You make an interesting point. The ‘how much fruit?’ question is one that will always be around, I suspect.

I’m not a nutritionist so I just offer information about my personal experiences with fruit…

I’m very sensitive to sugar. I notice very quickly if I eat too much sugar because I get very shaky and, as you say, notice a psychological crash.

However, I recently embarked on a training program in an effort to build muscle, general strength, endurance, balance and flexibility. There is no way I would be able to get the amount of calories I need from eating 80% veg and 20% fruit. That is of course, unless I were to get more calories from fat, which leaves me feeling tired.

This calorie issue, and the issue of too much weight loss, is prevalent amongst males who get into raw food. I believe it is a major reason more men don’t get into the lifestyle.

Now I’m not saying that to be skinny is to be unhealthy. I know there is a lot of info to suggest that being skinny is actually healthier.

But for me, again going back to personal experience, I want to feel strong and be able to effortlessly move through the day.

It’s only now that I’m putting weight on (my bodyfat has stayed around 11% whereas my muscle mass has increased by 6 kg steadily over the last 8 months since training) having now increased my fruit intake.

At the start I mentioned that I am very sensitive to sugar. The reason I mentioned that is because as long as I don’t ‘over do it’ on fat, I can eat most of my calories from fruit during the day without even coming close to crashing, as long as I eat it separate from fat. I can then enjoy whatever quantity of nuts, seeds, avocados etc that I would like at my evening meal. This gives my body time to process it before eating more fruit the next morning.

Whoa! I should have made that a full blog post.

Hope that helps, it’s just what I’ve personally found and I know that many people have found things to be different for them. What a privilege it is to be able to find your own answers though, don’t you think?

I’ve noticed something; I read plenty of raw foodist blogs, which are well written, entertaining and full of information, like yours. However, I think many of these same bloggers, who list what they eat on a daily basis, eat far too much fruit. It seems as if 80% to 90% of what they eat is fruit, which completely overloads their system with sugar and artifically elavates their blood sugar; thereby ensuring a physical and emotional crash later on and stressing the pancreas out. I think we should take heed and remember to eat our raw food in balance with a equal amount of veggies and fruit, or, better yet, 80% raw veggies and 20% raw fruit during the day. SW