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Please tell me if it is possible to live on only fruit and vitamins?

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Dr. Pamela Pappas answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

No: No -- you need more than fruit and vitamins to be healthy. You also need protein, healthy fats, vegetables, complex carbohydrates, etc. Not to mention other people to love, and work that both challenges and fulfills you.

Dr Fowler agreed

Answered 12/23/2013

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