For the last 33 years, Anne Osbourne has eaten nothing but fruit.No vegetables.No meat.
No carbohydrates.No dairy.Just fruit.You may wonder how someone could survive on a fruit-only diet, but according to Osbourne, she is the healthiest she has ever been.The 58-year-old, who is originally from the United Kingdom but has lived in Australia since 2003, is a bona fide raw fruitarian – that is, a person that only consumes fruit to stay alive.Osbourne said she first became interested in this unique diet all the way back in 1990.“My interest in the diet started after I attended a talk in a small room above a bar back in the UK,” she told news.com.au.“A local fruitarian named David Shelley was talking about the diet and seeing his energy, fitness and vitality made me want to try it out myself.“I could see that whatever David was doing was working really well for him.“I was pregnant at the time with my eldest son, so I did a gradual transition from a standard diet, to a general vegan diet and eventually to a fruit diet.“Over the next year, I gradually ate more fruit and less cooked vegan food until I was on a 100% raw fruit diet.“It has now been 33 years, and I haven’t looked back.”Osbourne, who now resides in the small town of Millstream in Queensland, Australia, said she ate a standard British diet growing up and her mother was even raised in a butcher’s shop.“Meat was a big part of our childhood,” she said.“My mum was a very good cook and used to home cook all our meals.
Dad used to grow fresh fruit and veggies in his garden.“We ate pretty healthily and consumed very little processed food.But the day I left home at 19, I became a vegetarian.“One year later, I gave up all animal products and embraced veganism.
I noticed the health benefits right away.“I remember I used to get so out of breath and tight in my chest just from walking up hills.Once I became vegan, I never felt that again.”A typical ‘day on a plate’ for Osbourne con...