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I didn't realize that this was actually real. I love fruit but I feel like all of the sugar would hurt me if it were the only thing that I ate.

whitepoplar 5y ago
I wonder if that had anything to do with his pancreatic cancer
- permalac 5y ago
  I think the actor doing Jobs had some pancreatic problems related to eating like Jobs. Don't quote me on that, please double check.
  - steve_adams_86 5y ago
    Ashton Kutcher landed in hospital after following Steve Jobs's fruitarian diet https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jan/28/ashton-kutcher-hospital-steve-jobs-diet https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jan/28/ashton-kutcher-...
- vntx 5y ago
  Likely. It probaby wasn't the only thing though. The high amounts of sugar, weird fasting habits, drug use, extreme stress he put himself in, and his arrogance in ignoring sound medical advice might have all helped do him in from what I gleaned from his biography. His pancreas could only take so much apparently.
fsckboy 5y ago
there are "ethical" fruititarians, because fruits are gifts the plants offer up, but consuming a vegetable is eating the plant itself.
- spfzero 5y ago
  There are a lot of plants that you can eat a little part of, which then grows back, like the leaves on chard or lettuce plants. In our garden the chard plants produced for months. In commercial farming, it's just cheaper to cut the entire plant off and clear the land for the next crop.
- Clewza313 5y ago
  See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jain_vegetarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jain_vegetarianism
etempleton 5y ago
Steve had a number of out there beliefs. At one point, before Co-founding Apple, Steve believed his fruit only diet would mean he no longer needed to shower, much to the dismay of his Atari coworkers. He also tried to fix his pancreatic cancer through diet. I suspect he had many more out there beliefs, but was self aware enough to keep them to his self.

whitepoplar 5y ago

I wonder if that had anything to do with his pancreatic cancer

permalac 5y ago
I think the actor doing Jobs had some pancreatic problems related to eating like Jobs. Don't quote me on that, please double check.
- steve_adams_86 5y ago
  Ashton Kutcher landed in hospital after following Steve Jobs's fruitarian diet https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jan/28/ashton-kutcher-hospital-steve-jobs-diet https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jan/28/ashton-kutcher-...
vntx 5y ago
Likely. It probaby wasn't the only thing though. The high amounts of sugar, weird fasting habits, drug use, extreme stress he put himself in, and his arrogance in ignoring sound medical advice might have all helped do him in from what I gleaned from his biography. His pancreas could only take so much apparently.

fsckboy 5y ago

there are "ethical" fruititarians, because fruits are gifts the plants offer up, but consuming a vegetable is eating the plant itself.

spfzero 5y ago
There are a lot of plants that you can eat a little part of, which then grows back, like the leaves on chard or lettuce plants. In our garden the chard plants produced for months. In commercial farming, it's just cheaper to cut the entire plant off and clear the land for the next crop.
Clewza313 5y ago
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jain_vegetarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jain_vegetarianism

etempleton 5y ago

Steve had a number of out there beliefs. At one point, before Co-founding Apple, Steve believed his fruit only diet would mean he no longer needed to shower, much to the dismay of his Atari coworkers. He also tried to fix his pancreatic cancer through diet. I suspect he had many more out there beliefs, but was self aware enough to keep them to his self.