You may have heard of the fruitarian diet, or a particular type of vegan diet that is based on the consumption of fruit only (and at least vegetables such as zucchini or tomatoes).

A diet that became trendy as early as the seventies, but which has returned to the fore thanks to the influencers who follow this dietary model.

The best-known fruitarian influencer is undoubtedly Freelee, aka Leanne Ratcliffe, called the Banana Girl because by eating about 51 bananas a day she claims to have lost weight.

Yes, you got it right. Basically she became famous for it.

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The fruitarian influencer Freelee feeds only on fruit and vegetables, but with a daily calorie intake that travels around five thousand calories. And despite all these calories, he lost nearly 15 pounds.

Obviously she is a sportswoman, to be exact she is passionate about cycling. But eating 50 bananas still means introducing around 4000 calories in the morning alone. Add the rest of the fruit. Add that these bananas usually blend them with apple juice or coconut water. I would say that the five thousand calories from what he says are actually all there.

Imagine the staggering potassium load a girl who eats up to fifty bananas can have, an excess that can lead to severe heart and kidney failure. But maybe it’s not her heart that has to worry us. Freelee boasts that she no longer has periods, which she considers a symptom of body intoxication. And she periodically ends up in the newspapers with somewhat risky statements.

Furthermore, if bananas have led them to become famous on social networks, given that they have over 700,000 subscribers on youtube, in recent times Freelee has decided to change her diet.

That is, she is a fruitarian and raw foodist until 4 in the afternoon. For dinner, he indulges in a dish of corn dough or a vegan food cooked with vegetables or vegan sushi. But also, listen, listen, up to two kilos of potatoes.
He also wrote a book about this latest diet, Raw til 4.

What to think of it? Freelee continues to declare herself vegan, frugivore and raw foodist, but many other influencers have gone from extreme diets like hers to diets as extreme as those based on meat only. It is difficult to understand how authentic there is and how much built it is. For example: do you actually eat that much? Impossible to say for sure, although she thinks it very unlikely. Not all that she glitters is gold, especially on youtube.