Fruit: The Ultimate Diet [Paperback]

Rejean Durette (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 8, 2004

Fruit: The Ultimate Diet, is the first book of its kind to delve so deeply into the whole concept of a fruitarian diet. Page after page reveals reason after reason to become fruitarian as every single myth regarding the diet is dispelled and it becomes ever so clear that if you want to be as healthy as possible on every level, the answer is simple, GO FRUITARIAN

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About the Author

Rejean Durette grew up in northern Canada, and currently makes his home in Arizona, where he quickly became vegan in 1989, and fruitarian a few years after in 1993. He has since been involved in the health food industry in one way or another. In 1996, he started a small organic farm, with some 100 fruit trees of countless varieties, and is a very devoted fruitarian advocate.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Fruitarian Vibes (July 8, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967951518
• ISBN-13: 978-0967951515
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,060,888 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointed., March 25, 2008

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M. Eiselstein (Alexandria, VA) - See all my reviews

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As a new fruitarian, I've been grabbing every book I can regarding my new lifestyle. I read the other reviews of this book and decided that I would give it a shot since it was pretty inexpensive.

I should have used the money to buy more fruit as this book was not worth the price.

This book is hokey. I'm no professional editor or scholar of the English language (I'm sure I made grammatical errors in this review), but this book is filled with grammatical errors. For example, I found this sentence: "Are you ready, here it is." When I buy a book, I expect it to at least be grammatically correct. After reading this book, I wonder if an editor even touched this book. This book is far from professional quality.

This book is also filled with personal opinion and little scientific/medical back up. For example, the author constantly talks about life-force, but fails to mention what it is, exactly, and how it is beneficial to us. He also fails to mention how life-force is measured and how life-force is only in fruits and nothing else. He also makes claims that could be easily rebutted by a 5th grade debate group. For example, one of the mini-chapters is titled Good taste=nutritious. He goes on to explain that fruits are our natural diet because the food looks, smells, and tastes good, but he doesn't realize that cooked foods taste good, and not all of them are nutritious. Hamburgers sure do taste good to me, they must be nutritious! Later in the book, the author points to non-meat eating animals that find protein in other places than meat, but he fails to realize two things: the animals that he mentions, like cows, get their protein from grass (not fruits) and he also fails to mention the numerous meat-eating animals that get their protein from meat (because it would destroy his argument).

I could go on and on about every discrepancy in this book, but I'll stop there as I don't want it to seem like a personal vendetta against Mr. Durette. I just wanted to let other people, who rely on these reviews, to get another opinion from someone who is not so happy with the book.

If you are interested in fruitarianism, I suggest you look at other books first before grabbing this one.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fruit for Thought, March 22, 2008

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C. R. Wolf (beautiful planet earth) - See all my reviews
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I highly recommend this book for those seeking to further their knowledge of why a fruitarian diet could be the answer to their body's needs.

As an experienced (and very often failed) dieter for both nutritional and weight-loss purposes, I have researched many different types of diet and eating, from Weight-Watchers to Atkins to raw-food. Every step brought me new information, all the information took me to further education, and that allowed me to make informed decisions as to what my body needed.

A fruitarian diet is not for everyone. We are all different and our bodies need different things. This book is a gentle introduction to what constitutes a fruit (believe it or not, there are people who do not know this), nutritional information on proteins and calcium that is often misunderstood, and arguments for and against eating things that are not fruits. Basic topics that I hungered to know when making my initial decisions regarding my diet and lifestyle such as organic produce and whether or not to take supplements are also covered. There is some very introductory level information on growing fruits; not enough to enable a person to plant a thriving fruit garden, but enough for inspiration to learn more.

I give this book only 4 stars rather than the 5 I'd like to give it because some of the information is a bit too basic. There is a chapter devoted to describing fruits, and while some of the items were helpful, most of us know what an apple or an orange or a grape is, how it grows, and how to eat it. That said, the book is a very easy read, very informative on an introductory level, and educational for those who are new to the idea of frutarian diet and lifestyle.

All in all, I really liked this book. It is well written, and being neither dry nor stuffy the information in the book flows easily. I am pleased to have added it to my shelves. It is a 'keeper' to which I will refer time and time again as I educate people to take the responsibility for their health back into their own hands.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Glorious Fruit, November 16, 2007

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Sun~Rose - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fruit: The Ultimate Diet (Paperback)

Fruit; the Ultimate Diet is a very good book to read when you're looking for inspiration and encouragement to try out being fruitarian. Any worries you might have are summarily and efficiently dispelled by the author.

His description of their enormous orchard is enough to start one dreaming of having a like experience.

What's great is that he's demonstrating that it is possible and viable to become fruitarian.

I recommend this book, and think I'll buy another copy after I post this, since mine's disappeared!