07/13/2026
What I have experienced being deep into the fruitarian journey and helping many others is that People will question a banana before they question a bag of chips. They will question whether watermelon has too much sugar. Whether grapes are too sweet. Whether modern fruit has been changed too much. Whether bananas have seeds. Whether fruit today is exactly the same as it was thousands of years ago.
But they will walk into a drive-thru and order food made from ingredients they cannot pronounce without asking a single question.
That never made sense to me.
So honestly, let us say for a moment that every criticism people make about modern fruit is true.
Would it really change anything?
If it grew from the earth, came from a tree, vine, bush, or plant, it is still a thousand times better than a bag of processed food with forty plus ingredients, artificial flavors, preservatives, dyes, and has long shelf life’s. while refrigerated condiments and deli items last 1 to 6 months. Pantry items (canned goods, pasta) last 1 to 5 years, and frozen foods can last indefinitely. Imagine what that is doing to your body. And when I finally woke up to the truth. These facts scared me.
For me, fruit always passed the common-sense test.
One ingredient.
That is it.
No label to study.
No chemical names to pronounce.
No factory needed to create it.
God, the earth, sunlight, water, and time already completed the process.
Before this journey, I spent most of my life eating what the world considered normal. Flesh foods, fast food, processed snacks, soda, heavy meals, and foods that came wrapped in packages covered with health claims.
And while I was eating what everyone called normal, my body was suffering.
I dealt with severe digestive problems, GERD, crippling ibs, anxiety, skin issues, inflammation, allergies, and constant fear about my health. I spent years being told and believing my body was the problem without ever questioning what I was feeding it.
Then fruit came into my life.
And something inside my spirit recognized it before my mind fully understood it.
I did not have every answer.
I had not read every study.
I could not explain every part of the process.
But something within me knew I needed to experience it for myself.
That decision changed my life.
As I increased my fruit and started fasting, the conditions I had accepted as part of my identity began falling away. My digestion changed. My GERD disappeared. My skin cleared. My anxiety calmed. The crippling ibs I had that made me fearful of eating finally healed. My body released almost sixty pounds in less than three months.
But the greatest transformation was not only physical.
I started learning how fear had been controlling my choices.
The world taught me to fear fruit sugar while never teaching me to fear artificial ingredients.
It taught me to fear eating too little while normalizing constant consumption.
It taught me to fear becoming deficient while I was already sick from eating everything I had been told I needed.
And I started noticing how many people search for reasons not to choose the simpler path.
They will spend hours looking for an article that tells them fruit is dangerous because that article gives them permission to stay where they are.
Because sometimes the real fear is not fruit.
The real fear is releasing comfort and surrendering control.
Fruit is simple, but simplicity removes excuses. It asks us to let go of the foods, habits, stimulation, comfort, and programming we have carried for years.
That can feel harder than debating whether a banana is natural enough.
Personally, I do not need fruit to meet every standard the internet creates.
I do not need it to be perfect according to every expert.
I only need to remember what I was eating before and honestly ask myself which one is closer to life.
A watermelon or an energy drink?
A mango or a packaged snack?
An orange or a drive-thru meal?
An apple from a tree or something manufactured in a laboratory?
For me, the answer became obvious.
Genesis 1:29 settled this conversation in my spirit a long time ago.
God gave us the seed-bearing plants and the fruit of the trees for food.
That was the original blueprint.
Everything after that required faith.
Faith to stop overthinking.
Faith to stop allowing fear to make every decision.
Faith to test God’s design through my own life.
Faith to surrender what the world had taught me and listen to what my body and spirit were showing me.
Fruit did not need another advertisement.
My healing became the evidence.
My body became the testimony.
My life became the confirmation.
So while the world continues searching for reasons to fear fruit, I will continue choosing the food that helped lead me back to health, simplicity, and God.
One ingredient.
One Creator.
One design.
That is why I will choose fruit every single time. 🙏🍉💚