Description
A Fruit Eater Is Born by Essie Honiball is an autobiographical account of illness, transformation and fruitarianism, written by the South African health educator and author who became an influential figure in the fruitarian movement. Honiball recounts her struggles with severe ill health and anorexia while working as a teacher, followed by the dramatic changes she made to her lifestyle after her experiences with conventional and alternative approaches to her health.
Honiball describes how adopting an all-fruit diet transformed her physical wellbeing and became the foundation of her life’s work. She developed what she called the “Eden way of eating”, based on eating only one type of fruit at a time, and went on to promote fruitarianism through her writing and health education. Her unusual lifestyle also attracted medical interest, including a 1971 study published in the South African Medical Journal. A fascinating choice for readers interested in autobiography, alternative health, natural living and the history of fruitarianism, as well as those interested in unusual South African voices and health movements.
