A young grandmother from South Yorkshire claims her youthful looks are down to living almost entirely on fruit. Belinda White, aged 46, also says her fruitarian diet has helped her reduce previous physical symptoms of musculoskeletal rheumatism and osteoarthritis. A singer and part-time yoga teacher, Belinda has 3 children, two of whom have been tempted off a meat-eating diet and now only eat vegan, along with Belinda's partner. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are all big on fruit from watermelon and mangos at first light to banana smoothies to avocados and a bit of salad or vegetables before bed. Snacking for Belinda means reaching for dates or a selection of nuts. It's hard to believe that Belinda's diet growing up was a sensible regular intake of white meat and fish, little red meat and no junk food, and that she was horrified by the concept of veganism. It was when aches and pains of climbing the stairs made her feel so old that she switched to fruitarianism. She credits the purge of animal products from her body with making her look 28 with glowing skin and hair. Worried that this extreme diet might be causing other internal body issues, a full check-up revealed a perfectly healthy blood count. Nutritionists and dieticians are quick to point out however, that a fruit diet is high in natural sugars (see NHS guidelines) and potentially harmful to the pancreas. Belinda seems to be a shining example of a good fruitarian, benefitting from low values of fat and calories in fruit but including the necessary protein from nuts, seeds and the odd vegetable. Perhaps we might now be persuaded to try the awful pungent-smelling durian fruit?