In the secular world, people go on diets for selfish ends, as opposed to asceticism for the discipline of the body and the glorification of God.
Now, also we find both in the secular as well as among Christians a sort of false activism. This replaces true concerns for the good of man and the glory of God for either selfish concerns or for frivolous concerns.
Being concerned about the specifics of what we eat, other than for the maintenance of health, discipline, or the glorification of God, provides a means of false expiation from our true responsibilities.

Fruitarians are infamous in the vegetarian community for having especially horrendous health problems. (No surprise there.)
http://www.beyondveg.com/index.shtml
Beyond Vegetarianism is a good site for learning about the huge health hazards of fruitarian diets.

When I consider the countless amoeba I've devoured in glasses of water, it makes me want to cry. *snerk*

I've said it before in these hallowed comboxes...
...in the animal kingdom the only natural vegetarians-- herbivores-- have their eyes set on the SIDES of their heads (the better to watch out for meat-eaters)...
while carnivores have their eyes on the FRONT like the meat-hunters they are.

Laurel's Kitchen (the classic veggie cookbook) talks about a girl who truly felt that it was wrong to pick food (as in "I picked an apple off that tree.") She felt that only food which had dropped off the tree was hers to eat. Wonder how long that lasted?
I'd try that, but there are no pizza trees in my part of the country.

This whole thing is kinda . . . fruity.
Well, you are what you eat! (sorry... couldn't resist!)

Among fruitarians, I hear, that their biggest dogmatic dispute is whether tomatoes are kosher.... heh

Have you seen what a true vegan looks like? Scrawny, emaciated, dark circles under the eyes, yeah that looks really healthy... Only fruit huh, how long before there is a blood sugar problem?

Freaks . . . FREAKS!!!

Soilent Green, anyone?
re: Jesus eating fish - they get around that by saying that 'we've evolved since then...' (seriously, I've been told this.)

Stop The Abortion of Vegetable Embryos!!
S.T.A.R.V.E!!

With every breath I draw, some microbes enter my body; most die within minutes. Maybe we should all stop breathing. Would that make these weirdos happy?

It sounds like the Breatharians are doing the rest of us a favor by taking themselves out of the gene pool.

Thanks for the feedback. You are absolutely correct about some Christians promoting the "Bible Diet"(I do not). I rely more on sound nutritional information, and the way our body's were created by God to process, and utilize food.
I may or may not be a vegetarian, or a vegan!

Eating????
Become a "Breatharian"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breatharianism
A Breatharian is someone who believes that food (and possibly water) are not necessary for human sustenance. Breatharians claim that the body can be sustained solely by prana (the vital life force in Hinduism), or according to some, by the energy in sunlight.

One of the common misconceptions is that the Levitical and in turn the Mosaic laws were binding on all… this is untrue. Most of the Levitical laws were not binding on Gentiles, never were…. In fact one could say that none of the Levitical Laws were binding on Gentiles but the encapsulated natural laws found underlying many of the Mosaic laws were and will always be binding on all.
Irregardless, Jesus fulfilled the Law of the Old Testament therefore the Hebrews are no longer bound by the Levitical Dietary laws. Have the rules of right and wrong changed? Absolutely not… eating pork or what have you was never in and of itself sinful. The sin rests in the disobedience to God on this issue. One could of course go into the cleansing aspect of dietary practices with sacrifices but these were never attainable and more set the stage of the work of the Christ.
Well… now I am just rambling.

My very same thoughts, Annalucia!

Following JR, even if there were not uncleannes related to idolatry, etc. (cf. also 1 Cor 8:1-10 and 10:19-25), there is the simple understanding that Daniel just wanted to keep the dietary rules of Leviticus in order to be holy.
How could he know if that dish from the king's table was horse or beef? How could he know if it was chicken or hare? The king certainly did not care about the dietary limitations in the books of Moses. So Daniel just decided to take a safe route.
I realize that vegetarians, and Christians writing popular books on "The Bible Diet" like to use this passage in Daniel to promote vegetarianism. But that is quite likely taking the passage out of its context. There is no indication in Scripture that veganism is necessary for holiness or health.

Dan,
I'm not the biggest fan of the NAB and its footnotes, but here is the corresponding siginificant note from it:
"1-8: This defilement: the bread, meat, and wine of the Gentiles, which were unclean (Hos 9, 3; Tb 1, 12; Jdt 10, 5; 12, 1f) because they might have been offered to idols or prepared over firewood taken from a sacred grove. Only raw vegetables and water were safe from this danger (v 12)."

Interesting passage from the book of Daniel. Daniel 1:1-16

"Too bad God didn't give them a nice recipe for barbecued eel or snake."
Oh, if only Adam and Eve had been Chinese...
(For the clueless, eel and snake are popular delicacies in China.)

Too bad God didn't give them a nice recipe for barbecued eel or snake. Yummy!
Eve: Eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge?
I don't think so. (Whap!)
Later that evening...
Adam: Eve, dear, this dish is fantastic!
What is it?
Eve: Barbecued serpent with orange sauce.

As far as we know, Adam and Eve ate only fruit in the garden of Eden. If only they had been strict carnivores!

This whole thing is kinda . . . fruity.
A-hem.

Wouldn't an all-fruit diet give you the runs?

".... NEMO ?"
Be thankful it wasn't Flipper!
Back then, they all used dolphin-safe nets.

You mean .....
........ in the resurrection Jesus cooked and ate....
.... NEMO ?

After the Resurrection, he asked for something to eat.
Did they give him a fruit cup? Nooooo.
Did they give him a veggie plate? Noooo.
They gave him a piece of baked fish, which he ate in front of them.

"And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food." (Gen 1:29)
"The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the air, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea; into your hand they are delivered.
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything." (Gen 9:2-3)

Life begins at pollination.

Acts, Chapter 10, Verse 13: "Kill and eat!" God hates vegans.

What are cells if not living things that have just as much right to live as a whole plant or animal? Therefore how can eating fruit be moral, since you are killing the cells that make up the fruit. Blood doesn't work either, since that has living cells in it too. Milk if nothing else involves cruelty to the animals involved and ecologically unsustainable agriculture.
My answer: be a saprobe. Eat stuff that is already dead or make synthetic foods out of dead organic material. Oh wait, then you would still be killing the microorganisms that were already decaying the dead orgaic material.
The only option then would be to find a way to make food out of fossil fuels or carbon dioxide (our other two significant sources of carbon). I favor the latter, since fossil fuels are nasty and running out anyway. If only we could figure out a way of turning CO2 into food using only renewable resources, like light for instance. What would be especially good is if we could get it into a form that is very high in protein, easily digestible, and tasty. Why didn't a good God just provide such a system in nature?

If memory serves, I recall that Steve Jobs was a genuine fruitarian when he started Apple Computers, lo those many years ago.
He might still be, but I don't know for certain.

(Adapting an anti-vegetarian slogan from a site which would not be appropriate to mention here-)
For every vegetable you don't eat, I'll eat three.

Why kill anything?
You don't need to kill anything to eat!
The Masai of East Africa have known this for ages.
All you need is your cows.
You get milk from the udders,
and blood from the vein in the neck.
Mix and drink.
Total nutrition!
Nothing dead!
Yummy!

This was first mentioned in the movie "Notting Hill" by one of the girls who went on a date with Hugh Grant's character. I thought it was a hilarious joke - a great parody of taking things to the extreme.
Is this real?
Hugh: "So, you're saying these carrots..."
Girl: "...were murdered, yes."

Yes, I have often wondered what makes vegetarianism morally superior to eating meat.
Plants can't even run away!!

I am SHOCKED that these so called "frutarians" eat SEEDS! What are seeds if not baby plants. Hay, you false frutarians, how would you feel if I ate YOUR baby?