When I changed my lifestyle, it started looking better and eventually disappeared. The bonus is that, because I gradually built up the time I spent outdoors in the sunshine, I actually got a natural tan on my arms, face and neck for the first time in my life! People are always complimenting me on my improved skin and it’s a great opening to tell them about eating lots of raw fruit!

I actually used to have these red bumps on my upper arms and face when I was younger. My mom and brother have them as well. They used to be really, really bad and embarrassing (a kid made fun of me once in 6th grade). A dermatologist gave me this hardcore medication that just dried out my skin and made the red bumps more noticeable.

As I got older and started getting more sunshine, the bumps got progressively better to where they were only noticeable on my arms. Once I went raw, they were gone within a few months!

Anyway, I have no idea what this skin condition is called. I know it’s prevalent with fair skin, or “Irish” skin, but I’ve also seen it on olive toned skin.

Any ideas?

I have no idea where you get this information from. Have you ever consumed tropical fruits? These foods are often just as sweet, if not sweeter than their supermarket, conventional counterparts. And if fruits were not sweet, then why would humans and other primates have evolved with such a massive sweet-tooth?

“Cayenne irritating?To what? not the stomach lining..it heals it of ulcers from eating to much sugar laden fruit.”

Food does not heal. The body heals. Eating a species-appropriate diet allows the body to properly heal itself.

“What is great about fruit is the insoluble fibre. However that is available from non sweet sources.”

I would argue that it is the water-soluble fiber that is great, not the insoluble fiber. The insoluble fiber (found in the skins of fruits and vegetables and more cruciferous greens and veggies) is simply eliminated. Fiber available from other sources, such as grains, is insoluble and very coarse…making it highly irritating to our digestive tract.

“Does the damage from fruit eating occur quickly? Sometimes.Other times it’s a slow cellular /tissue/organ death process.”

I’ve been eating low fat, high fruit raw vegan now for almost 2 years (my anniversary is a couple of weeks away). I have never felt better and never looked better. I think I’ll take my chances with fruit.

Thanks for the comments, Bob!

Yeah, Bob, you’ve been singularly and badly misinformed. I do try to avoid the seedless varieties of fruit, but other than that, I enjoy it in great abundance and have gone from fat and sick to thin and glowing.