Does this nuts and fruits diet come with a risk of nutritional deficiencies?

I recently came across a diet/lifestyle based on nuts and fruits that does not involve any cooking [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C5jWoC_CXQ) (it's not in English). Here's my notes/summary: * Wake up at 4 am. * Do meditation and yoga. * Drink water twice before 10 am. * 300 ml of mango juice at 10 am. Drink slowly sipping it for 10 - 15 min. * Eat twice a day. Diet consists of * Seeds/nuts * Fruits or dry fruits * Between 11 am to 12 pm, have **lunch**: * raw peanuts * tender coconut 1 cup. If this is not available, substitute with a dry nut * soaked (if possible) nuts mixed with ripe dates: * 4 to 5 macadamia nuts * 2 brazil nuts * 6 hazelnuts * pinenuts * 2 dried figs (sometimes) * seasonal fruits like guava * A glass of coconut water at 4:30 pm. * **Dinner** at 5 pm (finish before 6:30 pm): * pumpkin seeds - soaked * sunflower seeds - soaked * 25 almonds - soaked * pistachios - soaked * blackberries * blueberries * long dry grapes (raisins) * 4 to 5 prunes * 2 apricots * 1 fruit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruitarianism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruitarianism) says: >Fruitarianism is a diet related to veganism that consists primarily of consuming fruits and possibly nuts and seeds, but without any animal products. Fruitarian diets are subject to criticism and health concerns. > >…A fruitarian diet may increase the risk of nutritional deficiencies, such as reduced intake of vitamin B12, calcium, iron, zinc, omega-3 or protein. So my question is, does Dr. Manthena's method in the linked video address the above concern of nutritional deficiencies? There are several negative comments to his video but they are about how expensive this "sage diet" is. Thanks in advance.

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There is no B12 or D, very little calcium or A. Omega 6/3 balance is way off (and very low on 3). High in satfat. Deficient in several essential aminos and only a third of total protein. 5 times the amount of total sugar per day WHO recommends.

So we have;

Anemia (fatigue, weak and poorly coordinated movement etc)
Diabetes
Hypocalcemia (fatigue, weak muscles, weak bones & teeth, skin like you have leprosy etc)
Xerophthalmia (poor eyesight, night blindness, weak immune system etc)
Eventually CVD from the satfat.
Cognitive decline from the lack of omega 3.
Inflammation from the excess and poorly balanced omega 6.
Hair loss, wasting muscles, fatigue and concentration issues from the amino deficiencies.

There are cheaper and easier ways to no longer be among the living.

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Yes, this diet will result in mentioned deficiencies. I wouldn’t recommend following it.

You can also read more here:

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/fruitarian-diet-is-it-safe-or-really-healthy-for-you/

https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/fruit-diet#potential-risks

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The Mantena Satyanarayana! No diet is bad per se, but at the same time, you should not follow any diet blindly. You should determine what nutrients you are missing from your diet and add them either via diet or supplements. You should also check your daily calories. The best way to check calories and nutrients is to add all the foods you mentioned to your cronometer and then make the necessary changes to get all the vitamins and minerals you missed.

Vitamin D & B12 are hard to get from diet anyway (unless you are consuming fortified foods). Did you check your levels recently, and are you supplementing? For calcium, you need to make changes. For A, you can add carrots to your diet. Omega-3 is complicated. You can add walnuts or ground flax to your diet and hope ALA gets converted to at least some DHA and EPA in your body.

The main thing is not to follow anyone blindly. Make changes to your diet to adjust calories and foods to get all nutrients from your diet, if not supplements, and also make sure your diet doesn’t increase or reduce your weight drastically due to either not enough or too many calories (unless you want to). Start with cronometer. MyFitnessPal also helps, but it’s not possible to track all vitamins and minerals in MyFitnessPal, so Cronometer is preferred. Good luck.

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This is not a sustainable diet, it lacks sources of calcium b12, vitamin A and omega 3 etc.Although nuts seeds and fruit are great additions to your diet they should really be supplementing a mix of wholegrains, vedgtables and low fat meat and dairy that should be forming the bulk of your diet. Overall other than a good amount of fiber that diet is extremely flawed and a terrible idea if you want to stay healthy