In the news recently was an 82-year-old Indian man claiming not having taken any food or drink for 70 years. There're many types of diet regimes. Just in terms of sustenance for life, not necessarily for culinary delights as in eat to live instead of live to eat.
1. Eating anything edible that's available and affordable (and permissible where religious laws apply). That of course applies to the vast majority of the world's population.
2. Vegetarians eating only fruits and vegetables for health, philosophical or religious reasons. Abstention from meat includes not using animal oil for cooking, and most vegetarians include not using alcoholic seasonings too.
3. Fruitarians eating only fruits, not even vegetables. This looks the most originally natural as human diet as human beings have natural distaste for raw vegetables and meats. It was after the discovery and mastery of fire in cooking that human beings began to eat cooked vegetables and meats.
4. Liquids only, no solid foods. This can be further divided into full liquids (anything that can be ingested by drinking or melting in the mouth) and clear liquids (only liquids that are transparent or at least translucent). Note that liquid diets may not be necessarily vegetarian or fruitarian. Some may include soups boiled with meats or bones for flavoring or nutrition.
5. Intravenous drip. One can be kept alive even in coma on a hospital bed for years as the bloodstream is supplied with essential nutrients.
1. Eating anything edible that's available and affordable (and permissible where religious laws apply). That of course applies to the vast majority of the world's population.
2. Vegetarians eating only fruits and vegetables for health, philosophical or religious reasons. Abstention from meat includes not using animal oil for cooking, and most vegetarians include not using alcoholic seasonings too.
3. Fruitarians eating only fruits, not even vegetables. This looks the most originally natural as human diet as human beings have natural distaste for raw vegetables and meats. It was after the discovery and mastery of fire in cooking that human beings began to eat cooked vegetables and meats.
4. Liquids only, no solid foods. This can be further divided into full liquids (anything that can be ingested by drinking or melting in the mouth) and clear liquids (only liquids that are transparent or at least translucent). Note that liquid diets may not be necessarily vegetarian or fruitarian. Some may include soups boiled with meats or bones for flavoring or nutrition.
5. Intravenous drip. One can be kept alive even in coma on a hospital bed for years as the bloodstream is supplied with essential nutrients.
