Anne Osborne, the author of Fruitarianism: The Path to Paradise has been on all fruit diet for the past 18 years and has also raised two children on a fruitarian diet.

In this video she discusses how joyful and simple it is to live on fruit, what she eats each day and how much she has benefited from a fruit diet.

I HIGHLY recommend Anne's book, it is absolutely beautiful and one of our absolute favorites.

Be sure to check out Anne's website to find out more.

Kristina Carillo-Bucaram - Living on Fruit

Kristina Carillo-Bucaram is up next for our fruit nutrition facts video series. She is just a powerhouse of energy and inspiration. Kristina went raw after significant health challenges, and not only completely reclaimed her health, but found a new passion and now runs a large organic co-op in Houston called Rawfully Organic.

In this video she talks about why she went raw and her inspirations along the way, as well as showing us a typical dinner at Kristina's house!

Michael Arnstein - Living On Fruit

Michael Arnstein is an elite marathoner, ultra marathoner, successful entrepreneur, husband, father and all round high achiever who has found the perfect diet and lifestyle to support peak performance in all areas of his life.

In this FABULOUSLY inspiring video he talks about the benefits he has experienced as well as offers some wonderful advice for making the switch to a raw vegan lifestyle. You can find out more about Michael on his website: The Fruitarian

Dr Stefania Licari - Living On Fruit

In this video from the Fruit Nutrition Facts - Living on Fruit Video series, ultra marathoner and medical doctor Stefania Licari discusses her success on a low fat raw vegan lifestyle! Stefania gets 95% of her calories from sweet fruits and she looks and feels younger, fresher and more vibrant as a result.

She climbed Everest on this diet (eating a meal of 27 mangoes afterwards!) and ran 200 kms non stop through the Sahara desert on this diet. You can find out more about the gorgeous Stefania on her website: go4extremes.com. Don't miss this sensational video!

Debbie Took - Living On Fruit

Wouldn't you love to reach your fifties and still look fabulous and have so much energy that you just want to dance? Debbie Took features next in our fruit nutrition facts - Living On Fruit Video Series. Debbie looks and feels amazing and discusses her lifestyle with us in this video.

You can find out more about Debbie on her wonderful website: Raw For Life

Harley Johnstone aka Durianrider - Living On Fruit

Another awesome video from the fruit nutrition facts - Living On Fruit video series! The always inspirational endurance athlete Durianrider - long term vegan and 100% raw since 2005 - discusses his success with a high carb raw vegan lifestye emphasising that this is a lifestyle about abundance, not restriction.

And THAT is just fabulous isn't it!

Darlene Navarre - Living On Fruit

Darlene Navarre has five children and two grandchildren yet she is totally vibrant, energetic and gorgeous not to mention one of my favorite people on the planet! Darlene's two youngest children, Mitchell and Carter are probably two of the most awesome people we've ever met as well!

In this fruit nutrition facts - Living on Fruit video she talks about what she typically eats and interviews her children about their daily (100% raw vegan) food intake.

Darlene runs the fabulous website Raw Food Diet Inspiration where she showcases AMAZING recipes, I absolutely adore Darlene and hope you will be as inspired by her as I am.

Alison and Jaye - Living On Fruit

We originally made this video for a talk on raw vegan couples, so it has the relationship angle very strongly (we'll still do some individual videos showing some cool shit, don't worry!). But it works as part of the Fruit Nutrition Facts - Living On Fruit video series as well. So here we have Jaye and myself talking about our relationship with each other and with the raw vegan lifestyle, and how the more fruit we eat, the better it all gets!

Freelee - Living On Fruit

Freelee has had amazing success with a high carb raw vegan lifestyle. She got rid of 40 pounds of excess weight, systemic candida, acne and depression. She is now a major voice in the raw vegan movement and author of the fabulous Go Fruit Yourself Ebook.

In this video Freelee talks about living on fruit and how fantastic this has been to her life.

Enjoy! And remember to check back again soon for the next segment in this inspirational video series!

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