Location
Santa Barbara, CA
Our community would be delighted to know you better. Please tell us more about yourself and what brought you to the Frugivore Diet. Detailed responses will only be accepted (feel free to reapply with more detail if at first not approved as a member).
My name is Sarah and I've been a vegetarian my whole life. My parents are both vegetarian and my sister and I were raised that way, but they eat a good amount of dairy and hence so have I. It was around 6th grade when I decided that I was going to be a vegetarian for life (my own choice, not my parents) after watching videos on PETA and being completely appalled and saddened by the horrible mistreatment of animals. I am an animal lover and recently I watched a documentary called Forks Over Knives (I think?) and decided I wanted to be vegan. Unfortunately my attempt at that lasted only 12 hours. 8 of which I was sleeping... Sad, I know, but I felt like I was going to starve trying to eat vegan because at the time I was working long, tedious hours as a manager of a clothing store downtown and I only got a 30 minute break to eat during my 8 hour shifts. Ugh. Glad I finally am free of that job. I was admitted to the hospital in early September for seizures provoked by low sodium/hyponatraemia and was in the hospital for 4 days. Before the seizures, I struggled for many years with constant fatigue, depression, anxiety, ADD, irritability, weight obsession, sun spots, sugar cravings, tinnitus (constant ear ringing), sleep problems, and the list goes on. After the seizures I am absolutely determined to become completely healthy because I can't live that way any more. I came too close to death. Many, many people insist that I need to eat meat, fish, "go paleo," etc but it is so unnatural to me. I LOVE fruit. Always have. I am really hoping that this lifestyle will be the one for me. I found the page through Freelee's Instagram. At first I admit it seemed extreme to me, but so is having seizures and being told I "could have died." I want to get healthy, and I want to be happy and have a clear conscience while doing so!
What is your gender? PLEASE NOTE: To enhance the community experience, profile pics of yourself are *REQUIRED* to gain membership. Membership will be declined otherwise.
female, babe
Please tell us about your dietary inclinations:
I really want to be HCRV and just need some guidance
Are you Connected?
yes i am
My favourite books/movies/authors/pastimes are...
I enjoy hiking, spending time in nature, traveling to tropical beach destinations, spending time with my dogs, reading, writing, fashion, among other things.
I have many favorite movies but recently I really loved "This is Where I Leave You."
I love the books Demian by Herman Hesse, Be Here Now by Ram Dass, Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, and anything written by Emerson.
Please list your website/blog/facebook/myspace etc
https://facebook.com/sarah.j.danielson
The Frugivore started this site to bring together frugivores across the Globe! Let us know what high fruit assistance do you need?
Because I was hospitalized recently because of seizures related to low sodium/hyponatraemia and have been told by doctors to keep my water intake at no more than 101 ounces per day, I worry about the possibility of acquiring low sodium again (which can be deadly, and almost was) since fruit contains so much water, so I'd like your take on that. The other thing I'm a bit concerned about is the cost of all that fresh fruit. Also, I think we have different fruits here in America than some of the ones you seem to eat. The only place I've seen a dragon fruit is in Thailand, so you guys are lucky to be close to all the awesome fruit they have there! I really want to join your team because I plan to kick off a 30 day raw til 4 diet plan (and ideally continue it since it is a lifestyle!) at the beginning of next month and I'd love the support in it! Thank you!!!
The Frugivore Diet is a fruit-based vegan internet community which promotes a high carb fruit based vegan lifestyle free of any animal products. Our forum does not tolerate encouragement of anything contrary to this. Nor do we allow endorsement of non-vegan items or practises which involve the imprisonment, exploitation, abuse or murder of sentient beings. We also require our members to post with proper netiquette. Therefore, please indicate your intention:
I will comply because I like totally agree with all this
