Hyderabad: Fruits for breakfast, lunch and also for dinner, no it’s not a joke. A lady in Andhra Pradesh is doing precisely that. She is ongoing on fruits diet for the last 43 years.
72-year-old Laxmi Tulasi from Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh stopped consumption food since 1963. For one year she took just honey and lime juice but later she started eating only fruits. Till date she has merely fruits as food.
Laxmi is 72 and is extremely healthy. No prizes for guessing the secret, yes, it is fruits that she thrives on.
Laxmi is taking only fruits like banana, grapes, pomegranate, and guavas for the last 43 years. Laxmi left food in 1963 after a quarrel with her family members. As a protest, she started having only honey and lime juice for one year but later she began eating fruits for all meals.
“In 1963 I left food. For one year I continued with lime and honey and later started eating one banana and fruits and have two cups of tea everyday. The reason for this was a tiff with my family members on some issue. I was peeved when someone said something which I did not like.'”
Laxmi Tulasi is a very well educated lady and she retired as Mandal (Block) Development Officer. After retirement, she promptly took up social service to help the other women in her village.
Not only is she connecting women of her village but from surrounding villages also in various vocational courses.